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It's not pretty, but it still floats. 11' Jon Boat. Also light enough that I can easily lift from the pickup bed to the lake on my own. Best $150 I ever spent.

I got off work early NYE and was on the lake by 1:30pm. It looked like there would be a break in the fog, but then it rolled in thicker. Fishing was decent. Broke off a fish on my first cast. 5 to the net in the next few hours of fishing bloodworms. It was about as cold a fishing day as I...

The article does a good job of highlighting some of the problems. The system is so broken I don't know how it gets fixed in the near term. I'm old enough to remember when the NCAA and PAC10 had enough teeth to kill a UW dynasty in the 90's over peanuts. Enforcement was inconsistent then, but...

2026 Fishy Goals: 1. More days fishing the Sound...dad got a new boat, so we need to get out for SRCs and Rez Coho 2. Fish at least 5 new hike-in alpine lakes 3. Catch a Golden Trout 4. More days fishing in Canada...in addition to July trip, fish June or September (or both) 5. Jon boat...

I'll have to check both of those out. His book "Matterhorn" was a great read, but brutal...I definitely sought out a few lighter reads after that one.

My biggest turn in 2025 was learning to love indicator fishing. I used to have no patience for it, but after getting completely out-fished by a regular using an indicator at a local lake in late 2024, I committed to being all-in on the indicator method in 2025. Confidence is everything. A...

I used to use excel, but the last 5 years just a basic word doc that I fill out within a few days of each trip. Date, Waterbody, Weather, Group (if I fished with others), Fish count & species, and Summary. I try to add any notes for that might help for my next trip. Also capture notes that...

Flies that imitate caddis pupa because nothing is more exciting than the caddis hatch for me. Halfback, Six-Pack, Nyerges Nymph, Chan's Stillwater Pupa. When I am tying them I can visualize the line going tight on a monster Kamloops rainbow followed by acrobatics. I love fishing the adult...

Beautiful. I always figured that lake would be iced over by this time of year. Did you catch fish across the water column or were they all hugging the bottom?

I fish with my kids a lot, so we usually name fish A-Z using some character theme (Harry potter, baseball players, video games)...that helps keep track of the numbers. Not perfect, but gets me within +/- 5%.

All the kids were excited to get their Spotify Wrapped summary of their 2025 listening habits. I keep a detailed fishing log, so I just was able to put together a Wrapped version of my 2025 fishing habits. Total Days Fished: 60 Most Fished Water Type: Lakes Most Fished Method: Indicator Most...

100%. ESPN owns the college football playoff. ESPN is tied to the SEC. Notre Dame is an NBC product. If you listened to any ESPN broadcasts or shows this weekend it was pretty clear that their staff had been given the talking points to support the SEC team (regardless of outcome). It's...

That sounds like a recipe for a headache. My preferred dropper length is 6" but I sometimes go 8"-10" to allow for a few fly changes...definitely no more than that. I've never seen a need for tippet rings for droppers...the only reason I use them is to keep an indicator from sliding all the...

I tried tying off of the hook for one season and after a while I observed my hookup rate seemed a lot lower than normal for the top fly. I prefer to tie off a tag from a double or triple-surgeon's knot. The other way I do it is adding a backing barrel and creating a sliding dropper with a...

Any photos of the sparkly white bunny leech? Size? Was it imitating baitfish in that lake, or just serving as an attractor pattern?

This 22", 4lb-2oz wild rainbow at Meadow Lake Fishing Camp was my favorite of the year. I caught a ton of bigger hatchery pigs this year, but I'll take one of these wild fish over 100 from the hatchery any day. My 7th and smallest "wallfish", but it was the first time I had one of my boys in...

REI has some great closeout deals on Gregory Baltoro 75L packs at $175 (50% off). Perfect large pack if you want to pack for a few nights of camping and still have space to bring a float tube in for high lake fishing...

Thanks for the advice. I usually target 12-18" off the bottom. I'll try dropping it down closer with the blob above and see if that makes a difference

I have heard him say that, but this lake is pretty shallow to begin with. On days with some wind I can usually count on 15-40 fish to the net. It's really just the days without wind where catching 5-10 is a struggle. I see them on the finder, but I just haven't been able to find a...

@Wetswinger I know the lake you are talking about and my Garmin Striker 4 has definitely been helpful for me there. Even at 10-12' I pick up fish...especially once I've been anchored for a bit. You can't always depend on it to find fish if they are in shallow, but it's just one more piece of...