The Forbay is Alive!

Saturday April 8, 2023 –  I have always held the belief that sharing fishing reports comes with a great deal of Karma. Whether it is writing this blog, offering tackle to those who are learning, or simply sharing what you have learned at the dock, Karma operates on the principle of cause and effect. This…

The No Fish Fishing Report

Wednesday April 6, 2023 – As part of my five-year transition into retirement, I’ve decided to fish on Wednesdays this year. Last week, I had some success fishing at the Forebay and was excited to try the lake today. What struck me immediately was how full the lake was. Even in 2018, after a severe…

April Fool

Flyfishing for Stripers in muddy and cold water has always been challenging and often frustrating over the years.   One. might say you have to be a Fool to even waste the gas trying to catch a fish in the Forebay.  My goal was to test equipment today and hopefully get ONE fish for diner- its…

One Hit Wonder

  Saturday February 18, 2023  – Today I got One Hit and Im Wondering where all the fish are.     After last weeks skunk on the Forebay,  I decided to torture myself again on the Big Lake and hopefully get better odds in the clearer water.   The Forebay is still extremely turbid.   When the fishing …

Where did they go?

Man I was pumped to show Dan the best day in years at the forebay but great makes good feel bad.    We launched about the same time as yesterday but the morning was fogged in at 9:00.   It was warm and still because of the fog.   I headed out slowly to Check 12 and…

December Blitz

Sunday Dec 4,2022   Hoping for a day just like  two days ago on the forebay,  I jumped on the opportunity to fish when the weather report changed.  Another calm west wind day  with no rain was predicted for Sunday.  The fishing has been good for me these last weeks and Im figuring out how to…

Rain Window

Friday Dec 2, 2022   Some work weeks can’t go by fast enough.  All last week seemed like there would not be a weather window to fish this weekend,   but on Wednesday a windless rainless day popped up on the prediction and I was all in to get back to those big schools of stripers.   I…

The Definition of Insanity

The Panoptix Recording are sped up over 1000X speed.   I took the video over several hours.   The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. -Albert Einstein. November 27, 2022. Sunday.  It was insane on the Forebay today,  not for the shear numbers of hookups, but for the…

Something Different

  Saturday November 19, 2022 –  After over 40 years of practicing Dentistry I’ve realized that to be at the top of your game,  you need to constantly learn what’s new and surround yourself with excellent people.  A good friend told me that you are only as good as your top 5 advisors when it…

Fishing with Dorothy

  October 14 & 16, 2022.    My dear friend Dorothy Zinky can still cast a shooting head at 92.  We got a rare chance to fish together this past weekend and despite my pessimism about the forebay after last weeks big zero day,   we decided to scout around and see if maybe things had…