Welcome to our archived articles/Opinions page. I (Jeff), along with members of the Hooked Up, LLC team will be writing articles dealing with the outdoors, hunting and fishing, as well as everyday life stories and opinions.

A20: Good Medicine.(December 2007)
-A short time later the largest buck I have ever taken walked into view. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A19: Turned out to be a grat day.(November 2007)
- My son Chad had an awful day that started out great and a great day that didn’t start out very well. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A18: 1 Week of Living in Wisconsin (October 2007)
- Last week started off with a friendly little bass tournament set up by the Wolf River Bass Club out of New London . We had 10 boats participating and the fish were biting. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A17: Buck fever! (September 2007)
- Most speeches could be titled how to be more like me. However, you might not want to be more like this author. Yesterday I had to make a retrieval drive back up to Tigerton. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A16: Lost boat (September 2007)
- The fall colors were a beautiful highlight to the peaceful river while I watched in disbelief as my boat nonchalantly drifted away down the river. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A15: Better on other side? (September 2007)
- Many years ago I entered a fishing tournament at Lake Wausau with my good friend Randy Splitgerber. There happens to be a golf course along this lake and on a practice day we found some bass... (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A14: Horse Flies (August 2007)
- I was told that, in the late summer, the bass in some lakes will migrate up feeder rivers to cooler water. There is a cool water creek feeding into the Clintonville Pond (Pigeon River Pond) and I decided to try and catch some of these bass. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A13: Enjoy The Fight! (June 2007)
- We admit it; the three (Lou, Randy, and Jeff) of us were serious tournament bass fisherman…..the first step in getting any sort of resolution is admitting the problem! (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A12: Sea Sick (June 2007)
- The plan was to film a TV show on Wednesday morning and we were to fish for Coho’s and Kings on Lake Michigan by Milwaukee . The Charter Captain called and said don’t show up until noon... (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A11: Lou's Place (June 2007)
- First you must begin singing the theme to the ‘Beverly Hillbllies’….alright you got it? Now sing this with me….
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A10: Ghost in the Boat (May 2007)
-Twice in the summer of 2004, a Boat Ghost possessed my boat. Here is my story… It was early spring, the time of the walleye run. I strolled into the garage one morning heading for work and as I approached my boat... (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A9: The Tournament Season (April 2007)
- The tournament season is here and as with everything else in life you hear both sides of the issue. You have those of us who enjoy the competition and camaraderie amongst friends and fellow fisherman and then you have the rest who just don’t see the big picture....
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A8: Fishing Bet (March 2007)
- Just the other day I went fishing on a cold April evening with a couple of my old “friends” Dan and Mike. Dan stated he just had a feeling that, “we are going to get ‘em tonight”... (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A7: Weather or Not? (March 2007)
- Ouch! That hurts….I said with a smile as Lou Woods and I were cruising down river in the pouring rain! We couldn’t have picked a better couple of hours to go fish;... (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A6: What's currently happening where you fish? (December, 2006)
- You know one of the most unique things about fishing is "the ability toadvance mentally while participating in repetitious movements." or for us simple folk"yuu shure can lern a lot wyle kastin fer bazz". (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A5: ‘Solid Comfort’ (December, 2005)
- The mere mention of ‘up north’ or ‘going to the cabin’ is always greeted with a rush of adrenaline. The mystique of spending a couple of days ‘up north’ has with me anyway a more calming affect (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A4: Where did the passion go? (September 25, 2005)
- Passion a pure passion for the outdoors, fishing, and hunting is what I had for many years. What happened and why did it disappear? (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A3:  Never Give Up! (Part 2) (August 7, 2005)
-In part one I described and gave several examples of how a slight change in my attitude, mindset, and focus has dramatically increased my success.  I want to go into a little more detail as to specific changes that were made. (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A2:  Never Give Up! (August 7, 2005)
-When Iaconelli let out that infamous scream in the ’03 classic in New Orleans followed by the ever famous “Never Give Up”; little did I know that would forever change my own tournament style and success (for the better). (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)

A1:  Keepin it Simple! (August 7, 2005)
-I’m a bass fisherman, a serious die hard trying to make it full time bass fisherman.  I have the big truck, the fast boat, 20 rods and reels, and more tackle than I could use in a life time.  Do I need it?  Absolutely not; then why do I have it; because I am addicted to buying it! (CLICK HERE TO READ MORE)