Phones are ringing and emails are coming in droves! There is definite excitement for the 2013 season.  Many of the calls are touching almost to the point of emotional for us.  Usually the first words are “I have been waiting since I left last spring to get back to Rainy Lake”. I am fortunate to […]

I have ordered a new guide boat for the coming season. For me boats are a lot like a very good hunting dog, you just hate to let them go. In this case, my 2004 2025 Lund Pro V IFS is not ready to be retired. My guide partner Jon Balaski will be running my […]

I know it is early but it is time to start thinking about next spring’s outdoor adventure. Rainy Lake Houseboats should be at the top of your list for your first fishing blast of the year. Wait one week after ice-out and you will experience the kind of fishing that you only hear about in […]

We gave the muskies a two day break and started out again Sunday morning in search of more muskies.

Dan N. and Dan M. and I left the dock in the dark on Wednesday morning. We were going to fish for Rainy Lake’s muskies. Often we catch northern pike while trolling for muskies.  Water temperatures were about forty-eight degrees when we started. I use large stickbaits, about 48″ wire leaders that I make myself. […]

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 […]

I parked the Chairman II fueled up and joined the Palmer family for a day of Rainy Lake walleye fishing. Boyer, Helen, and Amanda fished in my boat and Bruce, Lola and Alex fished with Jon Balaski. We traveled through the Brule Narrows and looked on area break lines for schools of walleyes. We found […]