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Ice report. Found 3" of the good stuff tonight and on the river at that. Looks like everything should be rolling in the ...
01/04/2025

Ice report. Found 3" of the good stuff tonight and on the river at that. Looks like everything should be rolling in the next couple days in many areas. We will be on the first scouting trip for monster gills tomorrow. Hopefully we can get on the spot and seal the deal on some 10"-12" tanker Gills.

01/03/2025

I would like to adress the most asked question I get via inbox.."Where to ice fish on the river"? Or "where is it safe"?
I'm no ice guru. The river is it's own beast and I never completely trust it on the best ice years. I've spent over 40 years on our river system here and still find new things every year.
My best advice is to just NOT try it....but if you do, get to it from the bank and try to avoid crossing the river. Yes, we cross it to ice fish..but we have put in time to find crossing areas. It's not always safe and we are dumb at times...but we are careful. Often we fish on 12" of ice..but we have to cross current areas that hold only a few inches.
SPUD BAR AND PACK LIGHT...take a rope and keep your phone close to your chest..and always go with someone without a doubt.
We don't need anymore deaths this year and with the wave of new guys trying to just get "content " , is crazy. Just play it safe if ya get the nuts and remember just because you know an area with no current..doesn't mean the ice is good to go.
I don't do river trips on ice for the simple fact it's just to dangerous. So just a heads up.

Spot A sucked...spot B not great, but with 40 minutes of light left we hit the river and found some killer ice and the W...
12/27/2024

Spot A sucked...spot B not great, but with 40 minutes of light left we hit the river and found some killer ice and the Walter's were home.

12/26/2024

The Toilet bowl.

Merry XMAS to all you fish heads out there!. Sketchy ice but still open Agua to play in😂
12/25/2024

Merry XMAS to all you fish heads out there!. Sketchy ice but still open Agua to play in😂

Who's ready for the chilly days and fat fish coming through a hole? It's almost here folks. I'm not sure when I will sta...
12/02/2024

Who's ready for the chilly days and fat fish coming through a hole? It's almost here folks. I'm not sure when I will start but I will give a heads up when we start running trips. I cover most lakes in central and southern Iowa. No river trips. Unless I find an extremely safe area and you are from out of town😂
Perfect activity for kids who want to get into the sport (warm hubs) and fun also for the adults..Giant slabs, huge gills..monster perch, fat walleyes and big cats along with big hybrids too. We do it all. Get on the ice list for a trip or keep a lookout for tag along options as well. I have plenty of hubs and a couple singles. So room for plenty. If you have a huge group, just message me and we will get ya set up.
We do well all season but prime time is early ice (first 3 weeks) and then February is a killer month. Hopefully we get ice and it stays this year. Looking forward to meeting some more new faces.

Little update action...I've been asked a few times where all the fall walleye pics are at😂 but in all honesty the water ...
10/21/2024

Little update action...I've been asked a few times where all the fall walleye pics are at😂 but in all honesty the water isn't cold enough for me really to be that interested and we have been busy getting after the critters 🔥 I'm finally down to one kiddo that is a youth hunter so we have been putting in the work on the pesky deer. Cobia has laid down 4 tasty Doe so far and the freezers are getting full.
Dove season was a slammer and the ducks have been playing as well for the most part. Eider pup has well over 100 retrieves this year and we are off to the races. Hopefully we settle into some cold weather so we can enjoy chasing everything. Also, we have been landing some big flatheads finally on the fall artificials. That should only get better as well. I can't post pics of those yet until the bite is done..but here's a few pics from the season change up.
Watching these 2 boys grow up to be successful outdoorsmen is bittersweet a smidge...i dont want them to grow older...but i also want them to go find me big walleyes, piles of ducks....and big deer on thier own for the old man😂.one hell of a show though!

Tank slabs and fat cats on crappie gear. It was a fun one.
09/19/2024

Tank slabs and fat cats on crappie gear. It was a fun one.

09/18/2024

Took the day off and got to chase some slabs this morning. Half time show got pretty crazy😉

08/31/2024

It's that time of year again and the gears will be changing, shifting into hunting season. It's bittersweet but it's about that time.
I will still be doing a few fall runs for guys who want to get out, as well as a small window for big flatheads on plastics. We are back to drought conditions so I'll only be running the mud rig for river trips. I may do some fall crappie stuff on the lakes pending how the hunting is going. Other than that, I appreciate all the people who came out to fish with me this year. Managed to put a pile of fish in the boats this year and fill a lot of freezers for folks!. Ice season will be here before ya know it and I'm looking forward to getting some guys out on the ice for sure!. So keep an eye out for openings this chilly season.

Feels good to roll up to a dozen cat fisherman using bait and not catching much, then proceed to throw artificials and c...
08/25/2024

Feels good to roll up to a dozen cat fisherman using bait and not catching much, then proceed to throw artificials and completely hammer cats🤷‍♂️ Gave away 2 keeper walleyes to a kid with a killer Pink Floyd shirt... and got a handful of drum also.
The kicker was Cobia sticking a pig. Didn't get to see her for about 4 minutes then she surfaced and I honestly thought he hung a blue cat😂 after some shenanigans, she slid into the drop net fairly quick and we got her up. Just shy of 18lbs. That's a big chanel kitty and and absolute hammer for pitching artificial.

08/25/2024

The biggest channel I've ever seen in person just hit the net😬 My youngest boy has officially got 1 up on me. Waiting for a scale as I type this.

Took a much needed break from the walleyes and decided to hunt down some fat river slabs. Wasn't long and we found them....
08/18/2024

Took a much needed break from the walleyes and decided to hunt down some fat river slabs. Wasn't long and we found them. Mixed in with the slabs we managed to pull 5 black nose crappie out as well. I'm sure we could have caught more if we had stayed but we bounced around a bit. Broke a rod, caught some smallies and called it a day.

They were loving the drizzle...for shizzle tonight. Had to find a few fatties for a buddy to take back to Washington. Ho...
08/13/2024

They were loving the drizzle...for shizzle tonight. Had to find a few fatties for a buddy to take back to Washington. Hopefully I'll get some halibut in return soon😂

Getting up early sucks. But it's worth it sometimes🤷‍♂️
08/04/2024

Getting up early sucks. But it's worth it sometimes🤷‍♂️

It was time for the indoor shore lunch.
07/28/2024

It was time for the indoor shore lunch.

Matt lives in Chicago and was coming in town to see his girlfriend Lisa this wknd ..after chatting a couple days I gave ...
07/27/2024

Matt lives in Chicago and was coming in town to see his girlfriend Lisa this wknd ..after chatting a couple days I gave him the low down, as I usually don't guide on wknds if I can avoid the people 😂 explained that it wasn't a lights out bite because of the heat and a lot of smaller fish are in the system right now but He didn't mind and just wanted to get on the water. So we gave it hell and got them some meals for the next few evenings. Piles of smallmouth right now also...almost a nuisance at times..but fun as always. Whites are still getting active as well. All in all we kept a few nice ones and some smaller ones. They all eat the same and everyone has their own size preferences. Good times.

We decided we both could use a few to eat this weekend so we went on the hunt tonight. New turf, old school tricks...sam...
07/26/2024

We decided we both could use a few to eat this weekend so we went on the hunt tonight. New turf, old school tricks...same results.
We fell back into our old rhythm like two peas in a pod. Scrambling for the next and hooks in fingers😂 probably boated close to 40 walleyes and kicked back some nice ones. Perfect eve trip.

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The Toilet bowl.

I don't fish in this heat..but we will set for some flatties when we get a hankering for some belly steaks!. Caught quite a few. Kept 1 for the table.

Happy Father's day to all them dad's keeping those kiddos in line and in the outdoors! This morning we had a heart thumper, lost and donkey at the boat. Hook photo in the comments😬 I'll be switching over for a bit to white bass and cat drift trips the beginning of July also. Great way to stock the freezer or just get some action.

Kicking back pigs is a rare sight on the river. We try to get em back if they are 20" and over. Hopefully one day the DNR will add a length minimum and slot for walleyes and hybrids. I would like to see it also dropped to 4 fish for walleyes and drop the panfish down to 10. We have a good fishery but it could be really awesome if we had some better regs🤷‍♂️

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