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hey leonidas90, Thanks. Roger

mono leader and other crazy ideas Hey Gary and others, Whey I read your question about mono leader my first answer was "bad habits?" I've always done it that way. Maybe it helps to have a little stretch when a fish goes crazy at the boat. Maybe I believe kokanee are more line (and other)...

When, Where and How We Fish In my family we believe the early fishermen catch the fish. For over 15 years our experience at Blue Mesa confirmed the adage and in the 2018 Blue Mesa Fishing Report I showed some fish catching frequencies that supported the belief. We believe in what has proven...

Our Summer Fishing Part 3 Part 3. Our last fishing trip was early September and fish were turning red. We were done at the Gorge. By the end of September it was cool enough to give Lake Powell a shot. We skipped the spring trips to Powell because of the mud – the mud line was 40+ miles...

Our Summer Fishing Part 2 Part 2 While I can’t say why our luck was so good, I can share one technique that works – some of the time. In 2001 when we first got a boat (a 16ft Boston Whaler Dauntless), my dad and I learned how to fish for kokanees on Blue Mesa using leadcore line and later...

Our Summer Fishing Part 2 Part 2 While I can’t say why our luck was so good, I can share one technique that works – some of the time. In 2001 when we first got a boat (a 16ft Boston Whaler Dauntless), my dad and I learned how to fish for kokanees on Blue Mesa using leadcore line and later...

Our Summer Fishing Part 1 Our summer fishing turned out great but it didn’t start that way. The big snow pack took all of May and much of June to melt, and the lakes were muddy early. We tried Fontenelle late in May and again in June but it was too muddy for good fishing. We finally had...

Dear administrator: I have written a story about our summer fishing FG and LP, and need help. Some of my photos are inserted sideways and they seem to then be permanently stuck at the bottom of the post as a thumbnail and can't be deleted. And the resulting mess counts against my 5 photos per...

We spent a week fishing out of Lucerne Valley Marina and got home 5 days back. Fishing was slow. We slept in on the first day after 8 hours of driving from Gunnison, CO but we caught 3 nice salmon north of the pipeline. The next day we caught one salmon, then nothing the third day. The day...

Elk Creek Ramp & Marina Open The Elk Creek boat ramp opened last Friday and the marina store last Tuesday. The ramps and inspection stations are open 5:30 to 9:00 every day. In addition to the Elk Creek ramp and the Lake Fork ramp, which has been open for several weeks, the Iola ramp is also...

We still haven't fished BM this season and probably won't, but my friends report incredible lake trout fishing, decent fishing for browns and an on-going, nothing going on season for Kokanee.

Two photos from Friday, April 28. Seems rare to have ice on Blue Mesa the first of May. Way back when, we used to catch salmon by May 7. Western University's graduation typically falls around Mary 7, so fishing began as soon as the students and their families left town. The...

This was Blue Mesa last Monday, April 17 And this was a few hours ago on April 23. And while the ramp is clear the marina will need more time. Lots of shore fishermen and women out. There is some open water at Old Stevens, where the river now enters the lake. We had a big winter, with...

That Special Fishing Trip Mary and I are busy planning our summer fishing trips and want to extend a fishing invitation to anyone with medical issues who wants to take that special fishing trip. If you or a friend have serious medical issues and want to have a special fishing trip to Flaming...

Yes, the fun times are not so far off and I am trying to finish up a couple of small woodworking projects in the shop so I can spent more time prepping for fishing. Typically Lake Powell comes first; LP is warm desert in May when there are still big snow drifts on the north side of our house...

Hey Pauli, What a sweet pair of rides on the roads and water. We have admired sprinter campers; all the luxury without all the mass. What really caught my eye was your whaler. We had a 16 ft Dauntless for 15 years. A fun boat that served us well. We had the whaler in a slip at elk creek...

Hey Pauli and others, Thank you for your kind words. No, I hadn't heard the phrase Finish Strong. I had framed something like this as self-respect but Finish Strong is more simple and more powerful. I will use it going forward and think about it every day. Thank you. This is important to...

Getting up to date. Last year, 2022, was the best since my diagnosis. My testosterone level remained near zero, meaning my cancer is not growing, and there were only a couple of health concerns. Fall, between Thanksgiving and Christmas, seems to bring troubles and right before Thanksgiving 14...

Easy Loader trailer repair The photo above shows where my trailer breaks. You can see a couple of the bolts that attach the trailer frame to the axle subframes. In the second photo you can see the broken flange just to the right of the two U bolts that were the original connectors for the...

Covid broke everything. Is there any glue left that will mend America? Moving into the spring of 2020 it became obvious how much covid was disrupting every dimension of our lives. The schools closed, shops and businesses were being shut down, everyone was wearing a mask, many people were...