To fish or not to fish? What a stupid question. Speaking of stupid questions, do you know the difference between a steelhead and a rainbow trout? Neither do I, and neither do you. Let me clarify. I think the first thing that should be understood is that a steelhead is a nickname given to a …
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All three boats in the fleet went out fishing this morning and all three boats came in with a quick limit of coho salmon! Bright colored spoons on slide divers and downriggers did the trick and orange 00 Luhr Jensen dodgers did the rest on short leadcores behind boards and divers. We’re fishing relatively shallow …
The Arsenal of a Charter Captain’s Weather Reports Lake Michigan’s weather patterns can be vastly different than the weather on dry land. As a charter captain, people message me all the time for ways to keep up to date on the weather. The most important tool you can have is to be close and take …
“Growth starts where your comfort zone ends.” This saying has been playing over and over in my mind recently. You might be able to infer that means that I’ve been a bit uncomfortable lately, and you’d be right. Here’s why I am excited about that. Let’s start at the beginning. Right about the time I …
I can’t believe we’re already knocking on December’s door. The past five and a half weeks have felt like I’ve been living in a time warp, living two hours at a time between feedings of my newborn. Late on October 22nd, Megan and I welcomed our sweet Daphne Jane into the world and it’s been …
YUUUUUUUUP! You found it! Welcome to the all new Playin’ Hooky Blog! I’ll have to admit when there is such a vast array of fishing knowledge locked inside this big ol’ smart, fit, and handsome brain of mine, it’s pretty intimidating trying to figure out how we unpack all of this. To quote the great …