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All tagged Len Harris Blog Spot
Many people love trout fishing like I do. Some love the adrenaline rush hooking into a large trout and feeling and hearing the drag on their reel screaming.
When an employee of the DNR is impressed with a trout, you take notice.
Trout closed on the 15th of October and will reopen on the first Saturday of January.
About 20 years ago my home waters "Wisconsin Driftless" were teaming with brook trout.
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I was fishing with my friend Rick this day. It was about 38 degrees this day. Rick had on neoprene waders and was cooking due to them. He complained the entire outing.
The motley crew of kids from “the block" are all alive except for two. As children this crew hung out together.
It was September of 1998. My daughter Anna was born in July 1996. My wings were severely clipped due to working in Madison and commuting an hour each way to work each day.
Brown head cowbirds are very common in the Midwest. They are nondescript, and blend in with the other birds in the area quite well.
My buddy Bob is 74 years old. Bob and I have fished together for about 15 years. On almost every outing he talks about his neighbor. Bob talks about the "Old Timer" that lives right next to him.
I purchased two nice wind chimes this spring for the deck. Neither my wife nor daughter were a fan of them. The first two weeks they were out there my daughter went out in the middle of the night and took them down because she couldn't sleep with them going.
He rolled up in a big silver suburban. Bob Skoronski retired (Green Bay Packer) was driving. I fish pretty often with Bob Skoronski. This was the fifth time I had been trout fishing with Coach Bob Knight (retired).
