Hey Mountain Man,
Just wanted to put my 2 cents worth in and say that even though I have only been a member for a couple of months I have always made sure to read your posts. I have always fished the same stretch of river that you do and love reading about stuff that I can recognize. I have been to your web site several times and have learned a great deal from the information that is there. I have never done much trolling and thanks to your information on three way cranks I have caught and released several large eyes this summer. Though we have never met, you can consider me another friend. As for the comments about kids I couldnt agree more, my 2 boys are grown up and both live for fishing and hunting, and this year when my daughter left for college it was like I had lost my favorite fishing partner! That girl is uncanny on the eyes, she definately has touch!
As usual heres wishing you all good fishing!!!

It has never ceased to amaze me that you need a license to drive a car and you have to take a training course to buy a 4-wheeler but if you write a check they just drop the keys in your hands and leave people to figure out the boat for themselves! Lucky that nobody is dead!

I witnessed a muskie doing this on Lake Arbutus by Hatfield Wi. maybe 5 years ago. This was a very large fish and he cruised past me while catfishing just at sundown. His whole head was out of the water and he did this for 10 – 15 yards!!! Im glad to see that Im not crazy because most people that I have told this story to looked at me like I was nuts. Good fishing to all of you!!!

That picture circulated back in 1999 in different fishing magazines. Everything I have heard is that it is supposed to be authentic!

I would definately agree with the over harvest! Never have been able to figure out why they want to kill those 4# plus fish, or the need to keep one full limit after another of any size legals! A meal for the pan and one meal in the freezer is plenty!!! Lets face there best when fresh anyway.