A fun family night of panfishing!

Just came back from another awesome fishing trip and quality family time up at Arcadia Lodge. This was our seventh year there. I decided to do a full-length fishing vlog documenting highlights of my fishing outings. In the video, some highlights you will see are a bowfin (dogfish) follow, 18.5″ smallmouth, bowfin #1, 21″ smallmouth, bowfin #2, and 20″ smallmouth. The video is lengthy so if you wanted to skip to certain segments, below are the time bookmarks. Hope you enjoy my new fishing vlog!

3:34 Bowfin Follow
5:33 18.5″ Smallmouth
6:43 Bowfin #1
8:28 21″ Smallmouth
11:49 Bowfin #2
14:46 20″ Smallmouth

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Introduced J to a little river fishing yesterday morning… His first ever freshwater drum and flathead catfish!

A beautiful morning for crappie fishing! In this video we are targeting spring crappies in super clear water under fallen timber. I am fishing with crappie minnows using a Thill slip bobber with a small split shot and an Eagle Claw #6 Aberdeen light wire hook. Mostly 9-11” fish but we caught close to 50 fish on a couple spots.

A nice kickoff to the 2024 fishing season! Joined my buddy Gary on Belle Creek near Welch for a trout fishing adventure on Sunday, March 3rd. Hiked and fished a total of 6 miles. Very picturesque with steep bluffs and a few fish to the net! Topping off a fun day with a trip to the Asian buffet.

A fun chilly outing on the river yesterday morning, Binh and I caught a wide variety of fish including bass, walleye, pike, and carp. Biggest bass went 19” at 4.3 lbs. No idea what the carp weighed but it sure felt like a battle for the ages!

Chilly morning yesterday so cold the rod eyelets kept freezing over along with frozen finger tips and toes, a runny nose, muscle cramps despite wearing multiple layers… But all worth it with this 21-inch, 5 pounder right on the dot! Thanks to my cousin Binh on the net job. Winterizing the canoe and switching over to river fishing for the remainder of the season.

Back on the river for another smallmouth bass fishing adventure! Started off really slow but the bite picked up by mid-morning. Binh landed a 19” brute and I followed up a little later with a 21 incher, tying my personal best. These river bronzebacks are pure muscle, fighting power!

Started the day off bass fishing. Three bass in, the pike bite took over. Follows and aggressive bites near the canoe made for a thrilling morning! Biggest pike was 32 inches.

Scorching heat didn’t stop us from putting in a few hours today pulling in a few Labor Day brutes. A fish here, a fish there… picking out the best cover spots and pitching jigs and chatterbaits. Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!