December 2023
Buche de Noel!
I might suck at musky fishing, but I did whip up this little vanilla chiffon cake with caramel, chocolate and espresso cream filling slathered in dark chocolate ganache, accompanied by meringue mushr…
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Buche de Noel!
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Christmas Tree is Up!!
I put up our Christmas Pierogi Tree yesterday. Now to figure how to keep Frank away!
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Christmas Tree is Up!!
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Fantasy Football Report - 12.13.2023
As musky season draws to a close, playoff fantasy football season kicks into high gear. Here's a look at the NMA FFL quarter-finals. While musky fishing is supposed to be fun, fantasy football is a…
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Fantasy Football Report - 12.13.2023
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A memorable fish
A relentless 3 day musky grind rewarded me with a special fish this year, the same "should be 50" that Carl had encountered on almost the same day last season.
For anyone who doesn't know the story,…
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A memorable fish
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Fishing Report - 12.13.2023
Bruce saying "wow," when we marked the crazy huge stuff tonight is no small event considering he was well into our penultimate, boat snack, end-of-season bonanza.
Huge marks, holy (expletive delete…
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Fishing Report - 12.13.2023
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Fishing Report - 12.6.2023
Armed with a box full of muffins and a jug of hot chocolate Bruce and I trolled the river from 4:30 to 8:00. I was thankful for the comforting cocoa, because the river was spooky tonight. Everywhe…
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Fishing Report - 12.6.2023
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Fishing Report - 12.3.2023
Hi, my name is Scott and I am a terrible, awfully awful musky angler. It's been twenty-eight days since my last musky. (Hi, Scott. ) Jojo and I proved that fact once again from 8:30 to 2. I sucke…
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Fishing Report - 12.3.2023
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It was. Goodday to Wish
Igg n I planned to wish today if weather was not to bad… Weathergirl forecast looked good last night so it was game on for Dawn patrol !
Woke up this morn no fog, no rain. / green on weather MAPS? Se…
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It was. Goodday to Wish
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November 2023
Fishing Report 11.20.2023
Carrie and I trolled tonight from 5pm to 9pm. We didn't catch a thing other than a poor emerald shiner. Shocking, huh?
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Fishing Report 11.20.2023
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Long remember
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Long remember
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Set The Hook
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Set The Hook
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Fishing Report - 11.7.2023
Bruce and I fished UN4, 13, 2 and 3 in that order tonight from 6pm to 11:30pm. We didn't catch anything. The northwest wind made for a choppy troll and the grass was noticeably worse than Sunday.…
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Fishing Report - 11.7.2023
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No more skunk
Had the opportunity to fish with Sean on Saturday and it did not disappoint. Finally landed my first river fish this year just shy of 40. Sean graciously gave me the lucky tube that got bit; however…
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No more skunk
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October 2023
Short Nip Trip
The food has been purchased. The boat is ready. The lures, rods, reels, equipment and clothes are packed. Now I wait.
On Monday, my brother, Paul Papke -- the human cartoon -- and I will take our…
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Short Nip Trip
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Cassadaga on the Fly, Chapter 1
First the good news: I went with Rick Kustich for an all-day fishing lesson on muskies on the fly. There were five solid follows & one "maybe." Also had one levitate up from the bottom toward my…
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Cassadaga on the Fly, Chapter 1
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September 30 report
It seems that cosmic forces have worked hard to keep me off the water this year. One thing after another. In a two week period when I thought I would be free to do some extra musky fishing it struck…
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September 30 report
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September 2023
Fishing Report - 9.26.23
Bruce and I fished our honey hole today from 4 to 10. We had a hell of a time getting bites with the sun up and while we had a bunch of top water strikes in the dark we only landed a few fish. …
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Fishing Report - 9.26.23
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Tuesday Fishing Report
I've been a bit negligent in writing fishing reports this year, although I have posted a couple videos. When you're not catching, not too sure how interesting the report can be. But there's always a…
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Tuesday Fishing Report
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