Want to catch more smallmouth bass? Want to catch more largemouth bass? Want to catch more walleyes? Want to catch more crappies? Want to catch more catfish? Jeremy Smith from Lindner’s Angling Edge may be the best all-around multi-species fisherman in the country. Jeremy joins the show to give some incredible advice and tips to help you catch more of whatever it is that you care to chase. You’ll need a pad and paper to take notes during this interview because there is so much information given out. We never got around to muskies, so we’ll have to have Jeremy Smith on again real soon! Enjoy!
Mark Hanson steps in to sub for Dan Johnston from St. Croix. He recaps his recent trip to Northwest Ontario where he enjoyed some tremendous fishing.
Sam Veith is the founder of a great organization called “Fishing for Good.” Sam is a great guy with a huge heart. Please listen to him explain what Fishing for Good is all about.

This is one of my favorite interviews I’ve done in the past six years. Our guest, Tennessee’s Wesley Strader is a great guy with an incredible personality. He’s fished at the top levels of bass fishing for 20 years and has won over two-million bucks. He is the best kept secret in the world of bass fishing, don’t you think? We cover the gamut from waterways to married life. The time went by so darned fast! Listen to a truly good guy talk about all things bass fishing.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix joins us to talk about St. Croix’s annual Customer Appreciation Days event. It sounds too good to miss!
Dave VanDoorn is a professional angler that has been Take a Vet Fishing’s “Daily Ambassador” since 2012. VanDoorn has averaged over 130 days a year on the water for Take a Vet Fishing. Listen to a great guy from a great group tell his story.

Arkansas native Stephen Browning is the winner of the 2022 Major League Fishing Patriot Cup. Who but MLF could stage a major tournament that was held on three different lakes? The Patriot Cup was held on Lewisville Lake, Eagle Mountain Lake and Lavon Lake, all near Dallas, Texas. Incredibly, the anglers weren’t told the names of the lakes until the morning they were to fish on them. No practice and no research! Isn’t that amazing? Stephen Browning is a member of the exclusive BASS Million Dollar in Winnings Club and always seem to be in the top ten at every tournament he enters. Browning is a fan favorite and a media favorite, as well. Listen to one of the truly good guys in our sport talk about the Patriot Cup and his great career.
Do you remember that line from the original Top Gun? “I feel the need for speed?” What does Dan Johnston from St. Croix feel about that? He joins us to talk about the importance of retrieve speed.
Scott Ellison, Marketing Promotions Manager at Major League Fishing is with us to talk about their high school fishing camp. How great would it be to attend that event?

What is the hottest lake in the country for huge largemouth bass? It’s Lake Fork near Dallas, Texas, of course. Who is the hottest fisherman in the country when you are talking about largemouth bass? It’s Lee Livesay, of course. Livesay, who calls Lake Fork his home water. In 2021, Livesay won a Bassmaster Elite tournament on Fork with an incredible 4-day total of 112-05. Amazing! Lee isn’t just deadly on Lake Fork, he just scored a big Bassmaster Open win on the Ross Barnett Reservoir in Mississippi. There is no doubt that topwater specialist Lee Livesay deserves his reputation as a big fish master.
Is it a good thing or is it a bad thing? Dan Johnston from St. Croix joins us to talk about wind and how it affects fishing.
Jose Chavez is a top fisherman and also an innovative lure designer for Z-Man Fishing Products. Listen to a real genius talk about the latest and best baits on the market.

Can you imagine showing up at a major tournament held at a lake you’ve never been to before, dropping you boat in, and discovering that the lake looks exactly like your home lake where you grew up fishing? What a pleasant surprise! St. Croix pro Jesse Wiggins just had that experience at the Major League Fishing Bass Pro Tour event on Lake of the Ozarks! He knocked it out of the park and won the big trophy and a check for $100,000. Listen to this bright young fisherman tell his story.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix joins us to talk the spawn. It’s different for everyone depending on where you live. Did you know that some fish spawn more than once? Everyone always learns something when Dan Johnston is on the show.
Mike Leonard, Vice President Government Affairs at American Sportfishing Association joins us to relay some exciting news about what that organization is currently doing for our country’s fishermen.