Wolfpack Fishing Charters and Guide Service

12/25/2024

The 2024 Musky season is in the books! This season marked my third year guiding on Lake St. Clair and it was the most successful/ most challenging season I’ve had to date. Tough fishing condition days seemed to outweigh favorable condition days for much of the season in which we experienced many sunny, low wind, clear water days in the summer months and an unseasonably warm fall that at the drop of a hat, switched to freezing temperatures to round out the year. Even with the tough conditions, a lightning strike frying my engine computers, injuring my wrist mid-season, and getting into a bad car accident that nearly totaled my truck, we made it through with the best season for amount of musky boated, 50”+ fish caught, and highest numbers of first/personal best musky caught by clients.

Over the past few seasons the summer months have been some of my most productive, and this year that was no different. With the lack of wind/clouds/stained water we saw on a regular basis, often my game-plan was to fish deep, fish less pressured water, and capitalize on first & last light. With the middays having tough conditions, I would split a lot of my summer trips 4-6 hours in the morning and 4-6 hours in late afternoon/evening to help my clients conserve energy and fish more efficiently. This resulted in some highly productive trips and I will definitely continue to implement this option for clients in the future. This summer I was also proud my team would take the 3rd place finish in the 2024 Bondy Bait Musky Slam. The previous year we took 5th place. I set a preseason goal aiming to place higher, so taking the 3rd spot this year meant a lot!

The fall bite was much more difficult in comparison to years past. Above average temperatures held constant for much of the fall up until the tail end of the season when the switch flipped to cold, without much of an in-between. This resulted in much less activity in the traditional in-shore spots that musky transition to in the fall, even when we were marking fish in those areas. It was a constant battle between thoroughly working over these areas in hopes the bite would turn on, or running and gunning areas in hopes of more consistency. In the fall of this year, it often came down to capitalizing on opportunity between myself and my clients. We might’ve only got a few cracks in a day, so staying focused and holding ourselves accountable with missed opportunity often helped convert bad days to good days. On the days we didn’t boat fish we always walked away with the positives, which in musky fishing is a MUST! No matter if a beginner or a seasoned pro, we all have tough days. The learning, growing, and persevering will always be a part of shaping us as a fisherman/woman.

I’m extremely proud of what my clients and myself accomplished this season. I’m also thankful for all my clients for choosing to book trips with my outfit when there are many talented guides to choose from on Lake St. Clair. I will always go above and beyond for ya’ll and hope to see everyone again next season. Huge thank you to my clients, sponsors, wife, family, and friends!

My books for the 2025 Walleye & Musky season are OFFICIALLY OPEN! All of my rates will remain the same.

Merry Fishmas & Happy Holidays to all!

Sincerely,
Capt. Zach & Wolfpack Fishing Charters and Guide Service

11/28/2024

Thankful for my wife, my family, friends, clients, and LSC! Happy Thanksgiving to everyone! Hope everyone has a safe & happy holiday with those you love. Also Go Lions!!! 🔵🦃🏈🔥

09/05/2024

Another work of art by SG Angling 🔥🎣

Huge shout out to Sam Gaza, Aarons Guide Service LLC, & Chris Todd for the solid team effort to make this outing so successful! Looking forward to the next one!

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09/02/2024

With temperatures going down ⬇️, big fish numbers have been going up⬆️🔥🎣. Shout out to my client Jesse on boating this gorgeous mid-August LSC fish and scratching off another state on his bucket list quest to catching a musky in every state with a musky population. This fish came in just a hair under the 51” mark and forcefully t-boned an Regular Ball Buster Medussa w/ a 1.5oz heavy head ( exclusive pattern). The end of summer/beginning of fall is one of my favorite spans of the season to guide trips for these fish, give me a shout and let’s get something in the books🔥🎣🔥.

07/29/2024

07/29/2024

The 2024 Bondy Bait Musky Slam was another one for the books! Extremely proud of my team for grinding out two tough days of fishing, sticking to our game plan, and getting the 3rd place finish. This tournament is filled with an extremely talented lineup of Musky anglers and it’s always a pleasure to be in the company of some of the best in such a great tournament! Our day one was a roller coaster of emotions as we boated a 50.75” on the third cast of the day only to have the fish on the bump board flip out of the boat before I could snap a picture to submit it.. To rebound from something as bad as that takes a certain group of anglers. We had to work twice as hard to make up for mishap in the beginning of the day. We would go 4-12 after that first heartbreak, one being a 50”+ tank! Day two overall was tough fishing for most of the field. That being said we had our opportunities go 0-4. I’d like to thank the Bondy Bait Company, Dave Lagman, and Brad Koehn for putting on such a great event. Truly some of the nicest people and I think I speak for everyone in expressing how much their involvement is appreciated! I’d also like to thank Chaos Tackle Company, Stealth Tackle , Simms Fishing Products , Costa Sunglasses and the other companies who have me on their teams/pro-staff. Lastly congratulations to those who placed and everyone who competed in the tournament, spending two days on LSC with fellow anglers, friends, family is just as good as taking first in my books 🔥🎣!

07/02/2024

Bondy Bait Musky Slam 2024

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07/01/2024

The boys from Indiana rose to the occasion and got into a rhythm early! 1-2 in a quick evening outing then 6-9 on a full day casting trip🔥🎣. Congrats to Tom for the personal best day for amount of fish boated and to Josh for bagging his first/PB musky! The action was fast and furious with a majority of these fish snapping on the Chaos Tackle Company Regular Teqkilla Medussa w/1 OZ heavy head. For anyone looking to get after some fast pace, LSC summertime, rubber ripping musky action feel free to give me a shout. I have eight available dates for casting trips in the month of July left and would love to take some clients out for more knockout trips like this🔥🔥🎣🎣.

05/14/2024

The Detroit River is well known for producing significant numbers of walleye and equally as many smiles! My walleye trips have still been going strong! With the 2024 LSC Musky season opener coming up quick get in touch with me to lock in a walleye trip before it’s time to switch gears🔥🐉🎣👍. Thank you to all the clients who had trips over the past few weeks, it wouldn’t be possible without your support! Check the video in the comments to see how to put your Captain in his place when he’s critiquing your netting form🤣.

04/19/2024

Let’s GO!

Bondy Bait Musky Slam 2024 is going to be one for the books🔥🔥

Bondy Bait Musky Slam 🎣🔥

04/04/2024

The 2024 Detroit River Walleye is underway🔥🎣. We’ve been getting vertical, pulling up some good numbers and sized fish! Can’t wait for the trips to come this spring and hope everyone that’s out there fishing has a great season! I’ll be gone in Tokyo for my honeymoon from April 7th-21st but I do still have some availability at the end of April and through May. Get in touch with me to get a date locked in💪🎣🔥🐺.

02/29/2024

Check out the pattern on this mid-October Tiger Musky from this past season👀🔥🎣. This fish inhaled a Teqkilla Husky Medussa in an early evening window! When looking at my excel spreadsheet of musky documented/caught/released through my outfit in the 2023 season it resulted 1:16 (Tiger Musky to Musky). I’m curious to know other musky anglers/guides ratio breakdowns in areas that hold both hybrids and non-hybrids? With having both populations in numbers and size trending in a positive direction on LSC I’m excited to see how these numbers trend going forward.

02/11/2024

In the spirit of the Super Bowl, here’s a ten pack of some of the “underdogs” from the 2023 season on Lake St. Clair. What they temporarily lack in size, they definitely make up in heart! I love seeing a healthy mix of smaller fish hitting the net as it will be these fish among the next generations of giants on Lake St. Clair🔥🎣. After the Detroit Lions exit from the playoffs I’m indifferent on who I got winning😂. Who’s everyone got winning? Have a happy & safe Super Bowl Sunday ya’ll 🏈🍻!

01/17/2024

With the 2023 LSC Musky season in the books I just wanted to take the time to make a post thanking my wife, clients, friends/family, and sponsors for everything this year! Musky fishing isn’t always a walk in the park but having such great clients that are motivated to work/learn on guided trips made for some of the most rewarding days this season. Behind the scenes the love from my wife, friends, and family will always be what helps me bring such a high level of energy/passion to each trip so always wanted to say a huge thank you to ya’ll! Lastly to the sponsors who saw potential in me and put me on your teams the contribution, support, and products ya’ll provide are at the core of what helps me in being successful. Thank you for seeing potential in me as a second year captain and for helping provide me with the necessary tools to get the job done on a regular basis! I’m stoked to see what season number three brings and look forward to the all the memories to come🔥🎣!