Fishing & Boating

Why Slow Down? Some Tips for Vacation Road Warriors
Ever since the price of gas started to really climb – perhaps in 2004 or 2005 – I have concentrated ever harder on finding ways to make that gallon of gas go just a bit further… more correctly, the real goal is to make your car go farther on a gallon of gas.  I explored that aspect in a fairly recent article titled In a Hurry to Get There?: Ten Tips to Help Your Fuel Economy.

Cures for "Cabin Fever" and the "Are We There Yet?" Syndrome
Many articles of mine refer to the numerous trips and vacations taken by my family while my sister and I were growing up. My father was a veritable nut about going places… and neither my sister not myself were all that gung-ho about traveling – especially by car, but air travel hadn’t really been “invented” yet...

From R. Karl's Kitchen

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A Word from R. Karl...

Welcome! 

OntheLake.net is intended to help you to find just the right place for you and your family to relax and have fun on your vacation while experiencing the natural beauty that the North Country has to offer.  Whatever you seek, I hope that you can find it here, On The Lake.

R. Karl
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Filleting Northern Pike and Removing the Y-Bones

In response to numerous requests, the complete instructions on How to Remove the Y-Bones from Northern Pike are now available in an enhanced format (see sample page) with larger, easier to follow, full-color graphics – there are 12 of them – and more complete instructions! Available from R. Karl, a downlink for the 6-page article in pdf format will be e-mailed to you and can be easily printed and/or laminated to become a must-have accompaniment for your tackle box. A set of instructions you won’t want to be without, it also makes a great gift! Available now for $2.99.  Buy Now

Now available from R. Karl, step-by-step instructions on filleting all four of the most popular freshwater gamefish (northern pike, walleye, smallmouth bass and bluegill) bundled as one downloadable .zip file for only $5.99!  Buy Now

 

 

Featured Excursion

Lake Michigan & The Chicago River
It’s not very often that I go to downtown Chicago anymore. Just seems like a hassle to deal with all the traffic and noise and distractions. I think that I have probably gotten spoiled by all of the quiet time that I have spent in Northern Minnesota. But we had obtained a very reasonable rate from the Drake Hotel – too good, in fact, to pass up...

Cars, Trains and Ducks!
We decided to simply go scout out a lake not far from a familiar destination and return again at a later date to fish...  Suddenly Heidi said: "Why don't we go just for fun and spend the night - we can go have dinner at that little place where you once had a blue gill fish fry?"  Well, she had said the magic words and suddenly we were packing to leave in the morning.  Our destination?  Wisconsin Dells!

 
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