Bellevue, IA–a pretty little town south of Dubuque and north of Clinton. And, home to some great walleye fishing! One of my campground friends, Jerry Hicks, agreed to join me for some time on the water in pursuit of the post spawn walleyes roaming the Mississippi River. A month ago, when the conditions were right,…
Bay of Quinte Walleye Madness with Bob MacMillen!
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Late Fall Bay Of Quinte report Nov 23-29 What a week it was! End of November is my favourite week to fish Quinte and this year did not disappoint. Day 1 was a Saturday morning launching at dawn. I joined a good friend Eric on his boat, an Alumacraft powered by Yamaha, and we motored…
Teachin’ Fishin’ Fishing Education Weekend, Oct 31-Nov 3, 2019
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Fishing education along with actual on the water fishing for big walleyes in the fall–sound interesting to you?! Huron, Ohio is where fishing pal Jim Wessels and I headed on October 31, 2019. The rain started in Indiana and continued the rest of our drive, all night, and during the day on Thursday. We both…
Mississippi Crappie Fishing Report October 14-21, 2019
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
“You need to change your fish call from here fishy, fishy to here crappie, crappie,” commented Gary Lindsay during our first day of fishing for the big papermouths on Lake Enid. John Mickish, Gary, and I left for what has become an annual October outing to the crappie producing lakes in Mississippi on my birthday,…
National Walleye Tour Report July 25-26, 2019
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
The third stop on this year’s National Walleye Tour found us fishing the beautiful, sometimes stunning area below Sault Ste Marie, Michigan. I arrived a day early so had an opportunity to do some “tourist” things like visit the downtown and walk through the Corps of Engineers museum right at the huge lock and dam…
Canada Fishing Report – Birch Lake – July 13-20, 2019
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
“The walleyes just weren’t where we normally find them,” commented Mike the last night of our week on Birch Lake, Ontario. Tracy, Larry, and I were in agreement. “It seems they were more relating to rocks and boulders. Could the drop of the lake a couple feet have had an impact?” questioned Tracy. “And, we…
On the Missouri River in South Dakota with Steve Schaefer
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
On 06/09/2019 Tracey Hayward and Mike Woods traveled 467 miles from Cedar Rapids Iowa to Kimball South Dakota. Tracey pulled his new 1875 Lund Impact that still needed some motor break in time. They arrived late afternoon on Sunday and we decided to put in Monday at Chamberlain and fish Lake Francis Case.We motored the…
Alaska Fishing Report June 8-16, 2019
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
How do you experience the grandeur of Alaska? You GO there! For several years, my sons Chris and Matt, have urged me to put together a fishing adventure to Alaska. Six months ago we made reservations and left on United from Chicago to Anchorage June 8th. We found our rental car agency, picked up a…
Lake Oahe Fishing Report!
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Lake Oahe Fishing Report: May 26 – May 31, 2019 by Cliff Klein (NPAA 800) and Dan Goiffon (NPAA 794) This year was an unusual year for Walleye fishing on Lake Oahe during this week. Mother Nature had played a cruel trick on the fish and fishermen. There was a warm spell with above normal…
National Walleye Tour Report: Marinette, WI 5/30-5/31/2019
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
“The pros have had a really tough bite with the weather and falling water temps during practice,” commented my traveling co-angler partner, Tom Harrison, as we drove from Suamico to our registration and rules meeting for the second National Walleye Tour event of the tournament season. The town of Marinette, WI opened up their new…
