HOOKER LAKE

June 27, 2020 0

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…

MY FIRST BOAT

June 16, 2020 0

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

March 14, 2020 0

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

March 14, 2020 0

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…

FISHING WEED EDGES

March 14, 2020 0

FISHING DEEP WEED EDGES By Ken Poor      In the summer, when water temperatures peak bass will move out of the warm water shoreline shallows to the cooler water along the deep weed edges. Bass will move up and down the deep weed edge depending on various conditions including, wind, water temperature, light, water clarity,…

CENTER LAKE

March 14, 2020 0

Northern pike are plentiful on Center Lake. I watched this young man catch this pike on a plastic worm close to the launch ramp.

PANFISH OR BREAM

March 14, 2020 0

PANFISH OR BREAM? By Ken Poor     Last week’s warm weather raised the water temperatures on many lakes into the prime range for the bluegill spawn. While this is a relatively late start, compared to past years and more normal seasons, it is a great time to target these great tasting panfish.      Actually, bluegill…

WACKY WORM RIG

March 7, 2020 0

To rig the Wacky Worm, stick the point of the hook through the middle of the plastic worm. The worm should rest in the bend of the hook as pictured and should not overfill the hook gap.

SILVER LAKE

March 7, 2020 0

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…

FISHING LINE BASICS

November 10, 2019 0

FISHING LINE BASICS By Ken Poor Without a doubt, the most frequent question I am asked during fishing seminars is, what type of fishing line is the best and what type of fishing line do you recommend. The inexperienced fisherman thinks that there is one type of fishing line that will work well for all…

CAMP LAKE

July 19, 2019 0

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.…

HISTORY OF STRIPED BASS By Ken Poor In early 1942, in South Carolina, the dams on the Santee River in St. Stevens and the Cooper River in Moncks Corner were closed to back up the waters of the Santee-Cooper Project. The building of the dams was a historical event for South Carolina in many ways…