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Fall is Trophy Walleye Time for Devils Lake Walleyes

“Walleye dreams become a reality every fall here on Devils Lake,” said North Dakota guide and professional angler Johnnie Candle. “All my biggest fish have come in the fall; it’s what I call trophy walleye time.” Open water fishing usually runs cialis order until mid-November, with all areas of the lake becoming very productive. “The…

Finnish Pike.

Friend and fisherman Richard Seufert shares the following story: Topi’s mom, Maija, was an exchange student in ’92 to ’93 school year. Our high school was looking for weekend housing since they were having exchange students from all over Central Pennsylvania for a meeting and to meet other students. We said that we could so…

Devil's Lake Fishing Update.

The following press release was sent to us from Suzie Kenner, Executive Director of Devils Lake CVB: The perfect set of fishing conditions hit all at once making Devils Lake in central North Dakota one of the hottest walleye bites on the continent this spring. May was spectacular according to local guide Mark Bry. “It…

Lake of the Woods 2012 Trip Summary!

Gentlemen, This year is buy generic cialis online one of best year’s we had at the Lake of the Woods. We caught more slot fish than any other years. At least 12 walleyes that were over 19.5″. We caught the largest perch of any trip, which was 14″ long with had seve buy generic viagra…

More Cedar River Musky!

Northern Pike

Nate Mertka brought this musky that he caught in the Cedar River out to Gander Mountain in Cedar Rapids to be weighed. It came in at 10.12 pounds. He was using a classic combination of a black, 1/4 jig head and a white, three inch twister tail. Hats off to Nate who landed this big…

The evolution of the pike.

“Only the strong survive” is the usual saying but more often than not the most cunning have the upper hand. I was once told many years ago by a wise, old fisherman that the largest fish are generally the smartest. The rationale was that the more intelligent a fish is the less likely it is…

June 2010 fishing report from Lac Seul

Scott and Alma Angove were nice enough to give me a call and let me know what’s been going on up at Lac Seul these past few weeks. Jigs tipped with minnows have been putting a majority of fish in the boat for walleye anglers through out the past few weeks. Asked what colors have…

“The One”

Recently, while I was organizing trays of crank baits in all shapes, sizes, and colors preparing for the upcoming “big boy trip” to Canada a question arose. A lady friend of mine asked, “Matt, if you could only take one of those crank baits to Canada with you, which would you choose and why?”  I…