Mike Ganzeveld

Pre-fishing. Green Bay Style.

The lures, locations and techniques are secret as of now but it won’t be long until the National Walleye Tournament will be firing up on Green Bay this coming weekend. It’s always a treat seeing a few of those golden walleyes that are so prevalent in Great Lakes waters. Keep checking back for more pictures…

Fish-O-Rama Needs Volunteers

Friends: It is that time of year…FISH-0-RAMA time! As always, we need your help and assistance to get this great event off the ground and to make it work. This 11th annual Boys & Girls Clubs of Cedar Rapids fund raiser is a huge community event and the 2nd largest fisheree in the State of…

Cedar Rapids Fish-O-Rama 2013

Saturday, August 3, 7am-5pm Sunday, August 4, 7am-1pm Gates open at 6am each day! Two levels of registration! Basic: $10 The basic registration makes you eligible for small prizes when you catch a tagged fish. You will receive a wristband that allows you to fish both days and an event t-shirt (shirt sizes vary and…

The Tale of the Scale: Devils Lake Walleyes are Back & Biting

Judging by the recently concluded Devils Lake walleye tournament, this sprawling North Dakota lake is back. Words like “phenomenal, nuts, fabulous, and easy to catch,” were used by the top three teams from the June 21-22, 2013 Chamber of Commerce tournament that basically marks the real beginning of the season. Or, listen to third place…

Red Wing Fishing and Flooding

I drove up to Red Wing Friday after work to get our camper reset after it was moved in early May due to high water. Co-worker Roger Abel drove up Friday with friend Kyle Ledger and they caught a bunch of smaller fish that afternoon. I went out with them Saturday and we caught some…

Website errors. *Updated*

Website is now updated and is running smoothly. Thank you all for your patience. The website software update seems to be having issues with some users that view WW with the new version of Internet Explorer 8.o. Users who use Firefox, Safari and Chrome aren’t effected. In the meantime I’m going to use a generic…

Pre-Fishing Port Clinton 2013

A 31 and 32 inch Lake Erie walleye!

Gary joined Jim Lyon and Victor Wood on Lake Erie to do some prefishing before the NWT tournament at Port Clinton. I’ll be adding to this post every day so be sure to check back regularly.  Day three is done and it looks like the guys nailed them before the storm front rolled in.  Check…

Catching Some Wipers on Lake MacBride.

Iowa’s Lake MacBride was the destination for Roger Abel and Gary Speicher on a warm Saturday. In addition to the big hybrid striped bass caught, they brought three keeper walleye to the boat along with some shorties.  Thanks for taking Gary out, Roger!  

Pink Boats For Hope

Hey, walleyewisdom.com watchers! Please check out this news release from our fishing pals, Dean and Kevin, and the great cancer awareness programs they are creating in their “pink boats for hope” campaign. Be sure to say hi to them when you see their “pink” Rangers on the trail this year!! — Dean Kaminski and Kevin…