About Your Trip

About Tanner Wildes

• A fully insured and licensed fishing guide
• A strong advocate for Catch and Release
• Member of the Hayward Guide Service
• Contributing writer for Esox Angler Magazine
• Contributing writer for Mid-West Outdoors Magazine 
• Seminar Speaker

Learn Techniques For Musky Fishing

• Effective Casting for muskies
• Trolling for muskies, including: structure trolling, open water trolling, Long-line and short-line trolling
• Proper boat control: trolling motor for positioning
• Night fishing
• Float trips down the Flambeau River
• Night trolling trips in summer and fall months, on LCO and Grindstone Lake.

Walleye Fishing

• Walleye fishing from first Saturday in May until mid-June
• Learn live bait tactics for lunker spring walleye
• Effective casting for spring walleye
• Day and night fishing for walleye
• Lake and reservoir walleye patterns
• Daily walleye movements
• effective trolling for walleye
• In spring may also target crappies and other fish along with walleye!

About Guiding

• Specializes in musky and walleye fishing
• Fishes a number of lakes in the Hayward/Winter area to help give you the best fishing 
• Provides Flambeau river float trips for Muskies 
• Most lakes are considered some of the best musky and walleye waters in Wisconsin  

Lakes Commonly fished

• Chippewa Flowage
• Lac Courte Oreilles
• Grindstone
• Whitefish  
• Lake Winter
• Spider Chain
• Barber Lake
• Barker Lake
• Blaisdell lake 
• Round 
• Lost Land Lake
• Teal Lake
• Upper Eau Claire Lake
• Middle Eau Claire Lake  
• Flambeau River
• Conners Lake
• Lake of the Pines   
• Lake Twenty-six
• Lake Nancy
• Yellow 
• Big Sissabagama

About your day on the water

Your day on the water will start with meeting at a location convenient to you, and you will either ride with Tanner or follow him to the lake where the fish have been biting.  You will fish from the front of Tanner's roomy,  2007 Ranger 620VS, powered with a 250HP Mercury Pro XS.  Tanner will teach you everything that you will need to know to make your day successful and the knowledge to fish in the same manner on your own.  The hours of fishing are dictated by the fish, fishing when the fish are most active.  A day of fishing with Tanner may include fishing a number of lakes in a day, and travel time does not count as part of your fishing time for the day.  A full day of fishing is a FULL day, Tanner does not "double book" days. A full day is at least 8 hours on the water.  At the end of the day, you will leave the boat knowing more about fishing, to help make you a better angler.

Flambeau River Float Trips

Throughout Wisconsin's musky season, Tanner provides Flambeau River float trips.  The Flambeau River is one of the best musky fishing rivers in Wisconsin and receives very light fishing pressure.  The Flambeau River holds many fish along with trophies in its shallow water environment.  On October 12, 2005,  Tanner experienced a 12 fish day with the fish ranging in size from 32 inches to 42 inches.  Tanner has had clients boat muskies up to 49 inches.  During the warmer  summer months, with the river being shallow,  topwater baits are used most of the time.  All Flambeau river float trips are done from a 17 foot jon boat while Tanner keeps you positioned with the oars.  A typical float trip is usually 7 hours in length. 

Spring Time Fishing

Starting the first Saturday in May our fishing season opens for everything but muskies.  From then until Memorial day weekend I focus mostly on walleye fishing, both eater size fish and trophies.  I will teach you a variety of ways to catch these walleye's on many different waters, from jigging to open water trolling.  I will show you the best way to catch walleyes in the spring time.  Numbers of fish are caught this time of the year and big fish.  Also this time of the year there is great crappie fishing on the Chippewa flowage, perch fishing on LCO, giant pike fishing on the Chip and Round lake, and bass fishing everywhere in the Hayward area! Come up in the spring and see all that it has to offer!  At day's end, I will mark a map if you would like and clean all of your fish and package them up for your freezer!  We only keep the smaller males in the spring and release the larger females to help keep our population strong!

• Your current fishing license
• Fishing rods and reels 
• Rain gear
• Sunscreen
• Sun Glasses (preferably polarized)
• Appropriate clothing for weather
• Camera

Equipment Provided

• A fully rigged 2007 Ranger 620VS with a 2007 250 H.P. Mercury Pro-XS.
• All boat and transportation expenses to other lakes
• All necessary lures and other equipment needed for a successful day on
• Can provide Thorne Bros. custom rods with Shimano reels if necessary
• All live bait and cleaning of fish at the end of the day!

Guide Service Rates & Info

• Full Day (minimum of 8 hours of fishing) or Flambeau River float trips - $350 /day
• Half Day (about 4 hours of fishing) - $215
• Same fee applies for one or two clients
• Can specialize in trophy hunts or numbers fishing with the possibility of a trophy
• Can  fish with young anglers and beginners
• Can help make lodging arrangements
• Groups are welcome
• Walleye trips from first Saturday in may until Memorial Day weekend.
• Combo walleye and musky trips available from memorial day weekend until mid June.
• A $150, non refundable, Deposit for each day booked must be received within 10 days of booking the trip

Lodging

• Treeland Resorts Chippewa Flowage
• Grand Pines Resort
• Windsor Vacation Rentals

Pro Staff

• Motorguide Trolling motors
• Ranger Boats  
• Frabill
• Mercury Motors
• Cortland Line 
• Lakewood tackle boxes 
• Holcombe Tackle
• Thorne Brothers Musky Shop and Custom Rods
• Bradrock Baits
• Bucher Tackle
• Slammer Crankbaits
• DeLong Lures

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