Journal of a Minnesota Angler
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Gunflint Trail 2010: Days 7 & 8 - 03-09-2010
My last two days on the Gunflint Trail were uneventful. It was hard to match day 6. I do have a story of note, though. On day 7, Ken brought me to three bays near the portage to Liz Lake in the afternoon. Ken hooked a small smallie, but lost it and I caught another [...] Related posts:
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Best Walleye Fishing Day Ever - 02-09-2010
Date: 8/26/2010 Time: 11:30am – 4:30pm Body of water: Undisclosed Location: Gunflint Trail, MN Weather Conditions: partly cloudy, West wind ~20mph For a couple of year’s now, I’ve been trying to get out to a lake that my friend and colleague, Harley, has been fishing for years. He almost always comes back with his daily [...] Related posts:
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Gunflint Trail 2010: Days 2-5 - 01-09-2010
When I started writing the drafts for my posts about my trip, I had intended to do a post for each day. As I was reading over them, I realized they were BOR-ing. They were uninteresting because there was no action. I would be bored reading them, so you’d be snoring before you finished the [...] Related posts:
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Gunflint Trail 2010: Day 1 - 31-08-2010
Date: 8/21/2010 Time: 3:30pm – 5:30pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail, MN Weather Conditions: sunny We drove up to my in-laws’ cabin late Friday night to avoid traffic. We didn’t get in until 2am Friday night, so Saturday morning, I decided not to get up early to hit the water. Besides, I [...] Related posts:
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Marginal Week of Fishing - 30-08-2010
I returned last night from our annual week-long trip to my in-laws cabin on the Gunflint Trail. I’ll be posting the events of the trip this week. Unfortunately, fishing wasn’t as good as it was last year, but I was also up there a month later. We only had one day where the fishing was [...] Related posts:
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Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway - 20-08-2010
If you’ve read any of my blog from last summer, you know that I spend a decent amount of time on the Gunflint Trail in Northern Minnesota. I found out this Spring that on October 16, 2009, the Gunflint Trail was named a National Scenic Byway by the Department of Transportation. Highway 61 on the [...] Related posts:
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One Who Truly Inspired - 17-08-2010
I’ve written once before that as you go through life, you’ll meet hundreds, probably thousands, of people. But only a few will have an impact on your life. Most of us have a teacher that changed our life in some way. While I can’t say any one teacher changed my life, one had an impact. [...] No related posts.
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Lessons Learned in a Short Outing - 16-08-2010
Date: 8/15/2010 Time: 12:00pm – 1:00pm Body of water: Lake Elmo Location: Lake Elmo, MN Weather Conditions: sunny and windy Our neighborhood camping trip was this weekend and I was hoping to do some float tubing on the lake at our campground, but circumstances prevented me from doing any. Instead, I was limited to only [...] Related posts:
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The Hazards of Discarded Fishing Line - 12-08-2010
A few weeks ago, Jim Braaten of the Sportsmans Blog posted a story about his buddy running across what appeared to be a bird of prey caught in some fishing line. I don’t think any of us would wantonly throw a tangle of fishing line in the water. But what we probably don’t think about [...] Related posts:
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Crazy Like an Angler - 09-08-2010
Date: 8/7/2010 Time: 8:00am – 5:00pm Body of water: Lake Mille Lacs Location: Isle, MN Weather Conditions: overcast, windy It appears, that since I’ve become a true avid angler, I’ve lost my mind. Because no one in their right mind would willingly get up at 5:15am in the morning, let alone on a Saturday. But [...] Related posts:
