Tea? Crumpet? LAMPREY PIE?! Eww...yuck.  If you know what a lamprey is, it isn’t something that looks very appetizing.  A large wormlike parasite, a suction cup mouth, with teeth!  Just the look of these things turns me off of even the thought of making it into pie! BUT, the Royal family will be feasting on lamprey pie for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee! 

I love to catch a great deal! I know, there are a ton of amazing lures out there.  Many of them costing at least $15/piece for a simple crank bait. Now, I'm sure the work amazingly, and I have some of the top of the line lures, BUT even if you don't have a ton of money to spend you can still find some great lures. Example!- my absolute favorite lures I buy from Walmart $3/each! They are

Recently I purchased some new equipment!  Only panfish are open right now, so it gives me some time to get some new gear for the upcoming fishing season! I needed a new tackle box...well, I just needed one of my own!  For the past years I borrowed some space in my boyfriends tackle bag.  I mostly use the same lures all year long(hey, they work!), but this year I decided I would

I thought I would share some info on one of the many invasive species in the area- the zebra mussel.   I like zebras...and I like mussels....but i do NOT like zebra mussels. They make a mess of the shoreline, and are just awful!! They are EVERYWHERE too.  I was down shore fishing the other day and from where we were all you could see were those darn zebra mussels! This invasive species

Finally got out for the first fish of the Spring...Woo!  It has been too long!  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE ice fishing, but there is nothing better than casting out over the calm water, listening to the birds and enjoying the sunset! Headed to the shore off the Riverside park to catch some sunfish or rock bass! ( They are mostly what can be caught at shore, but there are always the odd