The Ordinary Fisherman

06/23/2025

Thank you to all who donated through our participation in the last weekend! “The Ol’ Gill Getters” managed to raise $520 towards The Mn Adult & Teen challenge Duluth Chapter. We also persevered through a cool hard day of fishing for a second place finish in the US North region panfish division. My partner also managed to catch a big ol 20.5” largie on our light panfish gear! 🫨 It was a great day for a great cause!

06/14/2025

Settling in for the night before the big North American Fishing Challenge tournament tomorrow and hoping I can find a big 14” crappie like this one I caught a couple weeks ago up on Vermilion for the opener… sweet dreams!!

06/11/2025

Tennessee Blue Gillin! Had a nice visit with my sister and fam a few weeks ago and managed to catch a meal for some fish tacos…😎

03/29/2025

So grateful for the last couple opportunities I had to ice fish before my surgery. This one was an epic last 2 hr of daylight flurry on lake Nichols a couple weeks ago that ended with a beautiful moon and sunset!

10/17/2024

It's the "One Lure Challenge", Top Water style! One of my favorite top water lures is the made by but in this episode I trade it in for their . It's a lure I've never used before and I test it on one of the best Lakes in the country, good Ol' Vermilion. Will the smallies cooperate? 🎣😎

Locating Bass on a large body of water like Lake Vermilion takes TOW and good general knowledge of such a great fish. Limiting your presentation to just one ...

10/11/2024

Got the “Fishing Fall Colors” in this week, what a beautiful time of the year to be out on the lake!

09/18/2024

Who here wouldn't drop what their doing in a heart beat to go fishing if you were told you could catch a few bluegills over 10"?! Ok, maybe we would all drop what we are doing to just fish, lol... This outing was a Gem! I got my MN PB Gill at 10.5" and caught 3 total Gills over 10" (which I've never got more than 1 in any outing). In this episode I share some more of my panfish knowledge, highlight my Panfish Bobber Rig (Thanks Berkley Fishing, Lindy Fishing & Thill Bobbers), all while reeling in some Biguns! If only all my recorded outings worked out this way....:) Hope y'all enjoy this episode!! https://youtu.be/kYJWR8aJEiE

Big Gills are catch-able all year but summer time can be the most fruitful and fun! Join ToF on a local Northern Mn Puddle jumper lake on a beautiful July da...

08/11/2024

Tournament day was a success, Thank you to those that donated! Adult & Teen Challenge is a great ministry and it’s never too late to give! It was windy, but we still managed to find some nice fish, nice enough to win the tournament! That’s right Noelle and I bagged 5 fish totaling 53.25” to take the top spot. It’s one for the memory books….:) North American Fishing Challenge

08/05/2024

Hey Y'all!! Please take a moment and sponsor my Daughter and I by donating to our local Adult & Teen Challenge chapter via the fishing tournament fundraiser we will be participating in this Saturday. We'll be competing in the panfish division again this year, thanks in advance!

08/05/2024

The MN Fishing opener episode has dropped! What an epic weekend...:) https://youtu.be/5JGC6jBKLXc?si=2XUsxFInCPDxiu8R

07/27/2024

Can’t believe I didn’t post these right away! This was the night before the fishing opener back in May. One of the more spectacular Aurora shows you’ll ever see! I’m working on the opener episode now, I hope to drop it on YouTube this week…:)