Gary’s Dispatch

Gary Speicher, NPAA #128, shares his knowledge.

Attention Tournament Anglers

We received this important message from Pat Neu, Executive Director, NPAA, and want to pass it on to all tournament anglers who are stakeholders in the future of competitive walleye fishing:  “Attention Tournament Anglers:  this year more than any in recent memory it is critical for you to get out and fish.  Tournament organizations need…

Day 2 pre-fishing Spring Valley!

Chris, Dan, and Gary hit the Illinois River early on Tuesday morning to check out spots for bigger Sauger and, maybe, a bonus walleye. Action in the morning was literally one Sauger after another–but most were around 13 inches long. They did connect with a few larger fish with Dan catching a “double” on a…

Spring Valley Report.

The Eastern Division FLW Walleye Tour continues with the Spring Valley, Illinois event on the Illinois River this Thursday through Saturday. The full field of boats will be cut to the top ten for the final day on Saturday. Walleye Wisdom pros, Chris Burns and Gary Speicher, are pre-fishing before the event and filing daily…

Follow Walleye Wisdom on Twitter!

Walleye Wisdom now uses Twitter to keep our readers up to date on what’s going on with our pro-staff.  Gary and Chris are currently in Spring Valley, Illinois pre-fishing for a tournament so we thought the best way to keep in touch is via our mobile devices using Twitter.  You can subscribe to the Walleye…

What Walleye Lures Will We Use at Spring Valley?

Hello to all our Walleye Wisdom watchers!  I wanted to file a quick report before leaving early Monday morning to meet Ranger/Evinrude Pro Chris Burns in Davenport, IA and head on down to Spring Valley, Il, for some pre-tournament fishing with Chris and his brother, Dan, from Denver, CO.  We’ll be on the Illinois River…

Spring Bass in Iowa

Here is a follow up Pic from the weekend.  Carl, his oldest son Colton and 14 month old Klaire enjoyed the morning bite.  We were on a local farm pond, using bobbers, minnows and berkley power worms.  Casey and Colton enjoyed catching  fish, chasing down frogs and viewing the painted turtles.  Another great day from shore. …

Live eagle cam.

Luther College has a page on their website dedicated to a live streaming feed of a bald eagle nest in Decorah, Iowa. It’s very fascinating. On a side note I wanted to mention that I sang at Dorian Music Festival for a few years when I was in high school and it’s a beautiful campus.