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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