Minnesota?s Voyageurs National Park Offers Unique Waterway Camping

One of the most attractive national parks in the American state of Minnesota is Voyageurs, which is located near International Falls. It?s an ideal place to explore by motorboat, houseboat, kayak, and canoe with some excellent waterside camping and hiking. The park is actually water based, meaning your car?s not going to do you much [...]

Source: http://www.campingtourist.com/camping-spots/voyageurs-national-park-waterway-camping/

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Striper Master Lake Texoma Striper Fishing Report 10/28/2010

Lake Texoma lake elevation is 616.52 and water temp is 71-74 degrees. We are slowly starting to see some of our better stripers starting to show back up. Compared to this time last year our water temp is about 6-8 degrees warmer. With the cooler nights and shorter days we shoud start to see the [...]

Source: http://www.striperguidefishing.com/?p=352

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A Persistant Attitude Pays Off For Winter Steelhead

Recently, we have had some crazy weather for the Pacific Northwest. More snow in the last few weeks in the mountains than we have had all winter (practically), and we have had lots of snow in the lower elevations; so the travels and access have been somewhat limited.

Last Wednesday, the drive over in the coastal mountains was rather intense. There was snow falling at a fast pace, and the roads seemed like they were not maintained (even though they were); since I was plowing fresh tracks on the highway. Luckily, the weather more or less broke over the third big up and down on the highway, and pavement became the surface (at least for a little while). On the turnoff the the last road that our destination was on, the road was rather hideous, but we took our time, and safety is always the number one priority.

We got out there and started the hunt for steelhead, and the vibe seemed like it was not too fishy out there. We moved from spot to spot and fish blindly in the probable runs, and tried to seek out steelhead from the high ground in the shallower pools that would expose their holding lies. Many of the standard spots that hold fish normally were not showing any signs of a fish. Was it the colder water temperatures? Was it the low clear water? Probably a combination of the two variables. One spot we saw some fish, but they were not biting the swung flies we presented to them. Then they bolted when they sensed us wading out to get to a good vantage point to fish for them.

Then we got a hookup in a pool that had that promising look to it, as I saw chrome whirling at the end of the line as Cory struck tight. Unfortunately, it was off before it ever really got started. BUMMER!

We then fish hard for several more pools upriver, before making the decent back down river again towards the car. I made sure to let Cory know that persistence would lead to fish, and that eventually we would come upon some fish that would be willing to play. We would not give up, even though we were batting zero, and I kept on telling him how things can change in a moment.

We checked out a spot, and there were two fish sitting like soar thumbs in the crystal clear pool. We went right for the gusto, and waded out carefully to them; avoiding scaring them off, while positioning ourselves so we could dead drift some flies to them. We pulled off step one, and now it was time to present some flies to these fish. After a few casts, the indicator plunged down, and Cory struck tight. He was on, and the two fish did not even move; so it was a surprise fish that we did not see. He ripped the fish in, and it turned out to be a dinky one salter; so we let it go unscathed. We positioned ourselves again to get one of the two fish sitting in front of us. A few casts later and it was Thingamabobber down, as the line streaked downstream so fast to the point where one of the two fish did not bold from its holding lie. Cory fought and landed that fish, and he was stoked. It was a colored up male, with gorgeous red colors.

The larger of the two fish was still holding in the original spot; since both of the two previous hooked fish shot downstream like a bolt of lightning. We waded out to it, and went for it with the original flies. The fish was not interested in the offerings, and I felt like it was possibly willing to play. I put on a fly that was larger, and figured it would either cause to fish to bite or bail out of its holding lie. It turns out, that the fish took the offering, and it also tore off into the tailout and went into the rapids. Cory was stoked, and he was thrilled at the power and strength of the fish. He was from Montana and had caught lots of large trout, but never roped into a steelhead before this day.

He landed the nice wild hen, and admired it while I snapped some pictures of it. We sent it off, and had the most stoked look on his face as she swam off back into the wild. What a day! Persistence pays.....

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Anybody need some free fishing gear?

Been a crazy week, lots of travel and other stuff going on, been neglecting the blog.  Congrats to Arizona Pros Dean Rojas & Cliff Pirch for both notching tour level wins earlier today.

Not too long ago, I got a nice shipment of new Akinetix gear in, they make some very affordable and functional polarized fishing sunglasses, including youth & woman's models, definitely worth checking out.  They even have floating shades for those of us that our clumsy.

They also have some nice moisture wicking gear and other gear.  So to celebrate spring, I am running a little contest, on my Facebook Page, so just follow this link to enter.  You have until Sunday April 24th to get entered.  So head over and enter to win some free gear and check out the Akinetix website as well.

The Akinetix Shield sunglasses pictured are what i have been wearing on the water!
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Source: http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2011/04/17/anybody-need-some-free-fishing-gear.aspx?ref=rss

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Minnesotans for an Early Bass Fishing Season

The great majority of Bass anglers in Minnesota would do just about anything to get an earlier bass season in some form, whether it be experimental regulation lakes, catch & release season or just an earlier start date.  Well time to organize and unite, check out this Facebook Group and discussion board, time to get involved if we you want to see this become a reality.
http://www.mnearlybassseason.com

I am totally behind this idea, here is my general stance on the situation:
"I believe the only way this changes is to convince law makers that we are losing money to WI & IA because of our long closed season. Tons of guys travel out of state, spend money on licenses, gas, food & lodging to fish bass legally, not to mention, potentially the state could save money on trying to enforce the extended close season or use the resources to enforce poaching or exotic species issues.

Not to mention, an earlier season extends our tourism season, more opportunity for more anglers to travel to MN and spend their money in our local economy.

So in the end, we need to put a business case together!"

Hope you are interested in joining the cause!


Source: http://bassinblog.richlindgren.com/2011/04/10/minnesotans-for-an-early-bass-fishing-season.aspx?ref=rss

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Water Levels Are Good! Get Out There Now!

Lately the water has been way too high at many of the area fisheries that people frequent. Luckily, as of late the water levels have been on the drop, and it is time to be out there. Many fisheries close for winter steelhead on the 31st, or deadlines change for some systems; so why wouldn't you want to rope into a native wild winter run steelhead before the water blows out again.

If steelhead is not your quarry, then go trout fishing on a river like the McKenzie. It has been pulling more and more into shape each day, and I would have been fishing it two days ago if I wasn't steelhead fishing at an area stream. The Mac goes off this next few weeks, and many people ignore this time out there.

Basically, this report is to let you know the water is in shape and it is more or less the best time to get out for native wild winter steelhead. It is also prime time to experience the McKenzie River's native wild redsides. Get out before it starts raining again, or before we have a time of no rain for a few weeks and water levels get too low (doubt that one).

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NorthwestFlyFishingBlog/~3/Ack_VKZVznQ/water-levels-are-good-get-out-there-now.html

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Chrome Strikes for Adam and Damon

Last week on Thursday the 17th, two of our "fishaholic" awesome customers Adam and Damon went out on a guided trip with Jad, and they both struck CHROME. They both had been talking about this trip, and how they would have both love to lock into a chromer. Well, their wishes came true! The river offered them both a landed chrome prize, and they also had another couple on; so it was a great day out on the water.

The action has been pretty good on the area rivers, with some days of good catch and hookup numbers; while other days you are wishing for a tug. That is steelheading though...Luckily, when you do rope into a fish; it'll be a glorious chrome bright fish with a thumb sized adipose fin on it. That or you may be lucky, and you may get tight to an early summer run fish. They are also started to trickle in to the systems that have the early runs.

Time is running out for the winter steelhead fishing. If you are interested in booking a trip for winter steelhead, or any of our other types of fly fishing, call us at (503)-639-6400 or email us at travel@kman.com.

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Striper Master Lake Texoma Striper Fishing Report 10/28/2010

Lake Texoma lake elevation is 616.52 and water temp is 71-74 degrees. We are slowly starting to see some of our better stripers starting to show back up. Compared to this time last year our water temp is about 6-8 degrees warmer. With the cooler nights and shorter days we shoud start to see the [...]

Source: http://www.striperguidefishing.com/?p=352

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Japanese Hammer in a More Versatile Color

So I’ve been tying different variations on the Japanese hammer and thought it might be good to tie some in a tried-and-true color scheme:  the Adams. This pattern pretty much has everything I want for fishing the high mountain streams of the Rockies:  it’s buggy, buoyant, hi-vis, and easy-to-tie.  Tied in the colors of the [...]

Source: http://backpackflyfishing.com/blog/2011/01/17/japanese-hammer-in-an-adams-flavor/

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