A couple weeks ago you may remember that I took a trip down the Wisconsin “Great River Road”. In that story I fished on the Clements Fishing Barge in Genoa Wisconsin. If you missed it you can read about that trip here: http://www.crappie.com/crappie/conte...wisconsin.html

This day begins fishing the Mississippi River on the Alma Fishing Float in you guessed it, in Alma Wisconsin (www.almafishingfloat.com).


We board this "tank" of a boat that shuttles you over to the “float”. Whether it's a barge or a ...

I fished off a pontoon boat with a bunch of relative newbies to fishing. It was a lot of fun. It's more fun to see the others catch fish that it is to actually catch them yourself sometimes. We must have looked like typical tourists with all these journalists on one pontoon boat, but it was a great time.

Pretty ...

Recently I had an epiphany while on a multi-day fishing trip in Wisconsin, something I suppose I already knew in the back of my mind, but I just did not consciously recognize. Since I've been touring the country going to Crappie Camps and Slab Fests in so many different states, I've experienced so much "Southern Hospitality" first hand; from Rip-a-lip setting up his camper for our personal use to campsite dinners with Papasage's family holding hands for grace. I can tell you story after story about that "good ole Southern hospitality".

But I think I found "Northern Hospitality". Or maybe it should be called "Wisconsin Hospitality". I've encountered it over many years of travel to Wisconsin, yet I've never put my finger on it. I believe it all has to do very specifically with "Family Values". Family values ...

I live in Northern Illinois and was heading to Door County Wisconsin for some Ice fishing and Snowmobiling. In Northern Illinois, we had very little ice on the water, and no snow on the ground to speak of. About an hour after I left my wife texted me the following picture of my backyard.



Although we received a healthy amount of snow there in Northern Illinois this day, Door County did not have enough snow for snowmobiling. But Ice fishing was certainly still on the agenda.



Door County is a wonderful vacation destination for summer or winter. I grew up in the ...

After I left Wausau (you can read about that story here) I drove two hours north to Eagle River Wisconsin.

Eagle River is the “Snowmobile Capitol of the World”. It really is, they have that phrase “Snowmobile Capitol of the World” trademarked. But even better than that, at least for a fisherman like me, there are over 2500 lakes in the area. So what did I do here in the true North Woods of Wisconsin, I went snowmobiling and ice fishing of course.


I also watched the Polaris Racing Team do a few ...

It all started with a trip to Mississippi with Billbob, but that story has already been told:
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/conte...arkabutla.html

So I'll pick it up from there. I kinda just went through my iPhone pictures and put this chronological story together. It's not all fishing, but there are some cool pictures and hopefully interesting stories as well. I hopeyou enjoy it. ...