MidWest Outdoors Podcast

Korey Sprengel is lighting the walleye world up at a young age, but he didn't simply stumble into it. Learn the strategies and mindsets it took him to mount a meteoric rise into professional angling.

Celebrate the fishing legacy of Mick Thill, pioneer of float fishing in America.

If you've ever held a rod, you know the name Bill Dance. A bass fishing icon and pioneer in the business of sharing angling information on TV, Bill never stops moving. Now, in his 51st year of being in the industry, he shares the knowledge and experience he's gained during that time in a recent visit with MWO Digital Editor Dave Csanda.

Backcountry superstar Kristy Titus describes how she hunts tough terrain DIY fair-chase. Story starts in Nov, 2018 MidWest Outdoors magazine and continues here, in her own words.

Fishing tournaments drive innovation that trickles down to everyday anglers. Are we at a tipping point where bass tournaments are going to explode into the mainstream? Historian and tourney angler Dan Basore thinks so. Fishing historian and tournament angler Dan Basore talks with MidWest Outdoors Editorial Director Mark Strand on big changes coming to big-time bass competitions.

How did an untrained videographer become a legendary outdoor TV producer? Find out as you listen to Mossy Oak camo's Ronnie 'Cuz' Strickland in his own words...

Present at and winner of the very first MWC tournament in 1983, angler extraordinaire Mike McClelland has shaped the face of modern competitive walleye angling. With a humble personality and desire to share his knowledge with others, Mike has won countless friends and fans along the road as he criss-crossed the nation giving seminars, often times with his partner-in-crime, Bob Probst Sr. Mike is n...

Download this episode Imagine the fishing world without planer boards? For those of us who troll on a regular basis, it's almost impossible. But as with every great and useful piece of equipment, someone had to conceive of the idea, then build it...then build it again and again until they finally reach an iteration that does what they intended. For planer boards, that guy was Gary Gehrman. Like mo...

Download this episode Jason Mitchell in his own words Pick an interview with any professional angler and you'll be hard pressed to come away with more helpful information, explained in simple English, than what you're about to hear from Jason Mitchell. He might not be the most famous fisherman, but he might be the most thoughtful, and he has an undeniable gift for teaching us how to catch fish. Mo...

Download this episode Who doesn't want to fish for a living? Dan Sura did and is one of the rare individuals who made it happen and parlayed his passion for fishing into a career. Join us on this month's show and listen in as Dan talks about what it took (and what it takes) to make it in the fishing communications business. Spoiler alert, it's not all crankbaits and monofilament: Sura had to maste...

Download this episode Dick 'the Griz' Grzywinski in his own words We love characters on this show, and the man we meet today fits the bill in ALL CAPS. They call him the Griz and he's famous for catching more fish on a day in and day out basis than maybe anybody ever has. He performs these fish-catching feats in urban areas and wilderness waters and guides on lakes he's never seen… and there's onl...

Our conversation with Larry Dahlberg about his life as an angler in the fishing industry was just too expansive to fit into the March 2018 edition of MidWest Outdoors Magazine...so it continues here. Listen in as Larry visits with us about the opportunities he's had to fish exotic (and often dangerous) locations as well as his passion for creating new baits. An accomplished craftsman, Larry shares...

Download this episode Fifty years ago, no one would have guessed that a high school track coach and a first grade teacher would forever change the way outdoorsmen and women in the MidWest would access hunting and fishing information. There were precious few sources for solid how-to outdoors information. Enter Gene and Gail Laulunen. From a makeshift publishing office in their suburban home to a st...

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Download this episode Melissa Bachman is the first woman ever to appear on the cover of MidWest Outdoors magazine. Her story begins in the November, 2017 issue of  MidWest Outdoors magazine , and continues here, on the MidWest Outdoors Podcast. There is no simple way to explain what makes her a great hunter, and successful television producer, editor, host, and great role model for other hunters....

Download this episode When it comes to preserving America's hunting tradition and the right for individuals to own firearms, nothing is guaranteed. Forces opposing these freedoms are marshaled like never before, and it is, indeed, a culture war, says our guest, Ted Nugent. Sitting silently on the sidelines, he argues, will earn a thank-you note from the antis. After filling up two pages in the Oct...

Download this episode We know him best for his long-running Fishing History column in MidWest Outdoors magazine, but there's much more to Dan Basore, and it begins with the amazing head start his mother provided. Let's jump in and hear from Dan Basore… in his own words. Subscribe on iTunes! Listen on iHeart Radio! Listen on Stitcher! Important Links Pete Maina website Shimano Fishing reels & rods...

MWO Interview: Pete Maina Pete in his own words This man is known throughout the Midwest as a muskie fishing legend. Pete Maina guides, tackle maker, television host, seminar speaker, and noted muskie maniac. This is the Pete Maina guide to his muskie fishing adventures over the years and how he became a muskie fishing master! This tale starts out in the August, 2017 issue of MidWest Outdoors maga...

Download this episode Ross Robertson in his own words You can learn enough about fishing to be fairly successful in a couple weeks… but to become  a fishing educator takes a lifetime of learning and there are no shortcuts. Today we talk to a young man who's not so young anymore, who tackled the puzzle with all his might and has earned the right to help us all catch more fish. Ross Robertson specia...

Gary Klein Bass Pro: MWO Interview Gary in his own words In the early days of modern bass fishing, Californians authored their own take on what it takes to catch fish. Klein was a 15-year-old kid gassing up boats at Bidwell Canyon Marina on Lake Oroville when his summer was interrupted by a bass tournament. He hung around the event, won by Dee Thomas, the father of flipping. A mentorship ensued th...

Download this episode Larry Bollig in his own words He came by his fishing opinions the really old-fashioned way… by fishing and thinking, fishing some more, and experimenting endlessly… doing more of what worked and less of what didn't… always tinkering with tackle and techniques. He fishes his way, and his way works, and Larry Bollig sat down with Associate Editor Dave Csanda to talk about small...

Download this episode Ron Lindner might just be the most curious person in the fishing biz, still spending most waking hours wondering what might be next in our understanding of fish and how to catch them. He and his family created Lindy Tackle Company, the Lindy Rig, In-Fisherman Communications Network, Angling Edge Television, and many other things. He's one of the great storytellers in our spor...

Download this episode The classic notion of how somebody ends up in the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame begins with them as a youngster cutting their teeth on the fish they become known for. And then, there's the path taken by Ted Takasaki… who got the call to the Hall on his prowess as a walleye fisherman… despite the fact that he never caught a walleye until after graduating from college. How c...