It broke my heart last Saturday morning when Sierra pushed the canoe off with me and her cousins Montana and Sammy. It was 5 AM and we were headed fishing to Back Bay here in Wolfeboro. Sierra wanted to go so bad but she had morning gymnastics and an afternoon softball game. As I suspected, … Read more
The one fish Granny and I haven’t rousted this week, and he’s one of my favorites, is the chain pickerel. I caught two tiny ones Saturday that were hardly worth mentioning. This morning, in the face of our wild and crazy night, at the crack of dawn Granny and I loaded the canoe and headed … Read more
I don’t mean to brag but I have fished so much the last two months it shocks even me! Since April I’ve hardly stopped. This week alone I’ve been up at 5 AM every day. Well, today I hit the wall. When the sun came up I sat up, looked and then went back to … Read more
Today Becky had the day off again as well as her husband Don. For Granny and me it wasn’t only a day to fish with them but also to go to another of my favorite Lakes Region haunts that has some of the nicest largemouth bass in the area. It’s a drive from camp so … Read more
I took a sigh of relief when the sunrise woke me up today instead of wind howling and rain pattering. Things were looking up. At 6 AM my sister Becky arrived at camp and we took off in the canoe in perfect conditions for fly fishing for smallmouth bass on Lake Winnipesaukee. When popping … Read more
The dreadful springtime nor’easter lasted all the way till this afternoon. Granny and I have been freezing at camp and going stir crazy not being able to fish. We’ve found ourselves at the local establishments more than once having some afternoon beers. At 3 PM, despite a 48° high temperature, we boarded the canoe for … Read more
Thirty-five years ago on any given summer Saturday night you’d find me in Back Bay enjoying the best chain pickerel fishing you could imagine with my cousin Jon. Since those early days we’ve only seen each other about five times and only fished together once. Today Jon drove two hours all the way up from Peabody, … Read more
I heard more than birds at 4:45 AM this morning from my sleeping spot on the porch here in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. This morning I had two nieces trying to wake me with subtle noises as not to be so obvious. Montana and her cousin Sierra were dying to get the day going at the … Read more
It was a long trip across country yesterday. Granny and I arrived in Manchester, New Hampshire at 11:45 PM. By the time we got our luggage and hopped in the car with my brother it was 12:15 AM and we didn’t get to Wolfeboro, New Hampshire until 2 AM. I threw down my insulate pad … Read more
Not only did I miss last years Carp Classic while I was in Bhutan but I missed the Bass on the Fly Tourney on Ririe Reservoir as well. Not this year. I love these events and today my team of Mark Kuhn and Cyndle Clift gave the bass competition our best shot. The weather … Read more
My old friend the 1993 Exploder limped its way to Idaho Falls this weekend so I could turn it in to Pacific Recycling. Luckily, the journey was intercepted when I was having my XM Radio System taken out at Best Buy. The technician there took the old SUV off my hands for $130 and will … Read more
I’ve done nothing but catch up on a million things since returning from the incredible adventure in Sudan, UAE and Oman. Ten years ago not much went on when I traveled but these days – yikes! I had over 200 emails to tend to, blogs to catch up on, yard work and you name it. … Read more