The Demise of "Walleye Mike"???

No, he's still with us in body, if not in mind. However, he was upstaged big time by wife Sue who picked up this 26 1/2", almost 7 pound walleye late Friday morning. She was guided by "The Old Norwegian" who, by the way, made a great net job as her 4 pound test line broke. Mikey was in the boat, doing what, nobody knows.....
We caught tons of crappies, many small, (the future), but enough nice post spawn fish so we had plenty to send back to the cities.
T'was a good three days....

Father's Day

Recently, I saw a picture. A Marine, in full dress uniform, was handing a folded flag to a young boy. The boy, who was 7 or 8 years old, had a suit and tie on and held out his hands to receive the flag. You could tell he was fighting back tears, but he was trying his best to be a man. I can still see his face..... I know where he was today....
If your father is still alive, I hope you made contact. For some of us, there are only memories....

Fishin' once again.......

Dewey, Alva, Ty and "Twig Man" (Damon) hit the water in search of crappies. After feeding northerns about 20 or so jigs, twisters, spinners and the like, we did find some crappies. They've moved out, however one of my "secret spots" produced a lot of action.
Good fun with good friends.....
In two weeks it's "Walleye Mike". I'm sure the two of us will manage to get into some kind of piscatorial trouble........

Who says granddaughters can't clean fish??

Last year she caught the only walleye during the opener. Now she's cleaning fish. Next year she'll probably be running my boat......

Kurt and Dewey go a fishin'

Well, the old RHS grads hit the water this weekend. We fought high winds, a bog and had to straighten out the lift after high winds hit, but lots of fish were caught. Ate steak, had a visit from Jack Daniels and decided the world was too screwed up to fix. Twas a good time......
Next weekend it's John and ALL my grandchildren. Ages 11, 9 and 7 and they all know how to fish. Would you expect anything else?? It's gonna be great! Dew
P.S. Hey Steven and Joe, get better. Us old Boomers still need rock n' roll.......

T-Bones....Funny lookin' crappies???

Well, Jason and "The Old Canuck" came a fishin' this weekend. I'm guessing they might have doubted my prowess as a guide as they brought Saturday night's dinner along. Not to fear, "The Old Norwegian" guide put them on fish and sent them home with a nice sack of crappies and sunnies.
I figured some folks may be getting tired of pictures of me holding fish so thought I'd show dinner instead. Yes, those are (were) T-Bones. The food was good and the company even better.....

2008 Fishing Opener

I still have the chills! The temperature dropped all day Saturday. It ended up at 37 degrees. Oh, and did I mentioned it rained the whole day? Toughest opener in a long time. Shoulda gone to Texas.....
But, on the bright side "The Old Norwegian" did win the "What time is Walker gonna show up" side bet. Four buckaroos richer! Sure wish we'd of had some bagels for breakfast tho.....
I also inherited two nice jackets and one vest left by my absent minded fishing partners. They fit very nicely, thank you...
Next weekend it's "The Old Canuck" and Jason. Hope the panfish move in by then.