As a kid, the third Saturday in May was always an event – the annual opening day of a new walleye season. Before I talked my Dad into give bass fishing a try, he was mostly a walleye angler and we always hit Lake of the Woods on opening weekend, […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
When I get asked about living where I do, at Lake of the Woods, one of the first responses that I always have is that, “it’s a great place to live if you enjoy being outside, especially if you like fishing”. Few places can compare with all of the access […]
It’s hard to believe the open water fishing season is still at least a couple weeks away for most lakes across the region. Typically by early May we’re able to launch the boat and start fishing for lake trout, pike, crappie and bass. After a long winter, everybody is eager […]
It’s the end of April and we’re still talking about snow and winter weather. It just doesn’t seem right. Maybe this week, we’ll start to see some sun and warmer weather? Late last week a few friends invited me on a road trip to head west to Saskatchewan to spend […]
The April blizzard we got hit with last week across northwestern Ontario was kind of depressing if I’m being honest. It had already been a brutal winter as far as snowfall so that extra foot last week was really unnecessary. It’s going to set us back at least a couple […]
The fourth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series season took place this past weekend at Lake Chickamauga in East Tennessee. Heading into this event, there was some pressure to have a good tournament after my mediocre start to the season. I was well outside the cut line for qualifying for […]
It was nice to get home last week to catch up and do a little bit of ice fishing but it was back on the road for me this past weekend as I returned to Tennessee for a Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Lake Chickamauga this week. The timing was […]
Living on the north end of Lake of the Woods, we have some of the best ice fishing opportunities in the World. I consider myself spoiled when you consider we can catch walleye, pike, perch, crappie, lake trout, burbot and whitefish all in the same day. It’s a great place […]
The third stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series took place this past weekend at Santee Cooper Lake in South Carolina. Consisting of lakes Marion and Moultrie, this massive impoundment is known as one of the best big bass lakes in the United States. It’s always exciting when we get to […]
It certainly doesn’t feel like we’re near the end of the winter yet but the days are getting longer, the temperatures are improving and the best ice fishing of the year is coming. For me, ice fishing is not the same as fishing in a boat but I still love […]
Sometimes when you go fishing, the big ones just don’t want to bite. I was fortunate to fish my third Bassmaster Classic tournament this past weekend at Lake Hartwell and while I caught plenty of fish, I just never could catch a big one. Regular sized limits landed me a […]
In my occupation of fishing high level bass tournaments, we get one championship or “Superbowl” event each year. It’s hard to qualify for and it’s an event that has a lot of history. It’s the Bassmaster Classic. Throughout the Elite Series season, there is stress every day because all of […]
