Spring is here!!

Spring is here and I’m ready for some warmer weather!  I’m in the middle of the Fleet Farm turkey seminar tour and will also be mixing in a trip to Lake Winnipeg for the giant greenbacks (walleyes).  There’s still a lot of ice in our neck of the woods and some of the best pan fishing is right around the corner.  Then it won’t be long for the turkey opener!

The next few We Love It! Outdoors shows cover both fishing and hunting.  This week you will see Bruce Meinz and myself out on the Gull Lake chain in central Minnestoa.  Bruce is a guide and Gull Lake is our home water.  It’s not very often two of us get to fish together but the last time we did, Bruce was running the boat so now it’s my turn.  The late fall is a great time to be on the water: not many people, and a lot of hungry walleyes that are loading up for the hard water season.  Typically Bruce and I are jigging and rigging but we learned a new technique and will be putting that to use as we attack these Gull Lake walleyes.

The next show you will see my very first muzzleloader hunt ever and it was an awesome experience!  Bruce Hudalla, who has a beautiful piece of property in west central Minnesota, invited me out to join Todd Hess and some other friends on this little slice of white tail heaven.  I feel pretty spoiled to be able to hunt such a well-managed piece of property.  The fact that the muzzleloader was totally new to me, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but it turns out I will be doing this the rest of my life.  Some people may be intimidated by a muzzleloader, but in my opinion it’s a lot easier to operate than I thought.  And we’ve got some meat in the freezer; you’ll have to watch to see how that happens. 

Get out and enjoy this weather!  -Dan