One June 20, we took an afternoon drive to the Manistee to see if there would be a Hex drop.

Joe caught this nice 17" brown at dark. The drop and feed was moderate on this night.

Sam, Joe and Dave.

Andrea and Nick vacationed in Key West in Mid-July. Andrea displays a shark that she caught while fishing with Nick

I understand that A.J. outfished Nick on this day. The final fish tally was Andrea 6 Nick 0.

The "Fish Hog" and guide Ryan pose with Andrea's beautiful bonefish.

Jim Koch and Steve fished the U.P.'s Fox River the week of Aug. 16.

This was the river actually fished by Ernest Hemmingway in his youth and featured in the "Nick Stories".

Jim caught several keeper brookies. See the Fishing Reports for the full story.

On 8/25 the Bullet hit the bay for a perch run. Mike, Harry, Joe, Sam, Steve and Dave were the crew.

A little "perch humor". Sam caught the most and biggest on this day.

Harry examines the keepers.

We made the annual trip to the Betsie to fish salmon on 9/16.

Nick watches Sammy stalk a gravel bed.

Terry nailed the largest fish of the trip.

Sean Shannon and Nick with mornings catch.

The boys enjoy a beer after a morning of fishing. Hey Sammy, is that a rabbit in your pocket?

Sean displays his first Michigan salmon.

Terry works a hole.

The Cassidy Boys - Salmon Slayers.

Nick and I were fishing guest of Chad Plumly on 10/2.

Chad guided us on the Chattahoochee River near downtown Atlanta, Ga.

Nick caught several rainbows of this size on nymphs.

Even the old dog caught a few. It was a beautiful enjoyable day floating this river.