A walleye that threatened the state record came out of the Maquoketa River Sunday. Dan Hettinger, 27, of Lamont, said the lunker would have established a state record if it had been officially weighed shortly after he caught it at 8:20 p.m. Sunday. The walleye weighed 13 pounds, 14 ounces and measured 31 3/4 inches…
Hot Bait for Fall Walleyes
by Mike Ganzeveld •
Out of all of the crank baits we’ve sold so far this fall season the Rapala Glass Shad Rap is by far the most popular. That’s probably because it works well in a variety of fishing environments. Frequent customers have told me that glass raps are producing good numbers of walleyes and northern pike on…
Kirt Hedquist talks about Leadsled Crank Baits
by Mike Ganzeveld •
Leadsled Crank Baits by contributing author Kirt Hedquist NPAA #292 When most people hear Leadsled they think of a custom low riding car, well fishing has its own Leadsled, low riding crankbaits trolled behind a boat on leadcore line getting down to where the fish are! Trolling for me has become a huge factor in…
Rockman’s fishing report from Mille Lacs.
by Mike Ganzeveld •
Rockman’s Report I have been out of commission for a while so bear with me. There is usually more of a report on fishing. That will come in another month or so when the big eyes start to chase down shad raps in shallow water. Out in front of the Resort on Rocky Reef It…
Huge Carp Netted on “Palo”!
by Mike Ganzeveld •
Tracy Hayward from Robins, IA, submitted this picture from his cell phone of a huge, 50+ pound grass carp caught last Wednesday, August 18th, at Pleasant Creek Lake near Palo, IA. “I was fishing by myself and casting a #7 Glass Shad Rap over a break line along the west shoreline across from the north…
Scott Triggs reports from Lac Seul.
by Mike Ganzeveld •
We had great fishing at Lac Seul last week. Nothing huge but lots of 15-24 inch walleyes and 25-42 inch northern. I have attached some pictures of some of the bigger fish we caught. Don Winkler from Laurens, IA is pictured in the green bibs, Dean Schade from Johnston, IA is the one with the…
Dan Walterman with a Boundary Waters walleye.
by Mike Ganzeveld •
Dan Walterman is the young man who heads up Premier Health Insurance of Iowa, LLC. His office is right down the hall from Gary’s. Dan filed this report with some handsome walleye pics from the Boundary Waters: “Gary, I caught these three nice walleyes–a 29in., a 30in., and a 33in on the Boundary Waters north…
More Birch Lake fishing pictures from Tracy Hayward.
by Mike Ganzeveld •
Here are some more Birch Lake fishing pictures taken by our friend Tracy Hayward:
Birch Lake fishing report.
by Mike Ganzeveld •
Gary’s friend and client, Tracy Hayward, submitted photos from their July 9th trip to Birch Lake in Northwest Ontario. Tracy was joined by his friends Mike and Dick Woods. Dick caught a nice Northern while Tracy caught a 15+ lbs fish. “We caught lots of keeper walleye,” Tracy reported. They were using a bottom bouncer…
Lake Metionga fishing trip of a lifetime.
by Mike Ganzeveld •
Our friend Gary Pribyl submitted the following story to Walleye Wisdom: Here are some pictures of the fish we caught at on Metionga Lake, Ontario. We stayed in one of Rusty Meyers Fly-in Outposts, 155 air miles northeast of Fort Frances, Ontario. The accommodations were fantastic and the fishing was the best I have ever…
