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The Elk Creek boat ramp opened last Friday and the marina store last Tuesday. The ramps and inspection stations are open 5:30 to 9:00 every day. In addition to the Elk Creek ramp and the Lake Fork...

We still haven't fished BM this season and probably won't, but my friends report incredible lake trout fishing, decent fishing for browns and an on-going, nothing going on season for Kokanee.

Two photos from Friday, April 28. Seems rare to have ice on Blue Mesa the first of May. Way back when, we used to catch salmon by May 7. Western University's graduation typically falls around Mary...

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This was Blue Mesa last Monday, April 17

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And this was a few hours ago on April 23.

And while the ramp is clear the marina will need more time.

Mary and I are busy planning our summer fishing trips and want to extend a fishing invitation to anyone with medical issues who wants to take that special fishing trip. If you or a friend have...

Yes, the fun times are not so far off and I am trying to finish up a couple of small woodworking projects in the shop so I can spent more time prepping for fishing. Typically Lake Powell comes...

Hey Pauli,

What a sweet pair of rides on the roads and water. We have admired sprinter campers; all the luxury without all the mass. What really caught my eye was your whaler. We had a 16 ft...

Hey Pauli and others,

Thank you for your kind words.

No, I hadn't heard the phrase Finish Strong. I had framed something like this as self-respect but Finish Strong is more simple and more...

Getting up to date.

Last year, 2022, was the best since my diagnosis. My testosterone level remained near zero, meaning my cancer is not growing, and there were only a couple of health concerns. ...

Easy Loader trailer repair

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The photo above shows where my trailer breaks. You can see a couple of the bolts that attach the trailer frame to the axle subframes.

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In the...

Covid broke everything. Is there any glue left that will mend America?

Moving into the spring of 2020 it became obvious how much covid was disrupting every dimension of our lives. The schools...

Continuing previous post


For me Denial holds no interest. I get it. My cancer is real. I am not going to die with it, I am doing to die from it. Bargaining isn’t real for me either. I know...

Fighting Depression with Movies

I don’t like writing this post about Depression. It is like Voldemort in Harry Potter. It feels a little reckless just writing the word – as if writing the word...

Thanks Armando. I know this will sound very strange but I chuckle at something every time I write a post. I can see humor in a lot of things, even a doc talking to me about snipping. I believe now...

A hard story to tell, a hard story to hear.

When I was in business graduate school I read the book, “On Death and Dying,” by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, a famous psychiatrist. She interviewed people...

Thanks for all the kind wishes.

I had good news from my recent testing at UC Health, my vascular surgeon gave me a clean bill followup from surgery and and then a stint back a couple of years. ...

Our daughter tells her friends that her parents are “practicing being homeless.” I argue back our boat offers all the luxuries we need. A good bed, electric cooking, food, gear and cold storage, a...

I have been heading for the end of the road all my life. That’s where we find the good stuff. As a small boy growing up in north central Missouri, my parents let me walk a block to the end of the...

Lots of different attitudes about sharing and I won't criticize choices by others. If you have read my posts from previous years about blue mesa you know I share almost everything I know. I give...

The Gunnison country times ran an article last Thursday about egg and milt harvesting at the roaring Judy fish hatchery, where BM salmon go to spawn and die. milked fish are given away. Last week...

Nice to meet you at the dock at Blue Mesa. Hope you are having a great trip.

We have used shrink wrap on our boats for a long time and I learned early that a tightly shrunk cover can not be...

I wish I could answer your question about what is in the lake. Mary and I have a long maintained division of labor when fishing for salmon. She drives and tells me when conditions are “fishy” and...

We fished the last 3 days and fishing continues to be mostly slow. Monday we had 4 by 6:30 at Rawlings ( a new spot for us - thanks for the report mentioning this) and after nothing more for 2 hours...

We also heard conflicting reports. A well equipped party staying near us had zero luck for several days. Most of the people we talked to on land and water weren’t catching and there was lots of...

When we arrived in Manila on June 1 a guy at the gas station said they had fished hard for 4 days with no Kobes. He said the same dates the previous year they caught 50. Third hand knowledge.
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