Welcome toWild Smallie Guided Fishing
If you are looking to get in on the best, most exciting fishing the state has to offer, look no farther. While I specialize in chasing down smallmouth bass and muskies on the Upper Mississippi, I have other trips available as well. Wade fishing trips on local trout streams are a great option, and I am now featuring fall sturgeon trips as well.
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Learn the Lingo
The lingo. The jargon. The nomenclature. Seems like every group of guys has their own dictionary of words, phrases and coded language that is specific to them, and you’d better learn it if you don’t want to feel like an outsider. Try this sentence: “Something just...
Slipped a Mickey
If you were going to head onto the trout stream with one fly, what would it be? Most would choose something safe, like a hare's ear, pheasant tail, scud. A woolly bugger would be a good bet. Dry fly snobs would likely pick an Adams. I got it in my head the other...
Who Moved My Trout?
Last week I headed across the border for the first trout session of the year. I’m glad to be getting out, but lacking the usual amount of anticipation. Typically on the first trip of the year I head to the “K” River and do a milk run of easy spots, usually catch a...
Sea Monsters
I've seen every documentary about the Loch Ness monster and all of his cousins ever made. Shows about "Champ" from Lake Champlain or "Ogopogo" from Okanagan Lake in British Columbia will always get me to watch. There is even the legend of "Peppie" from Lake Pepin...
One Particular River
This was going to be the first year that I did not buy a Wisconsin non-resident fishing license. All of the Covid hype last spring had us convinced that while we should participate in outdoor activities, we should do so close to home. Once my 2019 license expired in...
Stick to the Plan
The best moment of my life? Well of course it would have to be when I was wedded to my beautiful wife. We were on a beach on Captiva Island in Florida. We said our vows just before sunset, and all who were there agreed it was a perfect ceremony. Of course, the...