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On this week’s podcast Bret Amundson and Dan Amundson learn about a new discovery of Brook Trout spawning in Lake Superior. Cory Goldsworthy, the Lake Superior Area Fisheries Manager, joins the show to tell us what this discovery of spawning “Coasters” means. He also talks about lake trout and how people have found lakers spawning in the spring. Bret and Cory have a good conversation about fishing that big lake in Northeast Minnesota. Joe Henry gives us a Rainy River fishing report and learns what he missed out on at last week’s SJR 500.

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This week is one of our favorite shows to record every year. It’s the 4th Annual SJR 500 presented by WavePro! Bret Amundson, David Eckhardt and Dan Amundson are coming to you right from Miles Lab Bar and Grill at River Bend Resort on the shores of the Rainy River recapping our sturgeon and walleye fishing tournament. It’s a cast of thousands on the show, including the contestants who took home the top prizes, including an epic story on the biggest sturgeon that’s ever been caught in our tournament. We also hold the first ever SJR 500 Mustache contest, learn about WavePro, and hear how the RLVNT fellas did fishing this week. Paul Johnson from River Bend, Darren Amundson from FishDonkey, and the Royal Dutchman all make appearances as well.

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On this week’s show, Bret, Dan, and David are talking about the polarizing topics in the Minnesota Fishing World. Forward Facing Sonar/Livescope, muskies and a potential statewide Minnesota walleye harvest limit reduction are all talked about, as they were the hot topics last week at the MN-FISH Summit and the MN DNR Fisheries Summit. Nate Blasing from the Walleye Alliance and Nisswa Guides League joins the show to talk about why he believes the walleye limit should be lowered from 4 fish per day to 6 fish per day. Joe Henry also joins the show, and he weighs in on the potential walleye limit reduction and other topics that were discussed at the summits, and he also has another report from the Rainy River.

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On this week’s show, Bret, Dan, and David get hyped up for the exciting news of the Rainy River opening up. They preview the upcoming SJR 500 Rainy River Sturgeon and Walleye fishing tournament on April 8-9th. Some new big prizes are unveiled for the Rainy River tournament are announced as well. The Royal Dutchman himself Kevin Heinrichs joins us to tell us what he’s seeing at all of the landings and he gives his prediction on where he thinks the open water will be come tournament time. Bret talks about how terrible the internet has been after a record-setting Bassmaster Classic win for Minnesota’s own Easton Fothergill, and Joe Henry also joins and talks about what all goes in to making the Rainy River run special in the spring, and what hot and controversial fishing topics are being discussed at the MN-FISH Summit this week.

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On this week’s show, Bret, Dan, and David ponder some potential MN Fishing changes that could be coming after the MN-FISH summit next week in Grand Rapids, including a statewide 4 fish walleye limit, year-round bass fishing, and some livescope discussions. Bret and Dan share some bird dogs and barbed wire stories while hunting. Joe Henry has the latest from the ice on Lake of the Woods and open water on the Rainy River, and Lee Ledford and Nick Negrini tell us about a new organization getting kids into conservation and building a better future for hunting.

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On this week’s show, Ben Brettingen from OnX Hunt joins the show to give us a Pheasant Fest recap and shares a big announcement that happened at the show that will affect your public land hunting. Bret had a scary moment with a tick in a bad place and also has headlines including new perch limits on Mille Lacs. Dan tells us how he hacked the McDonald’s menu on their last fishing trip and then disappears for half the show and forces David to figure out how to produce the podcast on the fly.

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On this week’s show, we’re down at the Bassmaster Open stop at Kentucky Lake! Opens anglers Joey Titus and Matt Kennedy join Bret and Dan to talk about how practice went and what they’re expecting for the tournament. We talk about why they like tournament fishing and how they got into it all. We learn what’s happening at the MN Deer Classic from Eric Meyer, and check back in with Joe Henry about the latest at Lake of the Woods.

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On this week’s show, there’s some changes to Minnesota fishing regulations that anglers need to be aware of. It’s time to get a new fishing license, and there are some new regulations everyone needs to know. We tell you what we know with the information we have. We also bring on Kevin Michalowski from USCCA to break down the info on the US Supreme Court ruling that vehicles on public roadways are public spaces, and what it means for firearm owners. Joe Henry gets excited for the SJR 500 with Bret, Dan and David, and tells us how the ice is holding up at Lake of the Woods.

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On this week’s show, we’re talking about the late season ice fishing opportunities in the Midwest now that the Minnesota inland walleye season is closing. We talk about some border water opportunities as well as other nearby ice fishing trips to take now. We also talk about some new hats we got, some tragedies that happened to some outdoorsmen this week and more. Dan tries to gamble, David tries to sell something, and Bret picks a “winner” for the first Bassmaster Elite Series event of the year.

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On this week’s show, we’re digging into Chronic Wasting Disease. Dusty Backer joins the show and talks about the research he’s done and why he believes money is being wasted on CWD testing and how he thinks what we’ve been told about Chronic Wasting Disease isn’t true. Dan tries to figure out what plans David’s wife made for David’s birthday, and Bret and Joe Henry get excited about some new additions to the SJR Rainy River 500 Fishing Tournament. 

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