...local ice bite and the acceleration of Lake of the Woods' winter bite. Base crew the past few years has included Mike Schnettler of Lowrance Electronics, Jerry Carlson of the St. Cloud Times and Scott Glorvigen of Gemini Sport Marketing. Other...

...humongous lake. As we came out of the bait shop at Westwind, "Mr. Walleye," Gary Roach, and "Mr. Lowrance." Mike Schnettler, were just pulling in. My friend Jim said, "You know it's going to be a good day when you run into Mr. Walleye...

...of my arms and was pushing down on my chest with his foot." On the advice of friend and fellow fishing partner, Mike Schnettler, who's a paramedic, Roach had a stress test performed on his heart and learned something that surprised both him...

...days on the Canadian border I looked as if I'd just got back from Mexico. My companions on the trip, Gary Roach, Mike Schnettler, Scott Glorvigen, Jerry Carlson and Tom Briggs, didn't bring sunscreen either, but they brought all we needed...

...second place team of Tom Geurkink and Tammy Geurkin, 28.95 pounds, and the third place team of Gary Roach and Mike Schnettler, 28.85 pounds. A total of 165 teams took part in the two-day tournament. North Country question of the week...

...this winter so I can compare. I've had a Vexilar in the past, but after talking with Paul Thorne of Marcum and Mike Schnettler of Lowrance, I plan to put the other two to the test and see what the real story is. Walleye Dan Eigen can be reached...