Age is simply a number and I like to believe that we are only as old as we feel. At least that is what I have been saying since my 40th birthday last week. My life has changed dramatically in the past few years since my wife and I decided to start a family and have children, but I don’t... READ MORE >
Many Cook County locals love their snowmobiles and our soon to be 2-year-old son, Bo, has an infatuation like I have never seen. If you happened to attend the radar races on Poplar Lake last weekend you might have noticed a starry eyed young buck admiring the rumble of snow machines while wandering through the crowd. Bo only has a... READ MORE >
Daylight savings has been a hard adjustment for me this week after all of the festivities. I could have used an extra hour of sleep after Mush for a Cure’s Friday night party—which rolled into an early Saturday morning to prepare for a busy day of guiding. Mush for a Cure was a lot of fun, especially since Rachelle and... READ MORE >
An unusually low attendance for this year’s Cook County Ridge Riders Trout Derby on Gunflint Lake was not too surprising since the morning started with a bone-chilling 30 below, and just enough wind to keep anglers from wanting to participate. Thirty-some contestants braved the elements with only six fish being caught, and unfortunately I was not one of the lucky... READ MORE >
Cook County is a charitable community of people who host events capable of raising significant amounts of money in an effort to better the world. News- Herald Editor Rhonda Silence wrote about this very subject in her column Riding with a purpose in the February 15 edition, and I too am proud to be one of you. We chose to... READ MORE >
If there has ever been an inspiration to soak a minnow under the ice it would be to join the ranks of Lac La Croix angler Rob Scott who landed a monstrous lake trout last week. The 45-inch-long fish with a 32-inch girth weighed in at 52 pounds 3 ounces on a handheld digital scale making it a potential ice... READ MORE >
This winter has certainly been challenging for many of us, especially those who have been experiencing frozen septic systems and waterlines. Record-setting cold temperatures paired with big winds are enough to test even the toughest Minnesotans. I have slowly learned that complaining about cold weather is just part of friendly conversation around here. We like to make it sound as... READ MORE >
Saganaga, Ontario is an excellent choice for big water lake trout fishing. The convenience of motor use allows an angler to bring anything he or she can pull behind a snowmobile while fishing some of the best lake trout waters the Gunflint Trail has to offer. The Sag Corridor can be taken straight into Canadian waters by snowmobile, and once... READ MORE >
There was an unfamiliar noise in the woods while ice fishing last weekend on a lake that is ‘pert near the Boundary Waters. At first I thought it was just an obnoxiously loud exhaust pipe on a snowmobile in the distance that was echoing between the granite shorelines, but to my surprise a helicopter appeared in the sky. We watched... READ MORE >
The Gunflint Trail came to life this weekend with the buzz of snowmobiles and ice augers stretching from the South Brule to Saganaga Lake. I was starting to worry that anglers might prefer fishing down south this year to escape the cold, but the weather was nice enough for a great turnout of people fishing the trout opener. I was... READ MORE >
