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Deposit made ✔️ Tags secured ✔️ Thanks for the financial advice, Dave!
06/01/2026

Deposit made ✔️
Tags secured ✔️

Thanks for the financial advice, Dave!

If you aren't reading up on the fishing regulations directly from a DNR site, this is how you look... It seems to get wo...
05/03/2026

If you aren't reading up on the fishing regulations directly from a DNR site, this is how you look... It seems to get worse and worse with every passing year.

04/23/2026

Happy Earth Day!

Sometimes I feel a sense of guilt for spending time out with the fish instead of with my wife. And she knows that, yet i...
04/17/2026

Sometimes I feel a sense of guilt for spending time out with the fish instead of with my wife. And she knows that, yet is always supportive of me chasing my passion / dreams.

As a birthday gift this year, she got me this custom laser engraved brass coin. On one side... fishing! The other side... the old Ball and Chain! I guess I will be flipping a coin from now on to help clear my conscience of the "decision" 😂😂😂

If you're interested in getting a custom laser engraved coin of your own, my brother-in-law, Adam Siebers does awesome work, and he has made some other awesome creations for me as well!

Check out the comments for a link to his shop!

Been a hot minute since a TINY TUESDAY post. This might just be the smallest crappie I have EVER caught! Lol! 😂 (from se...
04/07/2026

Been a hot minute since a TINY TUESDAY post. This might just be the smallest crappie I have EVER caught! Lol! 😂 (from several weeks ago)

03/28/2026

Hunting Yooperlites!

I am always thankful for the times I get to stop and appreciate the sunrise and/or sunsets. This was one of my favorite ...
03/21/2026

I am always thankful for the times I get to stop and appreciate the sunrise and/or sunsets. This was one of my favorite sunsets from the hard water this season.

Anybody else have a favorite sunrise/sunset pic?

03/15/2026

FULL of Black Spot! Are you eating this fish or releasing it?

What a way to end the ice season! Went up to Northern Minnesota with family chasing perch, and it never disappoints!Day ...
03/11/2026

What a way to end the ice season! Went up to Northern Minnesota with family chasing perch, and it never disappoints!

Day 1 started slow. Really slow. Like we might not catch enough fish for our evening fish fry. Hopped over to a different lake. Took some work, but the midday bite saved us! Almost limited out, but kept 16 solid 9 to 11 1/4" perch. Needless to say, we had our perch dinner alright!

Day 2 was kind of the same. Weeded through a ton of d***s, but picked off big fish here or there. Jim found an area with a much better ratio of big to small fish. We quick set up over there and BOOM! It was on like Donkey Kong! An easy limit of 9 to 11 1/4" fish. Again, the midday bite was awesome! Another awesome perch dinner!

Day 3 we farted around chasing bluegills and sunnies in the morning. Oh. My. Goodness! Lakes with these caliber fish are few and far between. An easy limit of 5 sunfish apiece, then went back to the perch lake to round out our possession limit of 40 perch apiece. The wind was brutal, and the big fish would just not cooperate. But we scratched it out, and managed our remaining fish of 8 to 11 inches. We ate bluegills for dinner so we could go chase some more the next day.

Day 4 was zero pressure. We got to just enjoy the awesome lake with the incredible size class of gills and sunnies! We tossed back so many 8" sunnies and 9" gills it was unbelievable! Hoping that lake will support some 10 inchers by next year!

What a great ending to an incredible Ice Season! Can't wait for next year!

Stay tuned for a perch video and a bluegill video from the trip!

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