Minnesota Governor's Fishing Opener 2008

 
I received a phone call on Tuesday from Carol Altepeter who is the Governors Fishing Opener event coordinator from the Explore Minnesota Tourism office. When she told me that I was chosen to fish the Governors Opener, I asked with who. When she then told me that I was chosen to fish with Governor Tim Pawlenty and the 1st lady, chills went through my body. What excitement and what an honor. I have been blessed with good fortune and this is yet another door that has been opened in our life and I am looking forward to opening day like never before. The opener is going to be on Pelican Lake, which is just north of our business (Walleyedan’s Guide Service) location here in Nisswa. Breezy Point is the site of the opener and it will be a fun-filled event that will involve a lot of activities in Pequot Lakes and the surrounding area. I will not be guiding of my new Ranger 620 because there is another boat manufacturer that is sponsoring the event but the fish might not know what the difference is, we’ll have to wait and see.

Being asked to guide for the Minnesota Governors Fishing Opener is a high point in my career and being in the company of Al Linder, Marv Koep, Chip Leer and many other awesome anglers makes a person feel pretty darn good. Pelican lake is a beautiful, crystal clear 8,200 acre lake that has a good population of walleyes and northern. We will most likely be out and about scouting with our Aqua Vu’s once we have some open water to work with but for now it’s time to rig and carry on with the rest of duties. Our guide service has been quite busy over the years and we are thankful to have a group of top-notch, professional guides that work under our name. Our regular guides are Tim Hanske, Toby Kvalevog and Bruce Meinz. We also have very qualified array of fill-in guides that are not only good guides but good guys. If you are interested in booking a guided trip for the upcoming season, give us a ring at 218-839-5598.

God bless,
Walleyedan