http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 23 Aug 2009 16:26:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you’re looking for a guided fishing trip in Minnesota and Wisconsin, I have the experience to make your next fishing trip a success!  I have been a fishing guide in Minnesota for fifteen years and a tournament fisherman for twenty years. Walleyes You can fish for walleyes in the St. Croix River, ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=1 On 8/21/09 I was a guide for the annual Midwave Bass event on Lake Minnetonka. I had the privledge of taking out Mike and Al for a day of bass fishing. The weather conditions started out a little misty but improved through the day.  Our fishing did too. At our first location we caught ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=129 I had he privilege of fishing the Lund Mania tournament on Otter Tail lake with my wife. This was her first tournament.  While this was a new experience for her, I think she liked it.  I certainly liked having my wife as a fishing partner.   The Lund Mania tournament was a new ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=123 I have been spending alot of time on the Mississippi river lately and things are changing. We started last weekend(6/13) with 3-ways with crankbaits. We got a few fish that way but it was slow. We changed to 2 cranks and 2 live baits. The live bait rigs were 3-ways ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=121 Leech Lake is BACK!!!!!!!! You should be able to catch fish just about any time of the day. I just fished the FLW on Leech Lake on Saturday 6/6. We caught 20 + fish all on either night crawlers or Gulp alive on spinners. The bigest was 25-7/8, it was ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=119   We fished Leech lake last weekend. I have tournaments the next 2 weekends. We caught some nice fish. The one above was 27-1/4 and over 7 lbs. We caught 3 over the slot. This weekend (5/30 and 31)we have the Leech Lake Classic. This is a team event and I ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=115 I prefished for the Wild 104 tournament and the prefishing went well. We caught some nice fish. The first day of the tournament we caught alot of fish but not the big ones that we were looking for. The second day went better. We finished 40th out of 82 boats. ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=111                I prefished on Wednessday, Thursday and Friday. We caught some nice 3 to 5 pound fish. I felt good about the tournament since I had 4 spots in pool 4 that I was catching fish. Well as my luck goes on the river all we caught were small fish under ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=109 I am done doing the weekend fishing shows at Cabela's for now. More weekends coming later this summer. It is now time to wet a line. My first tournament is this weekend May 2. It is the FLW Minnesota Leauge division. These are Pro Am events and I fish as ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=106 I got my new boat on Friday, 4/10.  I took it out on the river Saturday and Sunday to break in the motors. Sure is a sweet ride. I'm still trying to figure out the new Lowrance GPS.  It is a new model that just came out.  I may have to ... http://jimpetersoutdoors.com/blog/?p=104