Quillback

You lucky dog! I want to get up to Sturgeon Bay one of these days.

Hope you get into them! There's some fish to be caught early in the morning on Beaver and Table Rock. Did they not remove the prostrate? That's good of course if they did not, but first time I've heard of strictly radiation treatment.

Another cool one this AM. A few hot days on the way, but it looks like the early mornings will be relatively cool.

Thanks, this and the one Randy posted both look pretty darn good. Maybe a fish and shrimp taco would work too.

I love those cool October mornings, starts off almost cold, then warms into the 70's. My favorite time of year.

Who has a good fish taco recipe? Got some striper fillets I need to do something with, I could deep fry, but I want to try fish tacos.

Got a couple of windows open, fan going, sucking that cool air in.

For sure.

It is hot for sure, with no relief on the horizon.

Average upped to .350. Hit his 20th HR last night which makes him the first MLB player in MLB history to start their first three seasons 20/20. As in at least 20 HR's and 20 stolen bases.

Looks like there is a seine or throw net in the pic.

I've learned of a secret spot or two from other folks. The thing is, they'll say to me: "I'll tell you about this spot, but you can't tell anyone else". So I end up with a lot of spots that I can't talk about because others swore me to secrecy. 😀 Back in the day when I lived in Washington and there were salmon and steelhead in the rivers, people were extremely secretive, to the level of paranoia. And if you identified a spot on a steelhead forum, you'd get scorched because by golly it was everyone's secret that you just blew up. I've found that usually when you run across someone on the water or at the ramp, they'll volunteer stuff they've figured out. I've always found out you'll get more info if you play dumb (I'm good at that).

Dan I ate some of the whites I caught a week ago and they were pretty darn good. I deep fried them and was surprised at how good they were. I've eaten a lot of whites and those were the best I have ever had.

Put in at first light once again. Went right to the back of Indian, but the secret spot has dried up. I knew it was just a matter of time, it was fun while it lasted. Worked the area over hard, caught a couple of spots and a couple of whites on the 3.3 swimbait, and that was it. Moved over to another cove that had held a few fish and picked up a few smallies and a couple of 14" stripers. Again on swimbaits deep in 20-30 FOW. Left at 1000. Back at the ramp ran into a guide that had pulled out right before me. He asked me if I wanted some stripers as his clients decided they did not want them and if I did not take them, he was going to "release" them. I decided to take them, so in a bit I'll be filleting 3 stripers that are in the 5-6 lb. range. WT 85.

Ya'll had a great day, I am a bit jealous!

That's some great fishing, all these reports are getting me motivated to make it up there some day. But not in gnat season, I hate those things.

If I live long enough it is in my future, the optometrist tells me the cataracts are starting to develop. I know several people that have had it done and it didn't sound like it was a big deal as far as the procedure. My mom had it done a few years ago, she said she had not realized how much it had degraded her vision as far as colors. It's like you get a new set of eyeballs.

Yes we all die. However I do believe that one should try and stay as functional as possible up to the date you keel over. If you can of course, some folks get dealt a bad hand and there's not a lot you can do about it if that is the case.

Local gym has a stair climber machine, I can do about 7 minutes max. It's a workout. Don't fear the steps, embrace them. 😃

That has been my philosophy about retirement. Started the IRA about 1986 and always contributed the max to the 401K. It worked for me.

Jaws!

Do they get a steelhead run? That really bright rainbow in the first pic looks like a steelhead that has just come in from the saltwater.

Some good fishing in those ditches.

Those are some great fish!

Thanks for the trip, a bit slower than it has been, but on the other hand it is a tough time of year. We caught some nice white bass.