Sometimes, it takes a practical joke to get her hooked

Dear Fish Diary: I have to be honest; some guys really don’t want their girlfriends or spouses to take up fishing. I’m serious. I know it sounds a bit out there, but it’s true. Their excuses run the gauntlet of typical relationship rhetoric. Oh, this is a man’s sport,...

This amazing catch is not a ‘hum-drum’ story

Dear Fish Diary: Ron Koetje isn’t really a bragger. He’s not one to bend your ear for hours telling you hero stories of the monsters he’s caught. He won’t bore you with war stories about the ones that got away. Nope, Ron is much more subtle. By subtle, I’m saying Ron...

How do you tell an Outdoors Person to Stay Inside?

Being an outdoorsman, social distancing has never been an issue for me. I want to be as far away from people as I can get and the more remote my location the better. I’m probably one of the few that was slightly jealous of Tom Hanks in the movie Castaway. During the...

“Slamtastic”

Bruised, battered, our record breaking performance at the Redneck Tournament was painful, but “Carp-tageous” The Redneck Fishing Derby proved to be an experience beyond our wildest fishing nightmare. It was a relentless pursuit of kamikaze, mutant flying...