Jeff’s Blog
Keep Your Options Open This Spring
Long time friend and legendary Hayward, Wisconsin fishing guide Terry Peterson instilled the value of an open minded approach in me years ago. KEEP YOUR OPTIONS OPEN With snow and ice turning our lakes into frozen freshwater aquariums, I find myself reflecting on the past open water season. Trophies landed, mistakes made, opportunities missed,…
Read MoreLake of the Woods – Rocky Point Pike
Certainly ice would begin to melt by the second week in April? Guess again! Lake of the Woods is well known for producing monster late ice pike. Historically, March is the best month to catch twenty plus pound pigs as they put on the feedbag before spawning soon after ice out. Increased sunlight, melting ice and increased…
Read MoreFishing With Legends
Then it hit me, I would be fishing in the same boat with two icons in their respective industries and professions. Now my thoughts went from “this will be a slam dunk” to “I hope I don’t screw this up!”. When Steve Toriseva from Babe Winkelman Productions contacted me in 2011 to schedule an…
Read MoreRainy River Reunion
When we arrived at the landing around 6:30 a.m., the thermometer read 10 degrees with a stiff north wind hitting us in the face. It was COLD! My 2013 fishing season started out with a first. I have always wanted to fish the early spring walleye run on the Rainy River, but the opportunity never presented…
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