Time to Fish!

[Red Childress]

After shuffling some schedules around the recent weather, Joe is going to chase muskies-on-the-fly tomorrow and then the boat will go into the shop immediately afterward for a scheduled pit-stop. (Joe was the guy who bagged his first fly-musky a few weeks ago after only 9 casts!)

It looks like tomorrow will be my last weekday fishing trip before school starts. Hopefully, today’s rain doesn’t muddy things up too badly.

Good luck and stay tuned!

[Red Childress]

There wasn’t much action for Joe and I yesterday. Other than a few smallies following Joe’s musky-sized fly to the boat, the net stayed dry for us all day. We fished some off colored water most of the day hoping to offset the sunny skies. The plan sounded good on paper.

Today we take our youngest daughter to college. The nest will be officially empty today. My boat goes into the shop tomorrow as school work-days begin later next week.


Good luck and stay tuned!

[Red Childress]

I plan to pick up my boat this weekend after some serious yearly maintenance has been completed by Wiegel’s Marine and then play a little golf over the holiday. I plan to wait another week before getting back into “weekend warrior” mode for the next 3 months.

Have a safe Holiday and stay tuned!

[Red Childress]

Picking up the boat today and preparing to kick off the Fall fishing season this weekend. We will be targeting muskies both days. The river discharge is running lower than normal so be careful out there!


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

After a severe butt-kicking yesterday, we decided not to fish in the rain today.

‘Tis the season for the floating weeds/grass to begin. As the days get shorter and the river bumps up, the mature vegetation is starting to break free. The pea soup coming out of Chautauqua Lake is adding some color to the river as well. It won’t be long before the Corps begins switching the gates to a bottom discharge which always adds some color to the upper river too.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

We are suppose to be chasing muskies this weekend but some airline travel snags may force us to cancel. I will know more later today. The river flow is still running low as local fishermen only have 1 week before the big tourney next weekend. I haven’t had a chance to check on the water clarity yet this week but I expect to see some color.


Stay tuned and good luck!

[Red Childress]

We were only able to squeeze in a 4-hour day yesterday but netted a very solid pike and I pulled the lure away from an upper-30’s fish at boatside with the hopes of a little ‘bait and switch” technique. Ryan threw back a couple times but no luck. Water clarity looked nice and the river was actually a tad higher than last weeeknd. The smaller tributaries are running higher from last week’s rainfall. The Fall cooldown has arrived which means floating vegetation is increasing.

No fishing today for my boat. My wife informed me that since both kids are finally in college, I needed to take her golfing today.

Stay tuned and good luck!