Walleye Wisdom
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The walleye fishing blog of professional walleye angler Gary Speicher. We intend to make Walleye Wisdom your online destination for all things related to walleye fishing.
Walleye Wisdom
6M ago
It is with incredible sadness that I have to announce the passing of Walleye Wisdom founder, Gary Speicher. Gary was a lot of things to a lot of people. Besides being a fisherman of great talents, Gary was a father, a friend, a mentor, a role-model, a devoted follower of Christ, a patriot and a ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
8M ago
The Mother of all Fishing Tackle sales! This is the disbursement sale of all fishing equipment owned by the legendary Gary "Spike" Speicher ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
1y ago
Many people believe there is more to fishing than just catching…and I would have to agree! The walleyewisdom.com team traveled to Lake Erie the last week of April to see if the weather would cooperate and allow us to catch some spring walleye! Our teammates included my son, Chris, and his friend Dave Z. from ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
1y ago
Last year while fishing at Lake Erie we met some fellow anglers doing the bait shop visits during a “blow day”. Karl Dollhopf is from the Upper Peninsula and he shared a report with Walleye Wisdom with pictures of their catch: Lake Erie Report October 10-14. “Day 1-nice weather light wind. We fished out of ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
1y ago
by Dave Nichols Fall fishing opportunities are plentiful but one of the Midwest’s most iconic bites is on the upper Green Bay looking for smallmouth bass. I had a chance to take a couple days with friends Terry and Sam to join one of our favorite fishing guides, Capt. Jimmy Doering for some October smallmouth ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
1y ago
The fourth qualifying event for the National Walleye Tour 2022 schedule was held on Green Bay July 14-15. Fortunately, my third skin cancer surgery came right after the Prairie du Chien event and I was healed enough I could make the big water tournament. There were 108 boats in the event hosted by the Marinette ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
1y ago
This has been the most challenging fishing year for me in all my adult life. Two skin cancer surgeries in February, subsequent infections, and every other day care from a wound clinic limited my ability to fish the first two NWT events scheduled for 2022. The wound in my back healed enough I could make ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
2y ago
Four members from our club, Ames Anglers, drove some 450 miles south from Ames, Iowa to Holiday Island, Arkansas to walleye fish March 15-16 with guide Ken Greenwood of Greenwood’s Guide Service (479-244-9630). We were not disappointed. Members Jim Trow, Chuck Beck, Daryl Strohbehn and myself met Ken at his most unusual walleye boat docked ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
2y ago
Traveling to southwest Florida for a couple weeks in the dead of Iowa’s winter is a welcome retreat! Sue and I headed down in the Suburban on January 21 and arrived at the Surfrider Beach Club on Sanibel Island the next day–two long days of driving. Our daughter, Amy, and her husband, John Berry, flew ..read more
Walleye Wisdom
2y ago
“When opportunity knocks on your door…you should listen!” And, that’s what I did by responding to a Facebook post from noted Lake Erie guide Gary Zart a couple weeks ago! Gary had posted three open spots for their Ranger 622 guide and tournament boat for those days. I signed up and Gary found a couple ..read more