SILVER LAKE Kenosha County, Wisconsin By Ken Poor Muskie fishing opportunities continue to improve on many of the lakes located in southeast, Wisconsin and Northern Illinois. Both the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) working with a number of local fishing clubs or organizations deserve the credit…
Like many Southeast Wisconsin lakes early morning fishing is a good way to avoid the crowds.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Grubs are the preferred live bait for most types of panfish such as bluegill.
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…
It is entirely possible that these ice fishermen take ice fishing and safety to a new level.
Northern pike are plentiful on Center Lake. I watched this young man catch this pike on a plastic worm close to the launch ramp.
CAMP LAKE Kenosha County, Wisconsin By Ken Poor The challenge when fishing Camp Lake is the density of its weed beds and the entirety with which they fill the lake. On the other hand, the dense weed growth keeps fishing pressure relatively light while providing excellent habitat for largemouth bass, northern pike, and panfish.…
COOPER RIVER BASS By Ken Poor The Cooper River is a tidal river located just north of Charleston, South Carolina. The northwest end of the river ends at the Pinopolis Dam, built in 1941, and the south end of the river ends at the Charleston Harbor. Above the dam is 60,000-acre Lake Moultrie which is…