Joel DeBoer

I just finished 3 days on the water with 2 of my favorite guests, Jim Pierce and Gary Brady. These guys join me each year for some serious smallie fun and fishing - 2007 was no exception!

Saturday was a great day as we had action from plenty of smallies with a few walleyes thrown in. We could have probably caught even more smallies had we been able to keep the muskies off our lines! We hooked up with 4 muskies (36", 38", 41", 47+"); the largest was a very healthy and heavy specimen that crushed a walleye boatside and proceeded to not let go for over 7 minutes! After letting go, she spun around and came back after the walleye AGAIN until Gary quickly pulled it out of the water. It could be a very interesting opening musky weekend coming up!...

Sunday and Monday continued to produce numbers of smallmouth bass including a real hawg pushing the 21" mark. The Wisconsin River system again showed what a fish factory it continues to be. What a great couple of days fishing - I'm already looking forward to 2008, thanks guys!

Joe Szarkowitz

Fish Species: Smallmouth Bass, Musky, Walleye
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Gary Brady with a 21
Gary Brady with a 21


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Joel DeBoer

About The Author: Joel DeBoer

Company: Wisconsin Angling Adventures

Area Reporting: Central and Northern Wisconsin

Bio: Greetings and welcome to the Northwoods! My name is Joel DeBoer; I grew up fishing the waters of Central and Northern Wisconsin and enjoying the beauty of Wisconsin's outdoors - I can guarantee you will enjoy them as well! As owner of Wisconsin Angling Adventures, I'll work hard to keep you on the fish and show you a good time out on the water! Through countless days and nights on the water, I have worked hard to uncover local "hotspots" while prefecting the techniques necessary to produce trophy fish from them. I have been an active member of Muskies Inc. and Bill's Musky Club, and am responsible for numerous awards for muskies caught and released by my clients as well as myself. In addition to guiding, I am an active musky tournament fisherman, having multiple Top 10 finishes. Not only do I fish tournaments for muskies, but a variety of local tournaments for walleyes and bass. I am active on the internet - providing articles and fishing reports to over 15 different web sites, in addition to doing web-radio shows. I am a published outdoor author and educator, including my weekly column, "The Guides Corner" in the Everest Herald. I specialize in multi-media presentations and seminars on the vast aspects of musky fishing. Please feel free to email me, at ANY time. In addition, take an opportunity to visit my bio pages at the St. Croix Rod or VMC Hooks Pro-Staff pages as a further reference. I am thankful to the wonderful companies I am privileged to work with promotionally: Bait Rigs * DeLONG Lures * Ducktail Lures * Dunwright Tackle * Frabill * Mepps * Mister Twister * Mercury * Optima Batteries * Pure Fishing (Abu Garcia, Berkley, Stren) * Roberts Outdoors * St. Croix * VMC Hooks

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