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Fishing Big Sauk Lake with Big D

Darrel Carlson has become a fanatic about fishing Sauk Lake at Big Sauk Resort in central Minnesota. He and I chatted while trolling for anything that would bite one hot July day in 2017.

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Favorite Fishing Memory

Angie talks about growing up in central Minnesota with her family. One fishing adventure stands out as her favorites.

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Fishing with Chief Justice

Jason Durham owns Go Fish! Guide Service out of Park Rapids, MN. He remembers one of his favorite memories fishing with a chief justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court and getting a great story out of the day.

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Peter Olson - My biggest walleye

Peter Olson remembers the largest walleye he caught while on a family fishing vacation in Minnesota.

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Andy Moore - Gull Lake Walleye caught and released

Nobody could believe the size of the fish that Andy pulled out of Gull Lake in northern Minnesota. Even more unbelievable to everyone was what Andy did with it after he caught it!

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Remembering Jane Goeschel

Roger Goeschel found the love of his life when he met Jane. Not only was she smart and beautiful, but she shared many of the same interests and Roger. He remembers her fondly.

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Tony Mariotti - Hardwired to fish

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. His passion for fishing, he believes, is hardwired into his DNA.

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Tony Mariotti - Family Fishing Cabin legacies

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. He remembers with fond reverence the days of fishing at the cabin in Canada with friends and family.

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Tony Mariotti - Back into Fishing

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. He left the fishing community for a while, and looks back on how he got back into it and what that has meant to him.

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Tony Mariotti - Experiences with Friends

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. He talks about the importance of friends, and how his fishing buddies have helped create special memories.

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Tony Mariotti - Lost muskie and smallmouth playing dead

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. He tells a crazy story about muskie fishing on Lake of the Woods. You just can't make this stuff up!

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Tony Mariotti - Falling out of a canoe on fishing opener

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. He and his brother had high expectations for their 2015 fishing opener, but things did not come out the way they had hoped.

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Tony Mariotti's Legacy

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. This is how he wants to be remembered.

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Tony Mariotti's favorite fishing buddy

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. Hear about his favorite fishing buddy, Adam, and how they met.

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Tony Mariotti - What I would do different

Here is some advice from Tony Mariotti. Angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country.

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Tony Mariotti - Full Interview

Tony is an angler & outdoor educator from the heart of Minnesota lakes country. He sat down to chat about his fishing career, mentors, favorite fishing stories and much more at the St. Paul Ice Fishing Show in 2018.

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Tackle Terry Tuma

Terry Tuma, one of the most recognizable fishing aficionados in the state of Minnesota, talks about how he got his nickname, what he loves about fishing, and a few of his favorite fishing stories.

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Minnesota Darkhouse & Angling Association

Roger Goeschel helped create the Minnesota Darkhouse & Angling Association, and is still an active member and advocate for the sport today.

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National champion fish carver

Roger Goeschel loves to fish. He is a member of the Minnesota Darkhouse & Angling Association and an advocate for darkhouse spearing. He is also a pretty darn good decoy carver.

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75 years fishing and counting

Mark Liesener took a time-out from helping his son sell Big Bite ice houses to chat about his fishing career. It's still going strong.

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Bucket Hoodie

Like many of us, Shawn Miller is a bucket fisherman. He likes to store things in his bucket for easy access and storage. He was tired, however, of stuff always getting wet/dusty, falling out, or being difficult to carry. So, he made a few improvements to the everyday bucket.

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Talking Big Minnesota Sturgeon in St. Paul

Darren Troseth is the current (2019) record holder of the largest catch and release sturgeon in Minnesota.

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Bullheads and missing fishing

Joyce and Orval Larson have been fishing for almost all of their 62+ years together. They shared some memories and thoughts about what they miss most.

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Favorite Fishing Memory and World Record Sunfish

Dan and Joyce Frasier chatted about Joyce's favorite fishing memory. It included a small stream in northern Minnesota and a potential world record sunfish.

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Brad Hawthorne's first guide trip

Brad Hawthorne's is a fishing guide on Mille Lacs Lake in Minnesota. When he was 19, he bought a bait shop. The rest...is history. Recorded live at the 2018 Dakota Angler Ice Institute Pro Panel.

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Brian Brosdahl - First guide trip for "Bro"

Brian "Bro" Brosdahl grew up on a Minnesota resort. He got an opportunity to guide at an early age, and loved the experience!

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Jason Durham - The In-Fisherman Experience

Jason Durham had a lot of great mentors and fishing opportunities while growing up in northern Minnesota. But there was one resource that inspired him and motivated him to do more.

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Mike Dvorak - Floating the Mekong River

Mike Dvorak is a professional photographer and angler from Minnesota. His stories,angling and non-angling alike, are incredible. This crazy story takes us to the Mekong river, and fate and luck play a leading role.

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Mike Dvorak - Full Interview

Mike Dvorak is a professional photographer and angler from Minnesota. He has travelled the world shooting for Fly Fishing Magazines, The NY Times, Outdoor/Conservation publications, book publishers, and others. We talked fishing, but we also talked about some of the adventures that makes Mike such an interesting person. His life, like the lives of many anglers, holds so much more than just fish.