by brookdog | Feb 28, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
Avoiding the Quagmire in Your First Year as a Guide I am a fishing guide and charter captain. That makes me a professional – I guess – whatever that means. I’m new to the business so I am not an expert in the industry. We just started our business...
by brookdog | Feb 16, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
Do Not Get Bound Inside this Winter For our third episode of Re-Discover Your Region, we shake the winter shack nasties by exploring the Great Lakes tributaries. The pursuit of steelhead on these creeks during the winter can lead to big fish in some breathtakingly...
by brookdog | Feb 15, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
A New Authoritative Source for Musky On The Fly Over the past few years, much has been made of pursuing muskellunge on the fly and for good reason. These fish they get huge, have sharp teeth, are photogenic, and are difficult to catch. Muskellunge (or musky) are THE...
by brookdog | Feb 14, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
Getting out of your Head While Hunting For Cutthroat Trout I’m sure we’re not alone in our love for native fish. It’s pretty easy to explain the attraction. Chances are, if you’re hunting natives, especially trout, you’re in a...
by brookdog | Feb 13, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
We’ll Order the T-Shirts this Week You voted and the results are in. There was an interesting trend in the voting. Women preferred blue, white, and gray on a black background. Men preferred the yellow, tan, and black on a green background. So, we’ve...
by brookdog | Feb 7, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
Buffalo Niagara winters can be painful…if you let them Although our region is known for an insane amount of snow and frigid temperatures, it’s really not all that bad. At some point, years ago, we got a bad rap. I’m not sure how, because Buffalo...