the year of the outings

From Spring steelhead to monster Smallmouth and carp,this year would have to be labeled "the year of the outings" what ever your passion is, there's something here for everyone.

Sculpins...It's whats for Dinner

Of all creatures that live in and around rivers and lakes Sculpins seem to be a pretty solid food base for most fish.Around beaver Island in Northern Michigan,lake sculpins are a great target for smallmouth and carp,along with The round goby.This pattern is just he ticket when it comes to any fish that will eat goby s or sculpins, for carp and smallmouth I would tie this with very little or no flash at all, for steelhead I will add 6 or so strands of copper flashabou and swing it. I call it the Frankenstein Sculpin,because of the features of different sculpin patterns wrapped into one.

Slobberknockybulls

The Smallmouth Bass around Beaver Island are hard to forget about, they haunt my dreams and make winter feel even longer than it really is. Every spring I just cant wait to get back  the Island and start cruising the flats looking for those big hoggish fish. Site fishing for carp around the Flats is great , but site fishing for giant smallys is without a doubt some of the best . the numbers around the archipelago chain of Islands is less than a thousand but when you find these cruising schools of fatty's the fishing is epic.For the most part your standard streamers will get it done, flys that imitate bait fish, goby and crayfish in the 2-4 inch range will all work.Here are some fish from last year, just sit back and soak it in.

November winds

The winds of November can really howl here in west Michigan,so when it does a trip to lake Michigan is always a great opportunities to grab some cool shots of  giant waves, not as big as i had hoped but still pretty cool.