Mike Ganzeveld

Leech Lake Fishing Report

Terry Hora, Tracy Hayward, and I left for Walker, MN, on Saturday June 6th to attend the second National Walleye Tour Event held on Leech Lake June 12-13. We arrived in the rain, got our boat checked by the DNR, then headed to Big Rock Resort to unload our gear for the week. I want…

Lake Erie Day 6 Report.

Sadly, the Canadians, Jim and Doug left for home Friday morning early. Chris and I put in at the Mazurik boat ramp and fished the southeast corner if Kelly’s Island. Lots of charter boats running big planer boards ruled the water until a storm came early afternoon. Chris and I had two on right away,…

Day 5 Lake Erie Report!

Last night’s storm had us moving quickly to get the Ranger covered. Chris and I caught 15 walleyes today, the biggest a 26 incher! Chris cleaned our limit of 12 for the family fish fry in June. Jim and Doug caught ten with another 29 incher! Sadly, the Canadians return home tomorrow while Chris and…

South Dakota Fishing Report 5/24/2015

The past two days have been very good to us. Thursday started out cold and windy, so we decided to go to our catfish lake because the protection from the wind. As soon as we dropped our anchors, the catfish started to bite. We ended the day early when we limited out on catfish. The…

Bull Gills!

This picture is from a great afternoon of bluegill fishing on 5/16/2015. The farm pond we fished needs to have multiple gills managed each spring to keep the balance amongst the waters other fish species. A friend and I fished the pond using my Old Town fishing kayaks from about 2-5:30pm putting some really nice…

The Buzz On Port Clinton Walleye

Presented by Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S.A. and Warrior Boats Aim Weekend Walleye Series may have a Historic Walleye Catch At the Port Clinton “Starcraft Marine Open” May 3rd 2015 With predictions that the weather will stabilize the week leading up to the AIM Weekend Walleye Series, Sunday, May 3 in Port Clinton, OH, fishing could…

Mississippi Crappie Are On!

Last week Gary, Mike, Larry and I made a trip south to Mississippi for early spring crappie. We fished Sardis Lake, Enid Lake, and Lake Grenada.  Gary and I rigged our boats up for spider rigging which is the preferred way of fishing for the southern fishermen.  Spider rigging consists of rigging the front of…

South Dakota Ice Fishing Report!

Lake Preston, SD:  Tracy, Jesse, Matt, and I left Iowa on January 15th for the northeastern corner of South Dakota to meet Ralph from Tea, SD, and spend our weekend ice fishing area lakes around Lake Preston, SD.  Matt’s friend, Tim, from Sibley, IA, joined us for the weekend, too.  We fished Lake Thompson all day…

NPAA ‘Proactive and Professional’ Conference Sets Attendance, Member, Partner Records

Forestville, WI – The recently concluded National Professional Anglers Association annual conference set attendance records, entered the 2015 season with a record number of fishing and marine industries supporting partners, and raised a record amount of money for the Future Anglers Foundation.  The Jan. 2-4 event held in Minneapolis also showcased numerous speakers discussing the…