About the journal

Who writes this, how a piece gets made, and what it is for.

A tackle box, augers and tip-ups laid out on the ice

Why we started

Perch & Pike Catch Reports by Season

We kept writing the same notes to each other after every walk and eventually stopped pretending that was not a journal. The first issue went to eleven people.

An angler reviewing the latest catch report by lantern light

How a piece gets made

Local Waters, Tips & Tackle Talk

Every piece starts on the ground and is checked by someone who has been there. A claim that cannot survive a second walk does not stay in.

How we work

Three rules we hold to

No borrowed detail

Nothing gets described unless one of us stood in front of it.

Say what went wrong

The failed mornings stay in. They are usually the useful part.

Corrections in the open

Mistakes get fixed on the page, with a note on what changed.

Two pieces a month, nothing else

One long read and one short field note, sent the morning they go out.

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