Forgotten Esox of Michigan

Here in Michigan we’re blessed with so many places to chase Esox like Northern Pike and Muskie,places like Lake Hudson, Fletchers Pond, Detroit River, Lake St. Clair and up and coming Lake Erie. come to mind. What many people don’t know is that we have a...

A day on the water with Ficious Jigs.

Great Morning Sunrise over the lake. Recently I had the pleasure of joining the owner of Ficious Jigs on the lake with some friends of his in tow. We met up at a local bait shop and got stocked up on provision for the day We had to cut the bs’ing short at the...

Homemade Lights

I wanted to add hours to my day that I could fish. So I knew I needed a light System for inside my house. I have been check a bunch of different stores like Harbor Freight, Meijer, Wal-mart, Lowe’s etc. I was looking for some cheap LED lights that I could use...

Invisible Swivels…Yes they are real!

Invisible Swivels yes you heard me right! A company, Aquateko has finally come up with swivel a fish can not see.Its stealth design is invisible in water and neutrally buoyant, flexible and completely invisible. InvisaSwivel was engineered using advance fluorocarbon...

Choosing the right rod for Sight Fishing

This is an excerpt from my book I am working on now it has a working title the Finer points of sight fishing sunfish.I hope to have it finished in the next few months. Recently the icefishing world has started to really change on this front. Ice fisherman are learning...

Hard work pays off.

Today I hit a lake that is brand new to me. I found it through lots of hours reading through info from the DNR, and a few other sources. Went right to plan A and while it was a little slower than I would have hoped but it got hot around 1pm. And this is what I ended...

Sufix Ice Magic Line

I thought I would give this old product review a bump back up to the top of the list. I wrote it late into the ice fishing season last year. I hope this some guys out has they are shopping for a new line this season. So this winter I wanted to really give this line a...

More Great News for The River Raisin and Monroe County

Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Grant Awarded to Sterling State Park for Habitat WorkContact:  Glenn Palmgren, 517-373-7844 or Mary Dettloff, 517-335-3014 Agency: Natural Resources and Environment Jan. 5, 2011The Department of Natural Resources and Environment...

A must Read

This PDF is a must read if you live in this area. http://michigan.gov/documents/dnr/LkErie-newsletterJan2011_341271_7.pdfwww.outinmichigan.com

Rigging Spikes

One of the most popular ice fishing live baits and also one of the cheapest are Spikes or Euro Larva. Spikes are nothing more than your common every day maggot. When you see them listed as “euro larva” that only means that the spikes had been fed a dye to...