Michael Neal is one of fishing’s best kept secrets. Well, he was a secret. On Lake St. Clair, Neal, a Tennessee angler, boated the heaviest Championship round weight in MLF Bass Pro Tour history – 58 bass weighing 168-11. Neal destroyed the field and finished 76-pounds – 2-ounces ahead of the second-place finisher. Amazing! Neal should never have been a secret, as he entered his third season on the MLF Bass Pro Tour with 32 Top 10’s, three major wins and over $1,000,000 in career winnings. This guy in darned good!
Dave was recently fishing a huge Toyota Series MLF event on the Potomac River. When his amateur partner got in the boat, the angler took out a fly rod. Was Dave shocked by Kierran Mooney’s choice of fishing techniques? Listen to Dave and Kierran talk about it.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix explains one of fishing’s true mysteries – fall turnover.

He’s the man with fishing’s coolest nickname – Mister Crappie Wally Marshall. He is the busiest guy around, running the Red River Challenge on September 30 through October 2. It’s the annual Crappie Classic Invitational, a $250,000 tournament to crown the 2021 crappie champion. The event also features “Crappie Expo,” miles and miles of exhibits featuring all things crappie! The Crappie Expo also features the world’s biggest crappie fry! No catch and release here, folks. Listen to Wally Marshall talk crappies!
Trey McKinney is the only 16-year-old fisherman to ever win an Angler of the Year award in a major fishing tournament circuit. Trey is the goods! Listen to him talk about his incredible career. There’s no limit to what Trey McKinney can do in his fishing career.
Spinning or casting? Casting or spinning? Who better to ask about that than Dan Johnston from St. Croix, that’s who!

When your father is a champion walleye angler, wouldn’t it make sense for the son to follow in his footsteps chasing big ‘eyes? Not in this case! Adam Neu has broken the mold and has become a professional bass fisherman. And quite the successful bass fisherman this young man has become. He’s mixing it up with the big boys on the Bass Opens and doing a heck of a great job. Is the Elite Circuit and a Bassmaster Classic in Adam Neu’s future? We certainly think so. Listen to Adam tell his story.
He used to be the Field Marketing Manager for Daiwa. Who deserves a promotion more than our good friend, Marc Mills. Let Marc tell us all about it and also what’s going on at Daiwa!
Who better to talk to as we roll from late summer fishing into early fall fishing? Dan Johnston from St. Croix, that’s who!

We wanted to have a bass angler on for our guest this week. We also wanted to have a great pro walleye fisherman on as a guest this week. We also wanted to have a musky expert on this week. We decided to cover all the bases by having John Hoyer on the show. John fishes, and wins, tournaments for bass, walleyes and muskies. He may be the best multi-species fisherman in the country today. Listen to John and let him make you a better fisherman.
Jeff Kolodzinski is the Marathon Man. He has the world record for the most fish caught in a 24-hour period. He’s going to try to break he record again. Can he do it? We’ll ask him about it.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix is on hand to talk about line. Braid? Fluoro? Mono? Dan will tell you what you ought to be using.

Bassmaster Elite pro Chris Johnston jumped brands to take a huge win in the Major League Fishing Toyota Series Northern Division event on the Saint Lawrence River. This event has confounded Johnston in the past, but now the monkey is off his back Everyone thinks Chris Johnston is a smallmouth specialist but the Canadian grew up catching largemouth. Listen to him explain how he has mastered the smallmouth world.
Executive Director Pat Neu of the National Professional Anglers Association joins us to invite all to the huge annual NPAA Conference that will be in Northern Ohio this year.
Dan Johnston from St. Croix is on hand to talk about seasonal movements, a great topic.