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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Is this the Final Fly Fishing Frontier?
Are you out of fish to catch? What’s left on your fly fishing bucket list? Steelhead, pike, striped bass? These are pretty simple, you could probably catch all 3 on one trip without a boat if you planned it right. How about things like tarpon, king salmon, muskie,...
Recreational Tying with Peacock
There was a time when I tied flies a lot. Almost every night in my smoky one room apartment you would find me drinking cheap beer and adding to my inexhaustible supply of flies. There were, and still are, certain flies that I can’t ever seem to have enough of—things...
How I Made a Muskie Famous
About a dozen years ago I got a call from a local photographer friend named Jules. It seems his office was working on a new muskie book, and they needed a good sized muskie to take pictures of. “Sure, I can catch you one. When do you need it by?” I’m thinking I’ll...
Flappin’ for Smallies
EVER FISH WITH A FLAPPER? No not that kind. Not that it wouldn't be fun, but I don't think many fish would get caught. Ever see someone set the hook while wearing heels? It's a disaster. I'm talking about fishing with a Gambler Flappin' Shad, or as I call...
How to get the Smallies to Stay Hungry
The hotter the better. We get our share of cold around here, so you’re not likely me to complain about it being too hot. Besides, the hottest days on the water are usually great days for catching, especially on The River. And it doesn’t get much hotter than...
Back to the River—Finally!
I remember a fine Sunday afternoon about ten years ago when I was battling big boat wakes on a popular metro muskie lake. At that point in my life, I really did a lot of muskie fishing and I as slowed to bounce through still another ski boat’s wake, I strongly...