Mike Ganzeveld

Mother’s Day on Lake Macbride

Lake MacBride report: Chris Speicher came home from Chicago to help Sue celebrate Mother’s Day. I’m grateful she let us fish a few hours together out of the Lund Explorer! Before Chris arrived about 2pm, I had a couple hours to pull No. 5 Shad Raps across the north arm of Lake MacBride catching small…

Spring Saga at Sugema

With Capt. Dave Nichols Every spring, I get a weekend outing with my deer hunting companions in southern Iowa. We do a little work on the deer property, pond fish and occasionally hit the lakes of southern Iowa for a day. This year we spent an evening and a morning on Lake Sugema, 3 miles…

Devils Lake Walleye Tournament Adds More Fun & More Ways to Win

The longest running walleye tournament in North Dakota has been made even better after the Devils Lake tournament committee spent several late winter nights huddled around the fireplace. Several contests within the main tournament have been added, and the community has created a walleye festival around the tournament dates, June 27 – 28. Todd Caspers,…

Detroit River with a Detroiter

Featuring Capt. Dave Nichols I had the chance to fish the Detroit River for several days this April with native Detroiter, Nick Capussi. Nick is the operations director for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Cedar Rapids and deeply involved with the Fish-O-Rama event sponsored by Walleye Wisdom. We committed to jig fishing the river…

Good news for our Wisconsin walleye anglers.

The state of Wisconsin has decided to do something about declining walleye populations and embark on an aggressive stocking program. “That’s not an overstatement,” said Ron Bruch, statewide fisheries planning coordinator for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. “We’ve never done anything like this before. We’re not sure anyone has. We’re not doing this on…

It’s Official. They’re Biting!

Friend Roger Abel from Cedar Rapids landed this 29-inch walleye on the River Sunday! Roger was fishing with his pal, Buzzy, both jigging and pulling three-ways. Glad Roger will be fishing with me at the W.A.T. Event next weekend in Genoa, WI!!