SANDY POINT Ipswich, Massachusetts By Ken Poor One of the biggest regrets of my life is that I didn’t always have a camera to capture the memories I was living and this story explains just part of the reason. In the spring of 1956 or 1957, I was about 15 years old at that…
LAKE GENEVA Walworth County, Wisconsin By Ken Poor On their initial trips to Lake Geneva, most anglers seek locations to fish that are similar to the spots they fish on the numerous small, warm water lakes that dot the Northeast Illinois and Southeast Wisconsin countryside. Additionally, the fishing techniques they bring with them are…
SNAKE PROBLEM By Ken Poor Ever wonder why there was a sudden surge in the stock market recently – specifically for Depends. It is possible that I know why and here is the true story. I was working part time as an emergency first responder at the Heritage at Lowman – a large assisted…
HOW TO SPOOL LINE ONTO A REEL By Ken Poor When choosing your fishing line, line size (pound test) and its handling characteristics are much more important than the brand name. Select the line size that best matches the type of fishing you plan to do. There is no single type of fishing line…
LATE SEASON PIKE By Ken Poor My boat never goes into stowage until after the launch ramps start to ice up or there is ice on the lakes. The main reason I wait so late in the season is because I like to fish late season northern pike. Late in the fall season, when…
Crappie will often suspend in deep water. Locating them even with a electronics is challenging, without them almost impossible.
LAKE ELIZABETH (Lower Twin) Kenosha County, Wisconsin By Ken Poor Southern Wisconsin has so many good lakes to fish that it would be a tough call to pick “the best one”. If I did, certainly Lake Elizabeth in Kenosha County would be close to the top of my list. Lake Elizabeth, also called Lower…
HOOKER LAKE Kenosha County, Wisconsin By Ken Poor Hooker Lake is typical of the hundreds of small, relatively featureless, drainage lakes that dot the countryside of southeast Wisconsin and Northeast Illinois. Commonly these lakes are shallow, about 30-feet deep or less, dishpan shaped, and less than 150-acres in size. Although these lakes lack the…
This nice bass was taken while ice fishing on a southeast Wisconsin lake.
The likeness of the boat in this picture was so strikingly similar to my first boat that I had to sit down and write this little story about it. Mary Louise O’Sullivan gave me permission to use a copy of her painting “Old Green Rowboat” for this article. I find her paintings amazing and astonishingly…
PLANNING YOUR CANADA FISHING ADVENTURE By Ken Poor Canada offers a wide variety of spectacular fishing opportunities. Each year thousands of fishermen from across the United States head to Ontario in anticipation of the fishing experience of a lifetime. Many of the finest multi-species lakes in the world are located there. On some lakes…
BUCKTAILS AND FALL MUSKIE By Ken Poor In the northern woodlots, when the first touch of fall color starts to show, for the muskie fishermen, this signals the start of the trophy muskie season. On most northern lakes, shortly after Labor Day boat, traffic on the lakes dwindles, water temperatures begin to drop and muskies…
LAUDERDALE CHAIN Walworth County, Wisconsin By Ken Poor A chain of lakes is basically a series of lakes connected together by navigable channels. Typically, each lake in a chain will have its own personality or more correctly stated, “variety of fishable features”. Any lake with a wide variety of lake features provides the most…
FLIPPING AND PITCHING By Ken Poor Flipping and pitching are two casting techniques that are used when bass are inactive or holding close to cover and you need to put your lure right in front of their nose. Both techniques are great for bass that are in hard to reach places such as the…
Panfish such as crappie and bluegill are typically caught by jigging grubs or minnows through the ice.