by Chris Hansen | Jul 14, 2013 | Blog
Finally, the river has come back into shape. Although when I checked my records I see it was actually later than this last year before we could get after the brown bass on the river. I headed up to my preferred high water launch site this weekend and was greeted by...
by Chris Hansen | Jul 3, 2013 | Blog
Small Tiger Muskie Mason Johnston from Shawnee, KS Yeah, yeah, the rivers have been too high. The Mississippi has been flowing at over 20,000, the St Croix over 10,000, even the Rum has been approaching 5,000 CFS. No one loves river fishing as much as me, and I will...
by Chris Hansen | Jun 17, 2013 | Blog, Uncategorized
Yesterday was the first of many family fishing outings I’ll have with my clan. Fishing with a bunch of girls does present problems, there’s almost guaranteed to be at least one outburst of crying, and I don’t know why I haven’ t learned to...
by Chris Hansen | May 29, 2013 | Blog
I’m at a boat launch near home this weekend, and here comes the DNR’s Milfoil Boy. Nothing against this guy, he was polite and just doing his job, and I answered all his questions like I have many times before. When we were done with the mandatory...
by Chris Hansen | May 22, 2013 | Blog
The North Shore did not disappoint. I have gone fishless on the Shore many times over the years, but I have gotten a little smarter, and have learned to wait until the conditions are good. And this has to line up with time I can actually get away. River levels...
