Seminars & Features

Features

Hawg Trough Aquarium-See the hottest new lures in action in our 3,500 gallon filled with monster fish.  Jim Saric, Ted Peck, and many lure manufactures will show you the best techniques to catch the big fish.

Trout Pond-Come visit our trout pond and see how many fish you can catch!  The trout pond is a ton of fun for all ages.

Archery-Archery is back!!!  Shoot the latest in Forge bows in our new archery range.  Also bring the kids and get them hooked on another great outdoor activity!

Paddleboards-New to this years show is the latest craze in water sports.  Check out Lake Geneva Marine and their full line of Starboard Stand Up Paddle Boards.

Kayaks-The latest kayaks for everything from a lazy day on the river to an exciting day on the rapids.  Fishing from a kayak can be the best day on the water you could ask for.

Seminars

Get started in boating or learning how to make the most of your time on the water.  This is only the beginning.  Check back often to see who else will be added to the lineup!

Jim Saric is the publisher, editor and owner of Musky Hunter Magazine, the largest musky fishing publication in North America.  He is the host and Executive Producer of The Musky Hunter television series, the first television show ever dedicated solely to the hard-to-catch musky.

Jim is a seven-time musky tournament winner.  He produced the highly acclaimed videos Musky Movements, Modern Musky Methods, Musky Hunter Tactics, Muskies at the Next Level,and Precision Musky Presentations.  Jim is a contributing writer for In-Fisherman, North American Fisherman and Fishing Facts magazines; and has a monthly column in Midwest Outdoors magazine.  He also co-authored the book The Complete Guide to Musky Hunting.  Jim conducts more than 30 seminars annually, and is co-creator and teacher of the popular University of Esox musky schools.

Jim has over twenty-five years experience fishing lakes, rivers, and reservoirs from Minnesota to New York and all across Canada.  He has boated more than 100 muskies exceeding 50 inches in length, the largest weighing 53lbs.

Jim grew up in Homewood, Illinois, a southern suburb of Chicago, and spent time at his family’s cabin in Northern Wisconsin.  He fished for muskies, walleye, bass, pike, and pan-fish   At 20, Jim won his first musky tournament.  He published his first article in Fishing Facts Magazine at 21, and began conducting seminars at 22 years old.

Spence Petros is one of North America’s most versatile and well-respected anglers.  Author, fishing educator, tournament angler, tackle designer, and veteran of over 125 television shows, including three years on ESPN’s national show “the Outdoor Writers”.

In 1989 Petros was inducted into the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, and is listed among the ”Living Legends of American Sportfishing,” a book authored by Larry Colombo profiling 100 of the top people in the sportfishing industry.

Spence was editor of Fishing Facts magazine for 22-years and now writes regularly for some of the top fishing magazines in North America which include North American Fisherman, Midwest Outdoors, Fishing Facts, Bassin’, Crappie Magazine, and Musky Hunter.  He also appears regularly on TV with Babe Winkelman and Joe Bucher, along with being a regular on Midwest Outdoors TV shows.

Spence’s career has been dedicated to “teaching fishermen to catch more fish”.

Ted Peck-A day on the water with Cap’n Ted is more than just catching fish… It’s an educational experience about the symbiotic relationship of all creatures great and small on the complex and awesome Mississippi River, one of the greatest natural wonders on planet earth.  A duke’s mixture of fish is waiting for you, somewhere between mussels on the bottom, otters on the surface and eagles sailing overhead.  Understanding the grand scheme of nature is more intense on a river than on any lake.  The mighty Mississippi can be – and often is – the most challenging water you will ever fish.  Lessons learned on this amazing fishery will make you a better angler… maybe even a better person… especially if you bring a kid who thinks text messaging without looking at the keypad is the key to world domination.

Cap’n Ted specializes in bass, walleye, northern pike, catfish, and pan-fish, but cautions even the most precise species-specific presentation has the potential for producing virtually anything with fins that calls the majestic Mississippi home.  When not guiding Cap’n Ted communicates the outdoors experience via newspapers, magazines, TV, radio, and through seminars.  His work has taken him all over the Midwest,  Canada, and beyond…but he always returns to the upper Mississippi which he considers the most diverse fishery in North America.

“Ranger” Rick Krueger has been a professional Wisconsin fishing guide since 1980 and is the owner of Guides Choice Pro Fishing Tackle Shop and lead educator for Guides Choice Fishing Schools in Eagle River Wisconsin.

One of the original field editors for Musky Hunter Magazine, Rick has guided and /or educated hundreds of musky fisherman at his schools and seminars.

Guiding in Vilas and Oneida counties for the past 29 years, Rick is a well known source of information on the subjects of muskie and walleye fishing in the Wisconsin Northwoods and Canada.

Equally versed when talking about walleye or musky, his seminars are very educational and entertaining.

Besides being a licensed Eagle River Wisconsin Fishing Guide, to date “Ranger” Rick has spent 110 weeks on famous Lake of the Woods and 76 weeks on Lac Seul in Ontario, educating musky and walleye fishermen on those bodies of water. Guides Choice Fishing Schools are the original and longest running fishing schools in the industry and have lead many anglers to their personal best trophies.