by brookdog | Feb 6, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
Bowfin: Add These Dinosaur Fish to Your Bucket List Earlier this year, a fishing buddy of mine, Chuck Yauch, introduced me to the idea of fishing for bowfin around the Buffalo Niagara region. Up to that point, I hadn’t really taken the idea seriously. Nate...
by brookdog | Feb 5, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
Yep – we caught largemouth bass on the frog. Topwater. For hours. What better area than the Florida Everglades where you can consistently bomb huge casts down a long straight bank that’s consistently covered with weeds along a steep drop-off? Frogging is...
by brookdog | Feb 1, 2017 | Thoughts from the Water
Like many Northerners in the middle of winter, images of sunny days, flip-flops, lighter beers, and warmer climes have been haunting me lately. That’s not to say that I don’t love our Buffalo, NY winters and the excellent fishing and other outdoor...
by brookdog | Oct 17, 2016 | Thoughts from the Water
This video, Re-Discover Your Region, is the first of what will be a series of short videos that feature Western NY in its resurgent glory. From local eateries, to spectacular scenery, to the diverse fisheries of the region, we will explore WNY from the air, land, and...
by brookdog | Sep 12, 2016 | Thoughts from the Water
I’ve told this story to quite a few people over the years. The other guy involved in this piece of non-fiction has been reading our blog posts and recommended I tell it – if for no other reason than entertainment value. What will follow is a tale of exploration,...