Tag Archive
Allagash Art Blogs Brook Trout Coffee Contest Fall Family Fish Fishing Fishing Trips Fish River Flies Fly Fishing Fly Tying Fort Kent Gear Hunting Inspiration L.L.Bean Laughs Magazine Maine Media Movies Muskie Northern Maine Official Old Town Canoe Photography Pictures River Rivers Roughfisher Saint John River Salmon Spring Streamers Stuff Summer This is Fly Travel Trout Truth Winter
B&W
- So lately this has turned into a bit of a photography blog. I’m not sorry. The truth is, I really enjoy taking pictures in just about every location and situation I find myself in. Northern Maine is a beautiful place, an outdoor photographers dream of sorts. The landscapes are always visually pleasing, the wildlife [...]
X-Tra Swell
- Sometimes I’ll fish for 5 or 6 hours. Other times it only takes 1. I don’t know how long she was, or how much it weighed. My best estimates put it around 17 inches, maybe a little less. But the girth was something to be proud of, and I surely was. Fat fish have [...]
It’s a Monstah!
- BIG Apologies goes out to Mr. Jesse Jalbert for not posting this sooner! At 23lbs and 43 inches, so far this is the largest Muskie I’ve seen taken from the Saint John River this year. Reports from various fishermen indicate that the month of June has been fairly slow on [...]
Chasing Success
- Fly Fishing is a funny thing. An intense struggle between man and nature, a precise game of treachery, and the looming frustration that settles in when the fish just aren’t pickin’ up what your layin’ down. (Notice catchy northern Maine lingo) The sentence above describes what I’ll look back on as the most trying [...]
HORRAY! Ice Fishing 2010
As the winter chill strengthens its grasp around the crown of Maine, fishermen of all ages take to the ice in search of glory. An example of the raw excitement that ice fishing brings for some can be seen below. Bundle up gang, it is going to be a loooonnnggg winter! As always, the Up’North [...]
Gone Hunting For ???
- It’s Thanksgiving break, the Turkey has been served, and I am now couch ridden and full of pumpkin pie and stuffing. Yes Zack Brown, “Life is good today.” This morning I took another walk on my uncles land to see if I could track down any sign of deer that might be moving through [...]
Beauty, Meet Brawn
This afternoon was exceptionally beautiful, so I decided to throw on some boots, strap up the AR, and take a walk on some of my uncle’s land in search of a whitetail buck. While I had no luck of any kind (he’s still out their somewhere) I did enjoy the peace and quiet of the [...]
Spring Fly Fishing….During the Dog Days of Summer
- It’s no secret to the people of northern Maine, or everyone in New England for that matter, that this summer can be defined with one simple word; Rain. While the past few weeks have brought some vast improvements, last week saw the return of the wet weather in Aroostook county, accompanied this time by [...]
A Fish? What's That?
- It’s nice to know that somebody is catching fish these days, despite all the rain and terrible weather this summer has offered up thus far. This time it’s brother Bud who gets the spotlight with yet another northern Maine Muskie. I’m glad somebody is finding time to cast a line in between the thunder [...]
Ladies of Muskie Land…
Months ago I ran the feature “Females who Fish,” not knowing that It would become one of the most popular posts on Up’North to date. Well, the ladies of Up’North are at it again, as some familiar faces are back to their usual business hooking up to some monster Muskie! It’s great to see more [...]