Ron's Fishing Adventures

04/23/2025

04/23/2025

Went on a half-day solo musky mission today. Only saw one fish, but I made it count. My first figure eight fish of the year. 36 1/2 inches

Two musky outings and two muskies in the boat. Not too bad!

04/19/2025

Ashley and I spent half-a-day fishing on Friday. It was my first time targeting muskies this year. It was a success! Ash caught a couple bass, and I got a 38 inch musky.

09/29/2024

Reposted this video from 15 months ago as a comparison with the photos of Nate Farriell's 49 incher he released yesterday. Catch and release works!

09/29/2024

Here's a 49 inch musky caught by Nate Ferriell yesterday. I caught this same fish 15 months ago. This shows that catch and release really works. I will repost the video from my catch for comparison.

09/22/2024

I was able to get out for a short, solo, kayak, musky hunt this morning. I only saw one musky, a 35 incher, that I was able to get into the net. It initially hit out on the cast, but missed. I kept reeling and saw it following fast. It struck on the first turn of the figure eight.

Shout out to Nate, who I was fortunate enough to meet while out on the water today. Nate is towards the beginning of his musky fishing adventures, but he seems to have a good positive musky attitude. I was able to give him some pointers that I'm hopeful will help him along the way. I'm predicting great things ahead for Nate!

09/18/2024

The kids and I were able to get out for a few hours this morning and do some musky fishing. Despite the lack of wind, or clouds, the muskies were fairly active. We saw seven muskies, including this chunky 34 incher that Nick caught, plus two bonus bass in the boat.

09/13/2024

I recently returned from a several days fishing trip to Northern Wisconsin, with only one small musky in the boat to show for our efforts. My first musky outing in Illinois, since returning, resulted in this beautiful 45 1/2 inch musky. Shout out to my daughter, Ashley, for an outstanding net job!!

Now, until the lakes close to fishing for duck hunting season in mid October, is prime time to catch a trophy musky. If you want a chance to catch your fish of a lifetime, send me a message.
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08/23/2024

Water temps at Banner Marsh are finally down to a reasonable level for musky fishing. Nick and I went on a musky hunt on Thursday. Fishing was slow. We only saw one small musky. We did catch a few nice bass, including this giant. It's one of the biggest I've ever caught.

08/21/2024

Ashley and I spent this afternoon chasing smallmouth bass on the Vermilion River. It was a beautiful day for fishing. We caught 40, including some real quality fish.

08/09/2024

The kids and I decided to head to Banner Marsh on Wednesday. With the cooler weather, I thought the water temps might be low enough to target muskies. However, the water temps were already in the upper 70's in the wee hours of the morning. So we shifted gears and went after bass instead. The fishing was slow. We only caught a few. This fish was the highlight of the day.

Just a reminder, even though muskies are apex predators, and they're the biggest, baddest, fish in the lake, they are vulnerable to delayed mortality if they are released after an extended battle in water temps of 80° or more.