About Your Trip
About Tanner Wildes and guiding
- A fully insured and licensed fishing guide
- USCG certified Captain
- A strong advocate for Catch and Release
- Contributing writer for Esox Angler Magazine
- Seminar Speaker
- Specializes in musky and walleye fishing
- Most lakes are considered some of the best musky and walleye waters in Wisconsin
- No set hours of fishing, we go fishing when the fish are bitting!
- Fishes a number of lakes in the Hayward area to provide you with the best trip possible, we will go wherever the fish are bitting!
- Will fish during the day or night to get you your next trophy musky or walleye!
- Each day of guiding is an on the water seminar customized for you to learn as much as you possibly can so you can go out and catch more and bigger fish each time out on your own!
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
- Night fishing
- Night trolling trips in summer and fall months, on LCO, Eau Claire Chain, Round Lake, and Grindstone Lake.
Walleye Fishing
- Walleye fishing from first Saturday in May until November
- Learn live bait tactics for lunker walleye
- Effective casting for 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!

Lakes Commonly fished
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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
- Conners Lake
- Lake of the Pines
- Lake Twenty-six
- Lake Nancy
- Yellow
- Big Sissabagama
- St. Louis River
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. Come in the boat with an open mind and a willingness to learn new techniques that will teach you more about musky and walleye fishing and make you a better anlger! Each day of guiding is an on the water seminar customized for you to learn as much as you possibly can so you can go out and catch more and bigger fish each time out on your own!

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!
St. Louis River
Tanner offers trips to the up and coming trophy musky fishery on the St. Louis River. This river is located in Duluth, MN/ Superior, Wi. and has a tremendous musky fishery, with a chance at a 50 incher on every cast. This river has a tremendous shallow water bite and a full day will usually consist of a number of different approaches to fishing including, casting and trolling the shallows. The musky fishing here is tremendous from opening day through the end of november, with the average size fish in the mid 40-inch range. Come and join Tanner for a fishing trip that you will never forget on this emerging fishery!
Tanner also offers may walleye trips to the St. Louis river for a excellent chance at a 10 pound walleye as the walleye's from lake superior make there yearly run up the warming river to spawn. At this time the walleye's are abundant in the river and many are caught each day with a shot every time you put your bait in the water for a 10 pounder or bigger!!!
Because of the St. Louis river being such a fantastic fishery a full day of guiding on this water is a full day!!!
Equipment To Bring
- 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 St. Croix rods with Shimano reels if necessary
- All live bait and cleaning of fish (walley and panfish) at the end of the day!
Guide Service Rates & Info
- Full Day (minimum of 8 hours of fishing) - $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
- Combo walleye and musky trips available from memorial day weekend until July.
- A $150, non refundable, Deposit for each day booked must be received within 10 days of booking the trip
Lodging
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