I got a call from my neighbor Kirk the other day. I was in my lure shop in Indiana getting ready for a show in Miramar. He was calling...

As I write this, I am still recovering from our latest Great Northwoods Adventure. I capitalize that phrase as if it were the title of a book because I feel like I could write a book about all the things that went wrong this year. I’ve been making this trip for 20 years now, and usually things go very smoothly. I’m purposefully going to omit the name of the lodge we were fishing with, because for almost all those years they have done a great job. This year things were going

Today I sat on the Lanai and watched three guys install my boat lift canopy in the sweltering heat of Southwest Florida. I was in the...

A friend came all the way from Utah last week to help me with some boat maintenance here in south Florida. My Whaler needed to have some very heavy batteries changed out and some pumps repaired and replaced. It was heavy lifting and definitely a two-man job, so I was very thankful for his help. We toiled away the first day and managed to get many of the chores under control. The batteries were not too bad except for the weight and getting them down into their locker. Awkward

The other day, I was flying to Chicago from Cincinnati for a seminar at Lurie Children’s Hospital. I’ve made this flight many times. It’s...

My lifelong best friend and fishing buddy, Mark Mosbaugh, and I headed out for the morning bite on Corley Lake in Manitoba, Canada on a...

A friend came all the way from Utah last week to help me with some boat maintenance here in south Florida. My Whaler needed to have some...

Today I sat on the lanai and watched three guys install my boat lift canopy in the sweltering heat of Southwest Florida in August. I was...

A funny thing happened to me today. I caught my first striper on Brookville Reservoir in Indiana! It’s a beautiful lake in the steeply...