The Mother of all Fishing Tackle sales! This is the disbursement sale of all fishing equipment owned by the legendary…
Read more →Last year while fishing at Lake Erie we met some fellow anglers doing the bait shop visits during a “blow…
Read more →by Dave Nichols Fall fishing opportunities are plentiful but one of the Midwest’s most iconic bites is on the upper…
Read more →Four members from our club, Ames Anglers, drove some 450 miles south from Ames, Iowa to Holiday Island, Arkansas to…
Read more →Traveling to southwest Florida for a couple weeks in the dead of Iowa’s winter is a welcome retreat! Sue and…
Read more →WW’s Gary Speicher caught up with Kristine Houtmann, one of the newest supporting sponsors of the NPAA, on January 7, 2011, at the NPAA Conference in Bloomington, MN. Kristine talked about her new books and CD’s available from NPAA members and the opportunity for non-profit organizations to raise money by selling her publications. Thanks for…
WW’s Gary Speicher interviewed NPAA President, John Butts. from Dryden, Ontario about the upcoming NPAA Annual Conference in Minneapolis, MN, the weekend of January 7, 2011. John is a successful outdoors businessowner, promoter for the Fin-Tech Tackle Company, and a professional walleye fisherman. John gave a summary of the benefits of being a NPAA member…
WW’s Gary Speicher attended Doc Samson’s Lowrance HDS School on Friday, January 6, 2011, just ahead of the NPAA Meeting in Minneapolis. Doc took a little time to talk about his workshops and how to order his new “Structurescan” DVD, Thanks, Doc!!
Here’s an update from our good friend Rockman up at Rocky Reef Resort in Onamia, Minnesota: The Ice is now sitting at 16 inches and all of my houses are out and we are driving up to a ¾ ton truck. The bite has been good also from 16 to 25 ft of water. The…
Reader Brock Renner submits this fishing report from the Crow Wing chain of lakes: Is was a very nice December 28th afternoon in Northern Minnesota near Park Rapids. Myself, brother Jeff Renner, his son Alex, exchange student Vali, my kids Madie, Logan and Nate and also Rick Aho and his son in law Brandon were…
WW’s Gary Speicher offered his Christmas greetings to WW Watchers Everywhere on Christmas eve day from a snowy Cedar Rapids, IA.
WW’s Gary Speicher provided this Happy Thanksgiving wish to all WW watchers plus outlined the upcoming NPAA meeting in Minneapolis early January. Please go to our blogroll and click on the National Professional Anglers Association link to check out the meeting highlights and get your reservation information for the meeting and hotel room. This year’s…
WW’s Gary Speicher caught up with Cedar Rapids Goodyear Store Manager Jeremy Tinder on a cold, windy Tuesday morning. Jeremy shared some good tips on tire and vehicle care as we leave late fall and head into winter. Thanks, Jeremy!
Time honored tradition, Lindy Rigging by Kirt Hedquist Lindy rigging or live bait rigging is a mainstay presentation in the walleye fishing world. A subtle way to present bait to the sometimes fussy palette of the walleye, one day a leech or a night crawler and the next day a big red tail chub. I…
St. Croix Regional Manager Dan Johnston stopped by Gary Speicher’s office in Cedar Rapids, IA, to provide a first look at the new walleye specific series of fishing rods–the Eyecons. “The price point is great for walleye anglers plus the sensitivity is unbelievable,” Dan explained as he offered Gary a demonstration of the new rods.…
Urban Iowa anglers will have two opportunities to catch trout in the near future thanks to the DNR. One stocking is at Ada Hayden near Ames: DNR to stock rainbow trout at Ada Hayden By Todd Burras Outdoors Editor Published: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 10:54 AM CST An infusion of color will be added to…
Matt and Gary Speicher explain what planer boards are and how to use them to catch walleyes on large bodies of water like Little Bay de Noc.
Here are a few photos that we took during our 2010 adventure to the might waters of Little Bay de Noc. All of the fish were caught at night using planer boards pulling Reef Runners on the reefs. The weather was adverse but the fishing was nothing short of spectacular.
Since 1996 Gary Speicher has taken his sons, Chris and Matt, to fish for walleye at Little Bay de Noc at Escanaba, MI. This year friend, Mike Ganzeveld, joined the WW Team for a repeat visit. Did he catch another 31-incher like he did in 2009? Please watch the video to see how the WW…
Gary Speicher talks with Chris Wahl of Bay View Bait and Tackle in Gladstone, Michigan about the Bay de Noc walleye bite. For more info on the water you can call Scott at 906-786-1488.
The Walleye Wisdom team sorts through the nine hundred and eighty nine crankbait Ranger Evinrude pro Gary Speicher brought to Escanaba. We settled on Reef Runners and they delivered: four walleyes in the livewell.
