Ice_man_08

Thanks for that Jim. It was a blast fishing with you all the time!

Thanks Matt. Already meeting up with a couple Captins then. And its just a touch early to troll the docks lol

I am feeling better Don. Little bit more each day. Thanks bud!

Hello im looking to first mate as part time/ on call or fulltime for a couple Charter boats this fall. In have 3 years of mating on lake michigan as well as 2 years of guiding waterfowl and charter fishing trips down in Texas. I would like to start down in St Joe and southern ports and willing to go as far north as Ludington. Thank you for your time.

Looking for some gen info on fishing browns and steelies. Planning on a DIY trip in the next week. Not kooking for spots just ice reports and techniques. Thanks in advance.

Thanks Guys, Here are a bunch from nodak and from earlyer this season here in michigan.

Here is a few of the pics. I have to upload from my camera later today. I just got home last night at 2am. What a great trip!! some vids. (more to come) Not sure if they will work.

Truck is packed and ready to go. I may post a report or 2 from the field if i have service. We will be in South East north dakota in a town called lidgerwood. Catch you all next week. Here are a couple more pics from the past week.

pics from the weekend. I am gettibng ready to walk out the door for an evening hunt. Post reports when i get back or tomorrow before work.

Good luck to all the hunters for the zone 3. Cam is a no go oh well. I will bring my waterproff case this weekend. I will be hunting in the muskegon marsh. Post a report late saterday or earlyer if i have my limit by noon.

Had a great hunt... killed 6 wook ducks, 4 BW teal, 1 red head, and 2 drake mallards between 4 people. Saw over 300 hundred birds. I took a TON of pics but as we where leaving i tripped and drowned my cam! So no pics yet. I have to see if they can be saved. Next hunt is thursday.

Good Luck everyone in the zone 2 opener

not many options?

Well we saw over 100 geese but all A to B birds and has zero shooting chances... The birds that left my farm pond desides to not fly over our field and took a sse flight vs a nnw that they took the day before. oh well thats hunting.

trucks loaded, everything is packed. Leaving in 8 min. i will update around 10am tomorrow.

Scouted this morning. Had geese roosted up on one of my farm ponds. Saw geese working the new field. We will 90% sure be there on saterday morning. The geese that were roosted flew right over the new field when they left the roost today.

http://www.facebook.com/#!/GrandRapidsFutureVision We want to address the BIG reasons we oppose the GRWW project. First their claim was to make the river safer by removing the dams (death machines they call them). They claimed that several people die or have to be rescued yearly because of the dams. I asked for some kind of statistics that they based that on, there have been some incidents (which are a few that happened in the last dozen year) but no where the numbers that they claimed!!! Then the used the RUSE of calling their kayaking course a river restoration which basically added some verbiage to make the general public believe that this will make the fishing better, just by making the same modifications that they had planned for their kayak course. (by the way an adjustable wave is by no means natural!!!!) Fisherman were not fooled at all by this tactic!!! ... Most recently GRWW has jumped on the tail of the lake Sturgeon claiming the project it to restore their habitat. They have done nothing to alter their kayak course for the sturgeon or added funds to monitor such a lofty promise. they have not even contacted the DNR on what needs to be done to restore the sturgeon!!! In speaking with state agencies we have learned that GRWW has made a couple attempts to get grants from the dingle johnson tax that fisherman ALL over the state of Michigan pay in license fees and taxes on everything imaginable fishing related. Hooks, line, rods, reels, nets, bait, terminal tackle and so on are taxed. They want access to those monies appointed for improvements in the fishery. Kayakers by a kayak, helmet, vest and paddle and are set for several years. They do not even have to register it like any boat including a canoe does yet many claim that fisherman need to pay a bigger chunk of the project!!! We see through the smoke and mirrors and will expose all the half truths for what they are. this is an injustice to anybody who uses the river because what is proposed is for elite kayakers making a playground with taxpayer money. GRWW also makes claims that certain agencies support heir project, when in reality they support small dam removal and improving fishery habitat. None of those agencies supports a Kayak course. Until this is done right we will fight and our numbers are growing like wildfire, our voices will be heard!!!!

Scouting this morning saw about 100 ducks working the new field and only about 50 geese. Sat there from 6:15am till 8:30am. Gotta get to work. Next report will be thursday.

Rudy im so sorry to hear that!

hey Mark, Recovery is going good. I am fully walking/running/fishing/killing lol. I still have ALOT of pain but you know what they say about pain and what can stop a US Marine

1st update- Went out to some of my private property today to drop off a couple bags of jerky i just smoked up and chat with them. The landowners daughter smoked a beautiful 9 point last year that had some amazing g2's with her car so that was kinda sad, but he gave me the info on some geese. Also last week monday i found a field with over 200 birds in it. No idea who the owner was. did some digging met up with them today brought them a bag of jerky and what do you know i have a great field that has flooded wheat and deer and over 120 acres! so that was a great end to my weekend. Work tomorrow then scouting tuesday and thursday before the opener but i'm pretty sure i know where i will be Let em lock!

Here are a few pics from last year to keep your mouth watering

Well this year is going to be a big year for me. I have Lost 80lbs over the summer working out and recovering my my injury. mind over matter if you dont mind it dont matter! I look great, i feel great! I decided to keep everything in 1 thread. This year i will be hunting early goose in zone 3, the small game opener in Baldwin as well as the youth duck hunt, zone 2 waterfowl opener,zone 3 opener.I leave for North Dakota on Oct 20 through the 28th. Not to mention bow hunting early doe and rifle. Going to be a full fall. I will update this thread with pics and live updatea so stay tuned. I am scouting tomorrow night so i will update then. Good luck everyone this fall!