Texan Larry Walker has just published a new book, “From Minnows to Marlin.” The man has traveled the world in the pursuit of giant swimming monsters. He took time to talk to us while preparing for a repeat fishing trip to French Polynesia. He has fished in more than 45 countries including some too dangerous for most people to think about. He’s caught black marlin and bluefin tuna weighing over a thousand pounds each, but his favorite sportfish is the incredibly nasty peacock bass. Larry Walker has caught over 135 largemouth bass that hit the scales at over ten pounds. This man has lived a life one can only dream about. Please listen to him tell his amazing story!
Take a Vet Fishing is one of our favorite organizations. Dave VanDoorn spends his time hosting our nation’s heroes in his boat for a day of fishing. These veterans certainly deserve the attention and recognition, to say the very least. VanDoorn has a huge heart and is here to explain what his organization is all about.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix is with us to talk about tackle organization. Stop putting it off, folks. Dan Johnston will help you to get that chore accomplished.

Gary Klein is the co-creator of Major League Fishing. In four short years, MLF has revolutionized the world of competitive bass fishing. Gary Klein takes time from his busy schedule to discuss some thoughts about today’s landscape in pro bass fishing, the recent rule changes in MLF and the upcoming 2023 Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour schedule. Gary Klein is one of the smartest guys in pro fishing, so please give him a listen.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix joins us to talk about extreme weather. Mother Nature is a cruel trickster who can bedevil us with Saharan heat one day and cold rainstorms the next. What does a fisherman do when confronted with these extreme weather situations?
Dan Stefanich is a skilled outdoorsman who has some incredible experience in the world of ice fishing. Dan drops in to update us on the ice fishing scene on the legendary Lake of the Woods.

Bill Kutka from Hayward, Wisconsin is a true legend in the world of walleye fishing. A successful tournament angler for over forty years, Bill Kutka was a “Sportsman of the Year” on the In-Fisherman Professional Walleye Trail. Kutka spends his time guiding for Wisconsin walleyes but will also take clients to Lake Superior for monster smallmouth bass and to Lake Erie, the country’s number one destination for catching incomparable walleyes. Please listen to a true fishing legend offer some tips that will increase your own catch rate.
Louis Monetti won the Bassmaster College Classic Bracket earning him a berth into the 2023 Bassmaster Classic, as well as paid entry into all nine of 2023’s Bassmaster Opens. Monetti also gets to use a fully rigged Toyota Tundra and Nitro boat for a year. This young man is truly living a dream.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix is with us to talk about the many high school and college level competitive fishing programs that exist today and what they bring to the sport.

Oliver Ngy of Big Bass Dreams is a Big Fish Specialist. He is also a big bait specialist. Oliver has an incredible Internet presence and is all over social media. Oliver will be a featured presenter at the huge Chicagoland Fishing Show in Schaumburg, Illinois this week. His presentations are always jam packed and we are fortunate that Oliver joins us to share some of the knowledge he shares in his seminars. This young man is the real deal, so please give Oliver Ngy a listen.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix joins us to talk about the difference in learning about fishing from reading or the Internet as opposed to learning by actually practicing on the water.
AFTCO is a tremendous company that is dedicated to furthering the sport of fishing. Their President, Casey Shedd is with us to discuss many of the things that AFTCO is involved with.

John Soukup is a giant of a man who looks like he’d be just as comfortable in a WWE ring with The Rock as he would be in a boat chasing bass. John Soukup is one of the great young anglers who will be competing on the Bassmaster Elite Series for the first time this year. Soukup’s path to the Elites is an extremely interesting one. In addition to competitive fishing, John Soukup owns The Bass Tank, a tremendously successful nationwide electronics dealer. Please listen to a great guy who we think is going to have a lot of success in the coming year.
Glenn Young, the National Sales Manager from Z-Man joins us to talk about their new panfish micro-baits and heads.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix is with us to talk about reel speeds. No, not real speeds, reel speeds! How fast you retrieve means so much. The right reel speed can make your fishing so much easier and effective.