In my travels over the weekend trying to find a deer I noticed that a lot of the smaller lakes have finally frozen over. The bigger and deeper water bodies are still wide open but it won’t be long until they too, are ice covered until spring. Most of us […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
Since I started writing this column back in 2007 I have written about holiday gift ideas every year but usually I wait until a week or two before Christmas when many people have already taken care of their shopping list. Over the past week I’ve gotten messages from several people […]
Year after year, another fishing season comes to an end. We never know quite exactly when that’s going to be in our part of the World but with the weather we’ve received over the past week and the cooling temperatures next week, we’re just about done for another year. I […]
In the early 2000’s we had some of the best deer hunting opportunities in North America right here in Sunset Country. In terms of the number of trophy sized bucks, the overall population of deer and all of the public land to hunt, few areas could compare. The old saying […]
By Jeff Gustafson Despite the fact that I have a season’s worth of fishing gear piled up in my garage waiting to get organized, some writing assignments due and yard work to finish before we freeze up, I can’t help but get outside to enjoy the nice weather that keeps […]
Open water fishing started for me way back in January when I left home, towing my boat to Florida for the start of the Bassmaster Elite Series season. Up until last week, I never had more than a couple of week long stretches where I didn’t use my boat. I […]
Since I was a little kid I have always loved fishing in the fall. Some of the best opportunities of the whole year are happening right now for bass, crappies, walleye, pike and musky. My belief is that our fish know that a long winter is coming so they feed […]
Of all the great things related to fishing that excite me, getting to fish and explore new water is at the top of the list. Especially when the fishing is really good. This past weekend my brother Ben and I teamed up to fish the 2nd Annual Whitedog Kickin’ Bass Fish […]
A couple of weeks back when this latest run of beautiful, unseasonably warm weather started I figured I would take advantage of if by getting on the water and put in some long days fishing. I have continued the trend for a couple of weeks and it looks like we […]
It was a busy weekend for tournament anglers across the Sunset Country region, with several events going on. The weather was beautiful and unseasonably warm over the weekend which was nice to see. I have fished these fall bass tournaments since I was a little kid and a lot of […]
The annual Crow Lake Classic bass tournament took place over the weekend in Nestor Falls out of Hanson’s Hideaway Lodge. The Hanson family took over running the tournament several years ago and do a great job hosting this two day event every year. It’s a lot of work to organize […]
After the 25th edition of the annual Bassin’ For Bucks fishing tournament wrapped up on Sunday evening in Sioux Narrows I felt like I was starting to get old. The tournament started way back in 1996 and I have been fortunate to have fished every one. After a few anglers missed […]
