The carp have begun to spawn. It's the one time of year when they're not interested in food. Also, the rising water level has left some of my favorite spots too murky for sight fishing. Needless to say, the carping has been slow this month. On the other hand, the bass have moved into the … Continue reading April Showers →

Yesterday morning I took my first solo fishing trip with the PaddleSki, and I was determined to actually catch a fish from the boat.After a few bungling attempts I realized that the key to fishing from the boat, especially without another person there to steer, lay in the proper use of an anchor. That realization … Continue reading Just Me and the Fish →

Yesterday I took our new PaddleSki fishing for the first time. The point was to determine whether it is feasible for me to take the boat out alone, but the weather was grand so I was also hoping for some fish.I found it easy to stand up and paddle or pole, and the high vantage … Continue reading Eagle-Eye View →

Despite every single leg of our journey being late or delayed (thanks a lot Northwest!) we made it to Hawaii and back again.Tara spent most of the week at a conference which gave me time to visit friends and get in some good time on the water. I brought a fly rod with me which … Continue reading The One that Got it’s Picture Taken →

I wanted to get a quick blog posted before tomorrow; Tara and I are leaving in the morning for a week in Hawaii.Recently, we ordered an inflatable boat, the Sea Eagle PaddleSki. The boats are a bit on the spendy side compared to some other inflatables, but they have a 180 day money-back guarantee so … Continue reading Flight of the Eagle! →

Since February, I've been making visits to a small stream I know, waiting for the smallmouth bass to move up from the main river and start looking for spawning sites. While I don't think the warm weather is here to stay yet, I had a feeling that the past week has been nice enough to … Continue reading Walking Creek →

Hooray! Carp season is officially under way. I expect it will be another month at least before the fishing becomes consistent but after a solid week of warm weather I was able to find some active fish. While exploring new spots this winter I found a bay which was cut off from the rest of … Continue reading A Captive Audience →

The days are getting longer, and the temperatures are bouncing higher each week. Even though I am anxious for spring, I thought I should be fair to my least favorite season because despite being cold and dreary, this winter has not been unproductive.During the cold months, many reservoirs are drained significantly, both to accommodate the … Continue reading Winter Wanderings →

If you ever have a chance to vacation in Ontario, I highly recommend that you visit Algonquin Provincial Park. Most of the park is wilderness - thousands of lakes and low hills shaded by deciduous forest. Tara and I camped by a lake there in the early fall. The park was empty yet, as the … Continue reading "moose" is Algonquin for moose →

Well, it's winter time. I know the trout are active, but I'm not yet desperate enough to stand outside and swing nymphs through the water, hoping a little hatchery fish hooks itself. Instead, I thought I'd recall some nice warm fishing memories instead.My friend Kirk took this picture in Hawaii some years back. We were … Continue reading Warm Memories →