Hayward Fishing Report

I celebrated Father’s Day weekend with two incredible father and son trips.  Nate and Nick Gove from Crystal, MN hopped in the boat with me on Saturday for a day of walleye and smallmouth fishing.  Our plan was to fish walleyes in the morning and switch to smallies in the afternoon.  I love it when…

Words can’t do this report justice, so I won’t try.  Last year, I wrote about a fishing trip with my friend Don Christensen, “A Day With Don”.  Well, Don and his son Riley returned today to settle a score.  I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.  Here are the totals and details from 4 hrs. of…

I thought all of you musky nuts would like this report.  My good buddy and guide Dave Brown [[email protected]], and his customer Tom Wachowiacz boated three dandy muskies last Thursday, 6-6-13.  The 42″, 46 3/4 “, and 47 1/2” fish were all landed on Musky Mayhem Cowgirls in less than 5′ of water on a nasty,…

My good friends Jeff and Masen Miller joined me for our annual “Bass O Rama”, and I’m happy to report that it was another successful trip for the father and son from Bloomer, WI.  On day one of our trip, we were faced with extremely tough conditions.  Northeast winds, rain, and clouds made for a…

We’ve had some interesting weather conditions to start the week, but the fish have been cooperative.  On Monday, I fished with Mark Hayman and his seven year old son Levi.  We were on a mission to get Levi his first walleye and first smallmouth.  The goal was met with a dandy 20″ walleye and an…

Dave Brown and I spent the last four days fishing with Bobby, Steve, Chuck, and Chase from Bentonville, Arkansas.  What a great group of guys!  They sure dialed up some interesting conditions and weather for their trip.  They arrived with warming water temperatures and smallies on the verge of spawning.  On the day they left,…

Crappies are officially in full spawning mode.  On Monday, Bob Stanley and John Fergeson were with me.  We caught many nice fish up to 13″ in anywhere from five to seven feet of water.  Water temps hovered from 56 to 57 degrees on a cloudy and cool day.  It was a mixed bag of males…

I had the good fortune of spending the holiday weekend on the water with my family.  Morgan hadn’t yet been fishing this season, and my brother Jason and I haven’t fished together in two years.  Consider both problems solved!  On Saturday, Morgan landed her first bass of the year.  An 18 inch largemouth grabbed a…