Dishonoring Alaska’s Larsen Bay “Old Ones”
After stumbling through heavy undergrowth in a remote corner of Alaska’s Kodiak Island, I stood over a vaguely familiar piece of bone protruding from moss covered ground. I carefully pried it loose with the toe of my boot from a thick overlay of covering moss wondering, “What’s this from?”
Suddenly my host’s voice interrupted the reverie, […]
MISSION and EDITORIAL STATEMENT
“The Road Less Traveled” is a unique “Travel E-Zine” formatted to show potential travelers various exciting paths leading to the great outdoors. Whether you fish, hunt, travel to wild and/or stimulating destinations, or just lay back on your couch and dream of distant and near parts of this fantastic world, come along with us. We’ll […]
[more...]American Airlines Passenger Shill Game
First: A declaration:
Seldom, if never, is travel or accommodations comped to us regarding articles posted on “The Road Less Traveled.” If and when such services are provided, such courtesies are declared and itemized to the reader. They are never solicited. I know of no surer way to ensure the trust of the reader in what […]
Alaska - A Spirited Adventure
The wife and I recently booked an excursion to Alaska based on recommendations from a peer outdoor writer based in Fairbanks, Alaska. When contacting him, I outlined photography priorities programmed for the trip which strongly included whale viewing and brown bears – preferably with cubs. Everything else was secondary. Without hesitating, he recommended Steele […]
[more...]White Bassin’ The Little Niangua: An Annual Tradition With Two Old Friends.
Canoes, V-bottoms and a lone fisherman floating in a tube while fly-casting backwater pools for white bass drifted by that afternoon. I found myself lost in the camera’s view finder caught up with fishing scenes framed by blooming red buds and wild plums with promises of dogwood snow storms budding in the background.
At my request, […]
WHITE BASS SPAWN OFFERS UNIQUE OZARK STREAM FISHING
When Jack alerted us white bass had started their spring run, Jim and I wasted little time making plans to go. With the dogwood in full bloom and combined with an opening day turkey hunt, it was spring at its finest. As it turned out, chilly weather did little to cool our enthusiasm. Not even […]
[more...]Spring Rains Muddy Up The Bass Spawn.
Joe Garrett hoisted the largemouth bass high making sure I saw there was no bloody tail. “I don’t care what anybody says,” he stated emphatically, “they haven’t started spawning yet!”
Several sources reported spawning fish the last few weeks and Garrett repeatedly stated it was not so. This was the third bass of the morning and […]
SUMMER DRAW DOWNS DRIVE BASS DEEP
I felt the 11‑inch plastic worm crawl over every rock with the agonizingly slow sweeping retrieves coached by my guide. After tedious fishless hours methodically plowing over, through and around rocky bottoms and submerged snags there was a violent reaction to a hookset. The rod pulsed sharply downward as a heavy fish fought […]
[more...]SPRING BASS FISHING IS A SIGHT GAME ON CLEAR LAKES.
Joe pitched a sluggo at a spawning bed. A large shadow cautiously swam out to investigate, then slowly retreated. Joe, virtually imperceptibly, twitched his lure while verbally coaxing the lunker to take another look at it as well. Suddenly, it darted out and engulfed it. After Joe’s patented jarring hookset, the battle […]
[more...]PH LEVELS DECIDE WHICH 10% OF WATER TO FISH.
Ken Cook, fish biologist, used knowledge of PH levels to win the 1991 BASS MASTER CLASSIC on Chesapeake Bay. He reportedly spends most tournament practice days determining what PH levels exist at the pending tournament site. When a bass tournament officially starts, Cook usually knew where to find the action. Penny Berryman paralleled much the […]
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