I left Casa Loma’s dock with friend and long-time client Mark Tansey yesterday morning. We fished smaller-sized reefs with Vegas jigs tipped with medium golden shiners. Walleyes had been in 25-30 feet for the past few days in the area we were fishing. There were almost zero walleyes in these depths. We looked around and found small tables […]

Mike Pruett’s group arrived on Sunday evening August 26 and headed out on Monday morning August 27th. Jon Balaski, Ryan Schmidt, Matt Shermoen and Kevin Erickson were the guides for the trip. Jon, Matt, and Ryan took sandwiches with them and headed out for the day. Matt drove another party out who were friends of […]

Terry Fiero’s group has been coming with us on the Chairman for quite a few years. Terry is retiring later this fall and we hope he will still come on the trip with the guys. This year Jon Balaski, Ryan Schmidt, and Bill Dougherty were the guides. Terry and I drove the Chairman II up […]

Brett, Kristen, Isabella and Geneva, and Blake Palmer’s son Everett joined Bruce and Lola for the rest of their week at Casa Loma. Jon Balaski and I did the guiding. We were planning to meet for a noon shore lunch. We fished with the August hot presentation bottom bouncers with slow death hooks threaded with a […]