Release of the year, Side imaging car lot, Fall turnover expectations

– That’s fishing guide Brad Durick talking about finding his 5th car [!!!] while snooping around the Red River near Grand Forks, ND with his Humminbird Side Imaging.

Here’s a little before-and-after snap thx to the Grand Forks County Water Rescue team using Brad’s find as a training exercise:

Couple updates on that specific car from Brad:

> “The car was a 2002 Cadillac Seville SLS. It was last registered in 2006. It was never reported stolen or missing.

> “This proves that Humminbird Side Imaging is the real deal. Many folks from my last post said they thought this car was a Cadillac. Here is the proof.

> “The side images were shot with a Helix 10 G2N with the gain set at 9, screen speed at 5 and I imaged parallel to the current of the river at 2.5-3 mph.”

Amazing. 👊 Thx for sharing with the rest of us, Brad! (Yes the car was empty!)

Gotta share one more of his screenshots ‘cuz the clarity is incredible:

> Jake: “I was sworn to secrecy on the bait but it was on the gravel-to-mud transition. I’m glad I was in a tiller to prevent the surging too bad because we were trolling in solid 5-6 footers. Running lead and paying attention to the small details really helped.

> Sometimes I think doing crappy the first day of a 2-day tourney makes you analyze your program even more and helps you become a better angler…if you’re humble and can be critical of yourself, and admit you maybe need to break a bad habit or look at it from another angle.”

No doubt. 👏👏👏

2) Brad Petersen guides and fishes tournaments all over CO. He’s been getting some absolute behemoths from small lakes in the Denver area – all on Rapala Jigging Raps – and has had numerous fish over 10 lbs, including this 12-pack!

I’ll be right over! Lol.

3) Those Devils Lake, ND fish have some serious shoulders!

It’s a little early to be talking about ice fishing, but I can’t hear the words “Devils Lake, ND” and not start daydreaming about plucking jumbo perch thru the hard stuff. It’ll be here before we know it – crazy.

4) Sara Trampe (@thereelsaratrampe) gets bonus points for the shirt. #AllAboard

1. This thing actually looks pretty slick.

It’s called the Jiffy Ice Scout – not a whole lot of info out there on it yet, but the video says it drills a 2.5″ hole and has a measuring device on the side for checking ice thickness.

Could also be nice for saving battery juice when scouting with underwater cameras. And I know a few folks that could use one so they stop blaming their transducer cable on losing fish hahaha.

2. Brunswick buys the RELiON lithium battery company.

Reminder that Brunswick, a public company, owns Lund, Merc, MotorGuide, Lowrance and a bunch of other boat-y brands.

3. MN: MWC is heading to Cass Lake, Sept 17-18.

4. Gopher Tackle has new owners.

Makers of the original mushroom-head jig. Little background on the new owners:

> Ray Stephens and his long-time girlfriend, Stacey Manitz, have worked 30+ yrs in the manufacturing sector. They also share a passion for fishing. When the opportunity to purchase Gopher Tackle Mfg. in 2020 came up, the time was right to switch gears and follow their dreams.

> Ray and Stacey moved the business to Milford, IA in 2021. The tooling, casting, painting and packaging is all done in-house. They are fully committed to customer service and quality. They strongly believe that shipments must be made in a timely manner, and they will provide you with a good quality product.

Congrats on the new adventure! Btw it sounds like they’ve got a few other things in the works right now too, including teardrop ice jigs.

5. T-H Marine bought Heartland Global Services.

An IN company:

> “…an industry-leading supplier of stainless steel hardware, ladders, electronics, and plastics for recreational marine applications. As a standalone division of T-H Marine, Heartland will continue to operate at its current facility in Angola, IN.”

T-H Marine is always making moves. 💪

6. Catch Co. expands into fly fishing.

With its acquisition of Recur Outdoors. Catch Co. is best known for its commerce brands Mystery Tackle Box and Karl’s Bait & Tackle.

7. You’ve probably seen AquaTraction marine flooring…

…in boats, but have you ever thought to use it as a fish-house floor?

Super cool! AquaTraction isn’t a Target Walleye sponsor, but I’ll call-out cool new products anytime I see ’em. Keep killing it, fellas!

8. MN: Shiners already running on Rainy River.

The spring walleye run there is no secret…but the fall run can be some incredible fishing too. As temps drop, more and more emerald shiners will pile along the south shore of Lake of the Woods and push upriver from the main lake…walleyes aren’t usually far behind.

9. MN: Zeebz confirmed in Horseshoe Lake.

Crow Wing County.

10. MN: If you’re heading “up north” this weekend…

…you might be able to have a bonfire now thx to some much-needed rain.

Fishing the turnover and finding fall walleyes.

This is an old AnglingBuzz video that was recently “recycled” on the social mediaz, so had to give it another watch. Still a ton of really interesting info with James and Al Lindner talking about the fall turnover and where the bait/walleyes go. Worth a listen:

“And here we have the mythical walleye.”

Obviously gotta read the rest of this in your best Steve Irwin voice:

“This fabled bottom-dweller rarely shows its face thru the hot summertime months, opting to remain dormant and elusive to predators above. One bite from this feisty bugger and even the strongest nightcrawler will be dead in less than 10 seconds. Really, reeeeally incredible creatures we have heyah.”

– Hahaha I had to have a little fun with the caption after FINALLY catching one of those mythical creatures 6 hours into the fishing day:

Moms have the magic touch! Check out this post from @_woodward_fishing on Insta:

> “Josh’s mom doesn’t even like walleye fishing (big bass fan,) she just shows up in our boat every once in a while and catches 30 inchers like it ain’t no thing.”

National Professional Anglers Assoc. 

MN-FISH