JD Knight and I began practice for the Walleye Anglers Trail event outside Bellevue on Thursday afternoon, April 19th. We fished the traditional spots on Pool 13 and caught four including a big 22 inch male! Friday found us working down river and south of Sabula. We found one nice, plump female walleye for our…
2018 Spring Valley Tournament Fishing Report
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Two tournaments at Spring Valley, IL., in three weeks! That’s where I found myself in March, 2018! The first tournament was a combined event with the Walleye Anglers Trail (Dubuque) and the Illinois Walleye Trail on March 11, 2018. My tournament partner for the WAT events this year is J.D. Knight from Cedar Falls, IA.…
Southwest Florida Fishing Report!
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Yesterday, we enjoyed another day on the water with Florida fishing guide and friend, John Campbell. Bob drove down from Sanibel and met Dale and I at John’s home. We loaded his new Ranger with gear and took a leisurely ride out in the no wake zone. John took us to at least eight spots…
Leech Lake Report January 21-25, 2018!
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Perch! Perch! Perch! The call from Leech Lake to come up and catch them found Tracy, Duane, and I leaving Cedar Rapids on the 21st while Steve headed up from Sioux Falls. We luckily missed the big snowstorm by a day! Our first day out of Brindley’s found us in one of their ice houses…
2017 Lake Enid, MS, Crappie Fishing Report September 30-October 8
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Crappie! Crappie! Crappie! On Saturday, September 30, Tracy Hayward, Mike Woods and I left Cedar Rapids with the Ranger 620 behind the red Suburban for a week of fishing in the state of Mississippi. We spent our first night at Mike’s cabin on their acreage just past the Iowa-Missouri border. We were up early and…
Birch Lake Fishing Report!
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Wind, weeds…..and, WALLEYES! My third trip to Birch Lake, ON, with Tracy Hayward, Larry Hamlett, and Mike Woods produced almost as much success as last year’s fishing adventure with 1136 fish caught, mostly walleyes!! They’ve been flying with Kay Air Service and Outposts out of Lake Lac Seul to Birch for eleven years now. I…
Lake Erie Cabela’s NTC Championship Report June 8-10, 2017
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
251. That was the full field of boats entered in last week’s Cabela’s National Team Championship held out of Lorain, Ohio, on the big water of Lake Erie! This was my first time fishing this event. I was invited to fish with Coal Valley, IL, angler Paul Hebbeln. Paul had qualified for the event but…
Lake Winnebago MWC Report June 2-3, 2017
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
“The walleyes aren’t biting….”, was the common theme heard from anglers at this year’s MWC event on Lake Winnebago. Lack of ice meant the shad did not die and there was plenty of bait food in the system for the fish to eat. My partner for the event, Tom Harrison from Chicago, came up to…
Lake Erie Fishing Report: May 13-19
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
Lake Erie–when she’s good, she’s really, really good…when she’s bad, she’s really, really bad! Our fishing week started out Saturday, May 13th, when Tom, Tracy, and I put the Ranger 620 in the water at the Mazurik boat ramp and headed to the east side of Kelly’s Island. We caught four nice ones and came…
Big Stone Lake Report!
by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 •
2017 Cabela”s MWC Tournament Report, Big Stone Lake, Ortonville, MN: How much crappy weather can the walleyewisdom.com fishing team handle in 2017? We were put to the test last week on Big Stone Lake, a 26-mile long body of water right on the South Dakota/Minnesota border. Tracy Hayward and I drove up with the Suburban…
