The previous picture was the open water that I found last week.  The excitement that I had over it came from knowing what I could catch out of that open water.  Over the last 3 days I snuck out at least once in the boat each day and managed to catch and release about 100 walleyes.  The weather was unbelievable and the fish responded by opening their mouths.  It was hard to put the rod and reel down at times, but every once in a while I managed to take some cool photographs for my album.  I really like this one - I hope you do too!

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This excites me greatly.  I found open water on an early morning adventure today.  Spring is nearly here, and I will now get the boat out of storage.  I know you will think that I am crazy for doing so, but what this picture doesn't show is the water around this area that almost always gives up big things.  I will show you what I mean in a few days.  Stay tuned...It's about to get very interesting...

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Late ice in Minnesota means good panfishin'!  The temps rose into the upper 30's this past weekend, which got the boys and I on the ice for the start of the end to this ice season.  We caught some dandy panfish, and a few smaller ones.  While they may taste spectacular, they also pose a great opportunity for the camera lens to get some up close and personal shots.  Crappies are one of my favorite targets because they almost always shoot their fins straight out for the perfect pose.  A great day on the water, a full belly and many laughs...it doesn't get any better!

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I'm terrible.  I can't even keep my blog going for 30 days.  Ughh...  Oh well, I am now going to relieve myself of the every single day pressure for the time being, and just throw up what I happen to think are sweet photo's.  This one is from my nearly life ending disaster of a trip on lake Superior.  What a memorable trip it was.  While we were fishing I happened to take the camera out for a few shots while battling the fish.  With the water being so darn clear and blue, it gave a great opportunity to show the huge fish we caught while still in the water.  An opportunity that doesn't usually present itself in most other circumstances.  This picture was of the largest Lake Trout we landed and was caught by Mr. Tengwall.  To give you some scale on what you are looking at, the ice is only about 6 inches thick and the hole is a 10 inch diameter.  The fish looked like a shark cruising through.  Pretty neat...

Again today I found the perfect light at the perfect time.  Dusty wasn't with on this journey, so Phillip took his place.  I'm not sure why I like this picture so much, but it just really seemed to jump at me.  It was a nice fish and the light just came into the picture at the perfect spot.  Another reason why I love it so much might be because of the entire afternoon that we had on the ice.  It was a unique fishing opportunity, and this was the first walleye to reveal itself to us.  As it turned out, it wasn't even close to the last....

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