We actually started the trip at Boysen, but we quickly realized if we wanted Kylee to catch a fish we’d better head to our old go to…Pathfinder!!
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Pathfinder with Kylee
Sep 6
Pathfinder
Aug 14
With a front moving in from the North we weren’t sure if we could go out this morning. The winds came up strong last night and things cooled off real fast. But, the winds died and at 5:30 we woke to all but calm. We were in the water by 7am and fishing within another half an hour. Once again, the fishing at Pathfinder was spectacular. This Reservoir should be great fishing for years to come if we can continue getting enough moisture to keep it full. We decided to keep 8 rainbows for the smoker and we were able to turn back another 6 or 8 fish. What a great day! It was cool, maybe 60º and just a slight breeze.
Pathfinder
Aug 10
This was supposed to be a two day trip. We got to Pathfinder at 3pm on Monday, we found strong winds and huge waves awaiting us. We decided not to put the boat in the water and worked on organizing the boat and camper instead. In the morning the wind was still blowing, although not quite so hard. So, we decided to brave the waves and give it a try. It was a rough ride to our honey hole. When we got there it was a lot of work to keep the boat on track especially when we needed to kill the kicker when a fish hit. But the fishing was phenomenal!! We caught 15 or more fish and kept 10. As we worked our way back to the ramp we realized that all the other boats had stayed in the bay where all the waves were rocking and rolling- we had been all alone. We made the right choice fishing the other side of the reservoir.
Seminoe
Aug 8
This trip actually started out at Pathfinder on Saturday morning. We arrived, as usual, very early and instead of hitting the water we hit the mussel patrol. When we topped the hill at the reservoir we realized it was quite windy. But, since we had driven this far we decided to give it a go. The waves were 3 and 4 foot and very hard to maneuver. After a couple of hours of getting beat up by the wind, we had only put 2 fish in the boat (we couldn’t get to our hot spot) and decided to throw in the towel.
From Pathfinder we turned south-west and drove to Rawlins to re-fuel before hitting Seminoe. We planned on pre-fishing the lake before Erik’s Uncle Butch and friend LC showed up Sunday morning. The wind was not as bad, but still a nuisance. We spent some time fishing some areas we had caught fish in sev
eral years ago, but only boated 2 walleye- we were looking for trout 
An older fellow told us to go way up in the Platte arm and we decided to do just that, but to wait until morning when the guys were with us. After picking Butch and LC up in Sinclair we made our way up the Platte arm and started trolling along rock cliffs. Within moments LC had a fish on. Unfortunately it came off before we netted it. The rest of the morning we had several fish hit, several more on and ended up putting 4 in the cooler. We were a little disappointed that we couldn’t show Butch and LC better fishing, but they had a good time and got to take home some fresh trout and that is what really matters!!
Pathfinder with Max
Aug 2
Our bestestest friends have the most incredible little boy you will ever meet. Maximus. He is 4 years old and can name every animal that inhabits or once inhabited this planet. This kid LOVES the outdoors and will be a great conservationist as an adult. Most importantly, Max has a great passion for his family!
We are very excited that Max is finally old enough to be involved in our outdoor adventures. Not just watching, but taking part in all aspects of the trip.
We left Casper just after light this morning in hopes of catching enough trout for our friends Sherry and John to can for the tastiest treat you have ever tried. Max and Michelle sat in the back and talked about trout, alligator gar, grouper, volcanoes and quite a few other things in which Max is an expert. We trolled Pathfinder for several hours and had an amazing day boating more than a dozen fish. Max did a great job reeling fish in, netting, placing fish in the cooler and telling many, many, many stories. Watch max catch fish here!!
Tongue River Reservoir
Jul 28
This is a trip we love to make every year. Catching crappie through the ice is one of our favorite winter activities, but we don’t have a lot of opportunity for large numbers of crappie out of the boat in the summer. One of the things that is fun about panfish is the size of the gear. We use mirco and ultra light rods and 2 to 4 lb line when fishing for these small giants. Mary and Gordon came with us and we put in at Toungue Tuesday evening around 5pm. We started at our usual spot, an island near the dam. After striking out on the crappie there we moved over a few bays and fished some private docks. We found some schools of crappies relating to one dock and started catching a few 10″-12″ fish. A rainstorm moved off the mountain and rained on us for about 45 minutes so we put the rain cover up on the boat and jigged vertically in 18′-23′ of water during the storm. We ended the evening keeping 14 crappies and two nice perch. We threw back some smallmouth bass and the smaller crappies. At 6:30 a.m. we were back on the water. No luck everywhere we tried except for back around the docks, where we fished till 11:00 catching more crappies, smallmouths and a bonus walleye. It was a fun trip!
Pathfinder
Jul 24
We weren’t planning on getting a new boat, but……. We got a new boat!!! Her maiden voyage was trolling for trout at Pathfinder Reservoir. We got stopped by the Game and Fish on the way in for the mussel check, so we didn’t get on the water until around 7:30. The boat is basically the same as our other Crestliner, only this time we added a downrigger, a 5hp kicker motor and an amazing trolling motor that has GPS technology built in. By afternoon we had brought more than a dozen big trout (they are growing like weeds out there) and learned all about the new rig. We took the boat for a nice ride up the canyon before heading home.
Pathfinder
Jul 10
We wanted to get our folks out for a morning of fishing so Gordon and Mary joined us at 6:00 a.m. for the drive to Pathfinder. WOW are these fish growing fast! We landed several fish over 20″ with all being over 17″ and very fat. We fished again around Bird Island and then Wolf Point, pulling rapalas between 2.7 – 3 mph. In the end we threw back and lost a dozen or so and we kept 9 to smoke. After filleting them only 8 would even fit in the smoker so we had fresh grilled trout on the grill 
Pathfinder
Jun 25
We made a quick morning trip to Pathfinder to catch some sun and a few trout for the smoker. We took Sherri with us and fished for about 3 hours mostly around Bird Island and Wolf Point. With all the water the fish are growing fast! We kept 6 rainbows that were between 16″-18″ long with little heads and fat bellys. It was a beautiful morning with a stiff but warm breeze plenty of sun and fun fishing on the overflowing reservoir. After we made a stop to look at the overflow before heading home.
Boysen and the snow storm
Jun 23
It is summer, is it not? We are having a very strange year and we drove through some very strange weather on this trip! We noticed some ominous clouds as we headed west (around 4pm, Tuesday) and thought we would be in for some high winds. As we approached the storm the clouds were full of lightning and moving fast, so we figured we would get through and be set for a great evening of fishing at Boysen. Not, so. This storm was cold and broad. We started seeing rain around Powder River. By time we passed through it had turned to sleet, and although the storm had mostly past by time we arrived- we drove on snow covered roads all the way past Hiland! YES, SNOW!! Watch a short clip.
20 minutes out of Hiland we were back in fairly clear skyies and 70+ degree weather. Thinking it should be a perfect evening to fish we launch at the Tough Creek ramp and head out on the water. There was a slight breeze and the temperature was perfect. However, we were not 30 minutes on the water and the winds came up and 3 foot rollers knocked us right off the lake. We called it a night and spent the evening at camp.
In the morning the breeze didn’t die off until nearly 8 so we enjoyed a rare morning sleeping in and when we got on the lake it was glass. We spent most of the morning trolling and jigging for walleye. There wasn’t much action, but Erik did catch a beautiful 23″ silver walleye. Later we also tried for trout and crappie to no avail. Even without a lot of ‘catching’ it was an absolutely gorgeous day on the lake!
