Luck or Draw...?
Tuesday, September 2, 2008 at 01:57PM 
Okay. So, here's a question. Is fishing about good luck or skill or a strange combination of both? I don't quite know how to answer that one, but it sure seems like every time I fish with Dave Genz, the fish sure seem to chew up our lines. Does that mean Dave's lucky or good? Keep reading. For those of you who might not know, Dave is known in 
the outdoor world as "Mr. Ice Fishing". He literally changed the sport with his creations over the years. The Genz family was first to creat portable ice fishing shelters. Dave was one of the first guys to use electronics on the ice. He also introduced us all to a little bugger called a Eurolarvae. Funny, but Dave and I always seem to end up fishing together on ice. We vowed to change that in 2008 and a few nights ago made good on our promise. . We fished the ol' Miss above Clearwater. The river is Dave's stomping ground in the summer months. His bait of choice has always been a 
jig and minnow. Not just any minnow, but Redtails. Redtails Dave catches, one at a time. Yep, Dave wanders into small streams and fishes, with rod and hook, for all his minnows. Seems to be a good recipe. We caught more smallmouth bass than two guys could count, a few nice cats and I even managed to scrounge up a pike in the 34 inch range. Oh, did I mention Dave's walleyes too? I always seem to catch fish when I'm with Dave. Makes me wonder if luck has much to do with Dave's fishing prowess......
In other news....Was back up on the Mississippi shooting a story on Kayak fishing last week as well. I paddled the river with Jack Olson of Crow Wing Kayaks. Fishing was a little slow, but we managed to wrestle a few nice smallmouth into the boats. Kayak fishing takes a little practice. First, you're constantly moving. You learn to paddle into position and fish before getting twisted around. Also, hook sets at water 
level are a little different. It's pretty easy to yank the bait out of mouths at such a low angle. 
The plus side? You're so close to the fish, it changes the entire experience. For the record, Jack's foster daughter landed big fish of the week. Way to go Sally! Watch for the story on the kayaks down the road on Due North Outdoors! Up next, we're headed north to Leech Lake to do a little fishing with the "Mixed Nuts". A bunch of folks who've fished together for 30-plus years. All I can tell you is this group is quite a television story in the making. Then I'll be fishing the Muskie Mania event up in central Minnesota. I'll try and post a few pictures later this week!
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