Ben Cantrell's fish species blog

After the second night of sleeping in my car I again woke up as the sun was coming up (notice the pattern?), drank some water, drank some co...

Occasionally we do trips without much planning, and last weekend was one of those times.  Southeast Missouri is an easy drive from Peoria, t...

On Sunday we woke up at the same time, hit the bait shop again, and then drove over to a spot Scott recommended on the western shore of Cheq...

My trips in January and February were fun, but I was itching for a new species for my lifelist by the time March rolled around.  It was real...

We had an unbelievable warm streak in February with highs reaching into the seventies.  This got me pretty excited, so naturally I had to go...