Bow Madness

For all of you that have been patiently waiting for an update here it is!  I have been fishing but it has taken back seat to another one of my passions.  I have been busy preparing for bow season in Wisconsin.  I have also been spending a few days in stand now that season has opened.  Here are a few pictures from trail cameras placed in various places on the 350 acre Dunlap farm.  The only problem with October is that is is too short.  This time of year offers some of the best muskie fishing...hell the best fishing for all species, the best bow hunting, and also the best bird hunting.   

  

 

Recent Hook Ups

  Nick and his brother recently enjoyed some success catching a few nice bass.  We had a blast on Waconia chasing around the hard fighting largemouth! Thanks to Brian Lawton for getting these two great boys out for a day of fishing.  

My good friend Peter Bilecki was in in town and was able to bring a friend of his out for an evening of bass'n!  As you can see we had some success...lots of fish, just no giants.  

Recently had a great evening of bass fishing with Oren Koules and his son!  Oren is the owner of the Tampa Bay Lighting NHL team.  Was a pleasure to guide him and his son.  He was a great angler.

Rod and I also enjoyed some good bass action.  Rod you are the best!  Look forward to getting on the water with you again soon. 

   

A true trophy

 

What can I say...?   This morning I hit the water with Meg, Dan, and Betsy.  We were in search of a few muskies.  After fishing through a beautiful sunrise and watching another boat land a muskie we were starting to wonder if we were going to accomplish our goal of landing a muskie.  

I had not been fishing most of the morning because I wanted to see one of my guests do battle.  It doesn't do any good for me to catch the fish....  Well after Betsy opted for a break and told me to throw a few, I was hooked up and doing battle with this trophy muskie.  It measured in at 53" and was really cool to watch fight.  I was fortuante enough to watch it eat my bait and swim away with it.  The first 20 plus seconds it never even knew it was hooked.  But after reeling it for a bit and getting it close to the boat, it then realized something wasn't right and it took off like a cop dog that was just released on a robber!  It made the girls morning although they didn't get to catch it.  It was fun to put some muskie slim in and on the boat.  Thanks for the great morning guys.     

2 Giant LMB'S!

This is one of two giant largemouth I put in the boat last week when the boys from Georgia were here.  This LMB pushes the scale at 7 pounds.  This is a big largemouth any where....needless to say I caught it in MN...the shortest growing season for bass.    

My brother recently moved back to the states (Atlanta) from Switzerland and brought two of his best friends up to MN for a few days of muskie fishing.  We did not land a muskie but it wasn't for a lack of chances.  We did get in front of a few but it just wasn't meant to be.  Every time they had a strike or a fish attempt to eat, the fish found a way to shake loose.  

Here is the second of the giant bass I caught while fishing with the boys from Georgia.  This one tipped the scales over 6.  I think the fellas from Georgia brought some of the "big bass" blood from the south into my boat last week.  Thanks fellas for hanging tough on the muskie hunt.  It doesn't always come easy and they witnessed it first hand for 4 hard days of "launching" for skies.  I think you guys should get on the plane and get back up here....pics soon to come!