My dad Clarence Ganzeveld caught this dandy smallmouth bass on the East Fork of the Des Moines River outside of Dakota City, Iowa. Plenty of walleye anglers were out during my visit back home to Humboldt County this week. We ran into several people that were having luck despite the high waters. Here’s some video…
WW’s Gary Speicher stopped by Clear Lake, IA, on his way home to Cedar Rapids, IA from the Lowrance HDS School at Owatonna, MN. Dan Krauth is the owner/manager of “The Crazy Minnow Company” right on Highway 18. Dan was kind enough to spend a few minutes highlighting the current fishing at Clear Lake along…
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…
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…
A couple years ago at Lake Lac Seul, Matt and I found an area between two islands with lots of stickups. We threw number 5 and number 7 Shad Raps and caught some active fish on cranks in the timber. The wind was blowing from the southwest right down through the “chute” between the islands…
Greg Bohn is a long-time fishing guide in northern Wisconsin. The past few nights I’ve been reading his book from the mid-80’s about catching walleyes in the wood. It reminded me of his presentation about slip-bobber fishing Greg put on at one of Ted Takasaki’s Walleye Masters Institute in Chicago a few years ago. I…
