As I said last week, I picked up the new Starcraft STX 2050 and promised some BIG walleye action...
First off, let me tell you, Starcraft really nailed it this year with the new Team Starcraft wraps. Our boats look amazing, and the detail with the fish bones on it and the way it comes alive when the sun...
On Friday, I had a guided fly fishing trip on the Chagrin River. With rain in the forecast Thursday night through most of the day Friday, we were a little skeptical, but with the river flowing a 350cfs we decided to give it a go.
The day started with me pulling out of the driveway and heading east around 7am. ...
Tournament Fishing… It all started for me more than a decade ago in 2007 when a buddy of mine asked me if I wanted to be in his local club tournament on Erie. I fished all the time; long days, crappy conditions, weeks at a time, it didn’t matter… If I wasn’t working, I was fishing. ...
Ya know, I absolutely love tournaments and all, but a lot of times, especially in the Spring, I get lost in the fact that it is fun to just go fishing... and for an occasional boat ride. Sunday I took Julia, Nick, and Heather for a ride out of Rocky River. We fished a little, but it wasn't a...
It's crazy how life happens and things hit you like you'd never expect. Prior to Covid-19, I had all-but fizzled down my charter business to just about a half dozen trips or so a year, and the trips I did do were during slow months, last minute, and with flexible clients. So here's the scoop,...
Any time you fish a tournament, you always aim for finishing in the money, the top 25%, especially on a new body of water. Coming off the momentum from my 2nd place on Erie, top 25% is what I was hoping for with this one. So ended up a very mediocre 52nd in the 112 boat field. Usually when...
So my flight attendant yesterday, whom happens to be from Hawaii, says "Oh so you're from Cleveland and lived there your whole life?"
Me: "Yup."
Her, with a dead serious tone: "Oh, you are so lucky. I'm jealous, I love Cleveland."
Interesting perspective, not saying I don't agree, just kind of threw me off a bit, haha.
As winter sets in here, I wanted to take a minute to reflect on the last month or so as an outdoorsman in NE Ohio; maybe the best month of the year to be an outdoorsman here… Monster walleye both day and night close to shore, deer rut and gun season, and steelhead charging the rivers in full force,...
Along with the hot weather of last weekend, came some hot fishing action in the Cleveland area! Saturday, Kevin and I went out of the Rocky River to take one last crack at catching an upgrade derby fish. We were close to cracking into the money with a nice 10.4lber, but fortunately the 12.7lber that Paul and I caught...
Back to back major tournaments on the Detroit River, whew..... Where do I start. This has been my 5th year or so of fishing tournaments on the Detroit in the Spring. I know it really well, feel really comfortable with the techniques, and have seen a lot of different scenarios play out; so I felt like this was...
