2014 was a good year.

One of my main fishing/outdoor goals this year was to explore new water, and I did just that. Here are the posts that prove it. […]

Winter DPR Float

I have been itching to get out on the Des Plains River (DPR) 1 last time this year, and I finally got my opportunity. After […]

Chorizo stuffed Jalapeño Poppers

If you have ever watched Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, you may have seen an episode where Guy Fieri was at a burger place in Chicago. […]

Merry Christmas

I just want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. I hope you’re all able to spend Christmas the way you would like to. I […]

Winter Creek Fishing

It’s been far too long since I’ve been out fishing. With warmer weather this past weekend, I took advantage of it, before the lakes, rivers, […]

Ice Fishing

As I was wandering through Cabela’s killing time, and looking at a bunch of hooks, I came across some very small jigs that looked perfect […]

Change Up

Earlier this week, I swapped out the hooks on my tying desk from the big 8/0 hooks I use for musky and pike, for size […]

Happy Customer and Catch

One of my most recent customers had an awesome outing on a river here in Illinois. He was able to hook up with about 7 […]

Darty Sharks – Champions!

It was my first season with my cousins flag football team, The Darty Sharks. There were high expectations, because, they won it all last year […]