Time to Fish!

[Red Childress]

We had a great time fishing but the catching was the tough part.. After not see any signs of life for 7 hours, we decided to quit an hour early.

Today, Doug will try to catch his first musky with a fly rod. Let’s hope the wind calms down a little and the toothies wake up a little. River levels are suppose to be falling today too.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

Doug worked his tail off trying to get his fly into the right places as the wind made things challenging yesterday. The floating vegetation continued but not quite as bad as Saturday. We finally had a fish flash-off around 12:30 but that was it. Hopefully, the cold front has worked its way thru the area and things are trending upward once again. Water temps south of Warren are around 57 and upstream temps are in the 62 mark.

Jeff will try his luck with the fly rod today. Muskies are on the menu.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

It was a little better out there on Sunday as Jeff had a boatside slasher try to steal his fly around 1pm but missed the hooks. Other than that, we had no other action to wrap up a very unproductive 3-day musky stint.

River levels were trimmed back down to very low levels on Sunday nite. Temps around 56-57 south of Warren.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

We knew it was going to be a windy day but did not expect THAT much wind………and floating leaves along with tons of suspended strands of river grass. We kept moving North while hunting for fishable water. After 5 hours of unproductive casting, we gave up. Over 70% of our casts came back with salad attached to our lures. We did find a few bass that were interested and that was it.

Today, we are looking for muskies while hoping the winds/vegetation are manageable. Downstream temps are around 55-56 and upstream temps in the low-60’s.

Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

Another fun day of fishing but a terrible day for catching as we failed to put any muskies in the net (once again). The wind cooperated for us during the morning helped keep the floating leaves at bay. The afternoon was a little different story. We also had more river discharge fluctuations again this weekend and I am not sure why.

Time to regroup and prepare for next weekend’s musky hunt. The first really big cool-down coming our way this week as well. Snow in the forecast for tonight.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

My boat will be looking for muskies (again) this weekend with the hopes of breaking out of the recent slump. There have been a few times over the past few weeks that a live bait approach would have likely made things a bit easier but we stuck with the artificial approach anyway.

The weather looks very nice but that doesn’t mean the fish will like it. Let’s hope the floating vegetation isn’t too bad. We are entering the time frame where there can be massive amounts of leaves floating. Fingers crossed.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

Things got a little better yesterday but the net still stayed dry. We had a couple of small-ish toothies come to the boat during the late-morning and that was it. The wind picked up around noon and the leaves became a problem. We quit after 7 hours. Today, we will change our tactics and see if we can finally get someone to eat. The water South of Warren has some pretty good stain. River levels have been bumped up a little but still very low for this time of year. The summer drought is to blame.

Downstream temps are 49.9 and upstream temps are in the upper-50’s.


Stay tuned and good luck!