It's almost Delaney time! Mark Oct. 29-Nov. 1 on your calendar

This is when the big browns move in shallow to spawn, and pretty much everything in the North and South Delaney reservoirs is gorging itself before iceup. Okay, it may be a bit chilly, with the occasional likelihood of blizzard, but that only adds to the excitement of the season.  So get out your long johns and set aside Monday, Oct. 29 through Thursday, Nov. 1 for this annual club trek.

Here's Charlie with a fat memory
of an earlier Delaney outing.

Okay, maybe this one was swimming
in a South Dakota fish hatchery, but
the trout get pretty big where we're going...

We'll likely just do an overnight at a Walden motel, but hold the dates so we can plan around scary weather forecasts. Some folk may prefer a day trip, though it's about a 3-hour drive.

Fishing is generally done from shore or by wading, though Wayne Baranczyk's shown questionable judgment in his float tube, during rare moments of relative calm on these wind-swept reservoirs.  Interested? Drop me an e-mail, or let's talk about it over breakfast.