Tullibee...or not Tullibee...

What a silly question! With leech lake water temps in the lower 40's it's all about the ciscoe spawn. Here is a plump pike and a plump-er muskellunge that hit on a figure-eighted crankbait.

throw 'em a dead ringer.

I also lost a really big one trying to net it.

Real men also cry. Real men also cry.

Jeffrey Lebowski

cheers and hooksets!

Keep Throwin' Lures 'Till They Bounce...Then Grab an Auger!

With water temps in the 2-1-8 mainly in the 40's, it's almost now or never time for open water anglers and fish.

 

 

 

Cheers and hooksets!

 

No Quarter- Formidable Weather on The Rainy River

Though the rain, sleet, snow and wind were humbling, our three days of fishing on a late October full moon yielded walleye limits, lake sturgeon, sauger, pike and smallmouth. A second wave of shiner minnows is imminent and so is a wave of trophy walleyes for the immensely hardy.

 

                                                 

 

 

 

 

Cheers and hooksets!

Fall Fishing-Leech Lake

I have had some stellar encounters with Bass, Pike, Muskies, Walleyes and Perch the past few weeks. I have also had the pleasure of fishing with some great anglers. A special thanks to Al, Waylon, Brian, Morten, Chiel and Bjarke for wetting a line with me.

 

Cheers and hooksets!

In Search Of Fall Color-Brook Trout

Brook Trout live in beautiful unspoiled places, sometimes hard to access. A single fish in hand can be all the reward one needs to travel into it's brushy realm.

Cheers and hooksets!

51# 1oz Leech Lake Muskie

Stop by Rusty's Up North Realty in Longville, MN if you are looking for a lake home in Muskie country. Or just stop in and visit with this long time guide and  Muskie legend and drool at his mount of a 59" post-spawn fish caught in 1973 that tipped the scales at over 50#.

 

 

 

 cheers and hooksets!

 

Lac LaCroix Express

Being too busy for a week of paddling and too broke for a fly-in we opted this year to take a shuttle boat from Crane lake to LaCroix. Though we caught mostly small fish, the weather was perfect.

 

 
cheers and hooksets!