Monthly Archives: April 2011

Spotted Bass and Zip Lines!

Damon Walker, friend and reader of Walleye Wisdom submitted these pics and story for us to enjoy: Jackson is 12, Lucas is age 9. The fish were caught on a guided tour on 4/22 when the Walkers traveled to Lake Lanier Island Resort in Buford GA, just North East of Atlanta. The weather was cold…

Rockman Reports From Lake Mille Lacs

John had this to report on the fishing up on Lake Mille Lacs: The ice was coming off this morning at 6:50 am. We woke up to the sounds of the front end loader from the county, pushing the ice that had crossed the road back towards the lake. There was barely any wind when…

Jim Clapp’s Crappie Report from Arlington, Iowa

Crappie Report from Arlington, Iowa

Thanks to Jim Clapp who shared with us these photos of some beautiful crappies: Here’s Jim’s story: The crappies were caught at the end of May during spawning. We were fishing around the Chetek area chain of Lakes in Wisconsin. Using 1/32 jigs and no weight, tipped with minnows and casting into the shoreline where…

First Clear Lake Tagged Walleye Caught!

Congratulations go to Jim Hill of Clear Lake for catching the first $100 tagged walleye of the 2011 season. Walleye 04853 was sponsored by KIMT TV and measured 17.2 inches. Jim has been wading at night and in the early morning to catch walleyes. He caught his first limit of three 16-19″ walleyes 2 weeks…

Gary Speicher In The Boat With Pete Harsh on Leech Lake

The May-June 2011 issue of Walleye Magazine from FLW Outdoors Publishing features a picture taken by Associate Editor Sean Ostruszka on pages 12-13 of a walleye fishing tournament day from the FLW Walleye Tour Championship held at Leech Lake last September. WW’s Gary Speicher was the co-angler partner of pro Pete Harsh on Day 1…

A Successful Lake McBride Sunday!

Mike Holding a Spring MacBride Walleye

To celebrate our first year of keeping all of our friends, family and readers up to date on our fishing adventures, Gary and I loaded up the Lund Explorer and headed down to Lake McBride to see if we could coax some crappies and walleyes into the boat. We spent the first part of our…

Great Smallmouth Bass Clarence!

smallmouth bass caught on the des moines river

My dad Clarence Ganzeveld caught this dandy smallmouth bass on the East Fork of the Des Moines River outside of Dakota City, Iowa. Plenty of walleye anglers were out during my visit back home to Humboldt County this week. We ran into several people that were having luck despite the high waters. Here’s some video…