The annual eelpout festival in Walker Minnesota is no more. After a forty year run the costs of the event have made it no longer feasible. See https://www.eelpoutfestival.com/   The ling or “eelpout” is without a doubt a disgusting, repulsive, annoying, slimy, smelly and unattractive fish in the sea.  Despite […]

The juices are flowing and this early season video will make you wish you were there. Nothing like a pile of slabs to make on smile, but check out the diversity of fish on this video. And then the surprise guest, a 7 pound Bass surely capped a great day […]

Perhaps every ice fishers dream. To hook into a monster that was too big to fit through the hole. The Occasional fisher almost had to do that once for a #16 Lake Trout in Canada, but today’s video will beat that by a mile. The measurements:         […]

Found this video on the Bentley Speed Shop YouTube Channel ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC97rpPphUXru56lLi3Oa3NA ) A night of fishing for walleyes features a young fisher enjoying a successful overnight. Note the lighted tipup. Sure makes noticing the flag much easier. There are a number of lighted tipups on the market. But for […]

Its time to hit the ice, if you haven’t been already. Just to get your juices flowing we are sharing a recent video by MinnDak Outdoors from their YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOo5EdW4ix5Uy-9KN0nGaAw Hope you enjoy. Take note of the long shadows indicated late afternoon fishing time and the minnow head tipped […]

There are many knots that are helpful to the occasional fisher. We will display a few from time to time. How to tie the Improved Clinch Knot. The Improved Clinch is a time-tested and a very popular choice for tying terminal tackle to monofilament line. It is quick and easy to […]

  Just a friendly remind from us here at Occasional Fisher, that the weekend of 1/19/19 to 1/21/19 is take a kid fishing weekend in Minnesota. Any adult 16 years or older may fish for free that weekend when fishing with a child 15 or younger. This is a great […]

With ice forming on many of our favorite fishing spots, it’s hard to resist the urge to get out there and start fishing again. But we can’t let that excitement get to our heads. we need to remember the most important rule of ice fishing before going out on the […]

Fly Fishing 101 – Learning to cast One of the hardest things to learn when starting to fly fish is how to cast properly. The following video from Pete Kutzer of the Orvis Fly Fishing School is a great introduction to how to cast. Pete and the Orvis Fly Fishing […]

Fly Fishing 101 – the Basics With the weather being nice and the water warming up many of us have already hit the water. With the cobwebs worked off we here at the Occasional fisher thought it would be a great time to start a series teaching fly fishing. So […]

When you hear some say fly fishing it generally brings to mind an image of some when wadding into a river in a pristine mountain setting. This just isn’t the case. There are several places in Minnesota where on can fly fish a stream or river for trout, but it […]

Skip at Least One Line - Buy Your Fishing License OnlineThe snow is finally gone, even if all the ice isn’t in time for this weeks opener. Expect delays at boat landings as rusty trailer backing skills add to the long lines and delay in getting on the water. Don’t […]

The Occasional Fisher is getting a new look. It will be trial and error for a while as we work to reorganize and update the site to better serve our readers and enter a new phase of development. We will be testing some new themes and may be reorganizing our […]

Spring Spawning time is a great time for the Occasional Fisher to do some shore fishing for Crappies. Follow Occasional Fisher on Facebook See Bobberhead Bob’s Pinterest Board for more Fishing related stuff…

Spring Spawning time is a great time for the Occasional Fisher to do some shore fishing for Crappies. Follow Occasional Fisher on Facebook See Bobberhead Bob’s Pinterest Board for more Fishing related stuff…

There are many knots that are helpful to the Occasional Fisher. We will display a few from time to time. This is the traditional method of tying the Snell Knot. Some people find the Uni Knot version easier to tie.   From: https://www.netknots.com/fishing_knots Follow Occasional Fisher on Facebook See Bobberhead Bob’s Pinterest […]