I think it was a vodka / tonic?  In fact I’d bet on it.  It was probably my eleventh or twelfth that day.  Sometime just before midnight, just as the joint was getting ready to close, I had my last alcoholic beverage.  That was two years and a day ago.  The months leading up to that day were pretty scary for me.  I knew something was wrong with my heart, but I didn’t want to really admit it to myself and I sure as hell didn’t want to go to a doctor and find out I was…

Prior to the start of every musky season I like to organize the lures that will make the final grade and get to go for a long boat ride on opening day.  If you have as many lures I do, this can be a bit of a problem.  One trick I've learned over the years is to use my kitchen cupboards and drawers to aid in the process.  I open them all up and hang the lures.  I can hang just about every musky lure I own and see them all at once.  Once they’re hanging, I organize them by lure type.  One…

After yesterday’s heavy blog, I thought I’d lighten today’s.  Some of the boys and I were shooting the s**t at the bar tonight and our topic of conversation turned, as it often does, to fishing trips from years back.  Tonight we were talking about species of animals we’ve caught that weren’t fish.

We’ve caught all sorts of creatures over the years.  We didn’t really catch them since we never used hooks.  We’ve had plenty of seagulls fly off with pieces of bread or crackers only to rip…

I was in his neighborhood the other day, so I thought I’d stop by and say, “Hi”.  I haven’t visited my friend in a long time and I missed him.  When I arrived at his earthly residence he was resting, but I don’t think my presence disturbed him.  He didn’t talk much, which was okay.  I never know when to shut up after all.  I told him how much I’ve missed him and how the guys in the club still talk about him.  I let him know Joe and I took his son fishing and how we got skunked, again.  How…

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