THE SPIKE SALE

The Mother of all Fishing Tackle sales! This is the disbursement sale of all fishing equipment owned by the legendary…

Lake Erie Fishing Report from Karl Dollhopf October 10-14, 2022

Last year while fishing at Lake Erie we met some fellow anglers doing the bait shop visits during a “blow…

GREEN BAY SMALLMOUTH WITH CAST’N’CATCH CHARTER

by Dave Nichols Fall fishing opportunities are plentiful but one of the Midwest’s most iconic bites is on the upper…

Outing to Holiday Island, Arkansas March 14-17, 2022

Four members from our club, Ames Anglers, drove some 450 miles south from Ames, Iowa to Holiday Island, Arkansas to…

Florida Fishing Report, January 29 and February 3, 2022 by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128

Traveling to southwest Florida for a couple weeks in the dead of Iowa’s winter is a welcome retreat! Sue and…

by Mike Ganzeveld • May 13, 2011

by Matt Speicher NPAA #389 • May 12, 2011

While it was slow a few weeks ago for crappies the walleye bite was on and I did manage to catch the guy pictured here as well. With the recent warm weather the fish have been on the move. Great catches of spawning crappies have been reported all across the state. The bite for all species…

by Mike Ganzeveld • May 12, 2011

Ranger Evinrude Pro Gary Speicher and his co-angler Tracy Hayward wrapped up a final day of pre-fishing on Lake Erie. The tournament begins tomorrow and we’ll keep you up to date on what’s going on. The photo above features pro-angler Gary Vinton.

by Mike Ganzeveld • May 10, 2011

Walleye Wisdom editor and Ranger Evinrude pro Gary Speicher has been having continued success on Lake Erie this week. Above you can see a picture of Gary’s co-angler Tracy Hayward holding a nice walleye caught while pre-fishing before the upcoming National Guard FLW tournament. The boys have also been shooting a lot of good video…

by Mike Ganzeveld • May 6, 2011

Here’s a little taste of what’s to come at the FLW National Guard Walleye Tournament at Port Clinton, Ohio on Lake Erie:

by Mike Ganzeveld • May 6, 2011

The Ohio Department of Natural Resources introduced themselves to FLW hopeful Gary Speicher and his co-angler Tracy Hayward today on the banks of Lake Erie. The DNR regularly checks boaters for safety equipment to make sure that flare guns and fire extinguishers are up to date and that the boat includes enough PFDs for everyone.…

by Mike Ganzeveld • May 3, 2011

It is not a rumor, Rumorz fish has been caught. Jason Andersen got lucky last Sunday evening when he caught the second of this season’s 25 $100 dollar walleyes tagged by the Clear Lake Fishing Club. Jason was fishing a jig and minnow off a dock near the outlet creek of Clear Lake when the…

by Mike Ganzeveld • April 27, 2011

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…

by Mike Ganzeveld • April 26, 2011

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…

by Mike Ganzeveld • April 25, 2011

Friend and reader Kirk Hiland sent in the above pictures that were taken on a recent trip to Nungesser Lake in Ontario. Both fish were caught using a 3” Chartreuse Gulp on 3/8 oz. jig heads vertical jigging while drifting.

by Mike Ganzeveld • April 25, 2011

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…

by Mike Ganzeveld • April 22, 2011

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…

by Gary Speicher, NPAA #128 • April 20, 2011

WW’s Gary Speicher was featured twice in the current issue of FLW Outdoors Walleye magazine. First, in a picture with pro Pete Harsh at the FLW Walleye Championship on Leech Lake last September. He also was featured in an article written by Managing Editor Curt Niedermier entitled “Scouting New Talent” on pages 96-97 of the…

by Mike Ganzeveld • April 19, 2011

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…

by Mike Ganzeveld • April 17, 2011

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…

by Mike Ganzeveld • April 14, 2011

Walleye Wisdom reader Dan Krauth, proprietor of Crazy Minnow in Clear Lake, Iowa provided us with this amazing fishing report: Pictured is Robert Wagner of Ventura holding a very large musky he caught out of Clear Lake Wednesday morning, April 13th. The fish was brought live to the Crazy Minnow bait and tackle store where…