By Nick Simonson While the true muskie hunters are already fishing the handful of muskie lakes in North Dakota, the eyes of many die-hards will shift eastward in the coming days for the Minnesota Muskie Opener on Sat. June 3. With that date circled on their calendar, many are wondering what baits they’ll offer up…
Category: Off The Edge
Our Outdoors: Lead On
By Nick Simonson Another cast, another strike, another hookset met with the sensation of nothing on the other end. The line wound haphazardly on the spool of my reel without the weight of the lure to keep some tension on the retrieve. It wasn’t the first time I had been bitten off in the swirling…
Our Outdoors: Unnatural
By Nick Simonson The first few spotted seatrout I picked off of the grassy break were respectable for the Don Pedro Island area along the Intracoastal Waterway of Southwest Florida. At an inch or two under the minimum limit for keeper-sized speckles, these fish provided fast action as the tide rose onto the large flat…
Our Outdoors: Gopher It
By Nick Simonson While my own speed has never been hare-like, or cat-like or really like any fast animal in the natural world, I felt speedy as I made the turn on my first morning run of vacation with a pace of 7:40, a full 20 seconds faster than my usual average. I’d give some…
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