EXCITING SEMINARS AND FEATURES FOR 2024!
2025 Coming Soon!
WE HAVE PUT TOGETHER ANOTHER GREAT LINEUP FOR A FULL WEEKEND OF SEMINARS, TIPS & TRICKS, AND HAWG TROUGH DEMONSTRATIONS! BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND IS THE MUSKY PANEL AT 2:45PM ON SATURDAY! THE PANEL INCLUDED STEVE HEITING, SPENCE PETROS, AND CHRIS TAURISANO. ASK THE PRO’S ANYTHING YOU WANT!
2024 SEMINAR SCHEDULE
STEVE HEITING
Steve worked as the managing editor of Musky Hunter magazine for more than 27 years, North America’s largest magazine dedicated to musky fishing, and has become one of the sport’s best-known anglers.
Although his home water is northern Wisconsin, Steve is a well-traveled angler and has caught big muskies from the northern-most musky lake in Ontario to as far south as Kentucky.
Steve is co-owner of the University of Esox Musky Schools and conducts seminars for sport shows and fishing clubs throughout the Midwest. Each year he serves as the master of ceremonies for the National Championship Musky Open, the largest musky tournament in the world.
Steve has produced five instructional musky fishing DVDs: the all-new Better Bucktails For Muskies; Muskies: Go With The Flow; Trophy Musky Triggers; Muskies: Any Time, Any Place; and Muskies On The Move.
Steve’s fishing tactics have been featured in articles in Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World, and Wisconsin Outdoor News magazines; and he was a featured guide in three books. He is also a contributing writer to Wisconsin Outdoor News, providing vital musky information to the readers of that state’s largest outdoor publication. His articles and photographs have appeared in more than two dozen magazines and newspapers covering the outdoor sports.
SPENCE PETROS
Spence is one of North America’s most versatile and well respected anglers. Author, fishing educator, tournament angler, tackle designer, and veteran of over 125 television shows, including three years on ESPN’s national show “The Outdoor Writers.” In 1989 Petros was inducted into the Nattional Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, and is listed among the “Living Legends of American Sportfishing,” a book authored by Larry Colombo profiling 100 of the top people in the sportfishing industry. Spence was editor of Fishing Facts magazine for 22 years and now writes regularly for some of the top fishing magazines in North America which include North American Fisherman, Midwest Outdoors, Fishing Facts, Bassin’, Crappie Magazine, and Musky Hunter. He also appears regularly on TV with Babe Winkelman and Joe Bucher, along with being a regular on Midwest Outdoors TV shows. Spence’s career has been dedicated to “teaching fishermen to catch more fish.”
CHRIS TAURISANO
Chris Taurisano has been guiding full time for 12 years. He spends 325 of what he calls the best days of the year on the water. At an early age Chris attended Al Lindner’s Camp Fish and has been hooked ever since. Chris’s T-Bone guide service has quickly become one of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin’s best! Don’t miss your chance to hear from this local water expert!
STEVE WELCH
Hop in the boat with one of Lake Shelbyville’s most knowledgeable guides. Steve been doing this for nearly 27 years and he knows this lake from one end to the other. He has fished in nine Crappie U.S.A. Classics, and cashed a check in three against the top teams in the country. He won several local and regional tourneys before turning his attention to guiding. Steve has been featured in several in-state and national magazines and given seminars at just about every fishing show in the state. He also contributed to over 200 articles in several magazines.
PAT HARRISON
Born and raised in Chicago, IL., Captain Pat Harrison has spent the better part of 50 years fishing various bodies of water throughout the country. In 2007, the Captain decided to focus on the Chicago River & Lake Michigan. Since 2014, he has offered a professional guide service trip that is unlike any other you have experienced.
Come take a trip on the Chicago River that you won’t soon forget. You will typically catch small mouth and large mouth bass, crappie, blue gill, cat fish and a few good laughs along the way.
If you’ve seen the city on land or via a tour boat before, you still haven’t witnessed it like this yet. Let’s have a few laughs and catch some fish in one of, if not the greatest city in the world, sweet home Chicago.
ALEC NICKEL
Alec has been fishing since he was 3 years old. His Grandparents have been in the Taxidermy Industry for over 45 years and his Grandpa taught him all of his fishing and hunting skills growing up. Alec is a “River Rat” and has been fishing the Rock River, Mississippi River, and Wisconsin River since he was a kid!
He started a YouTube channel in 2020 and began producing videos for himself and others to enjoy. Alec learned shortly after starting his YouTube Channel, that he wanted to share his passion of fishing with as many people as he could. He loves teaching people how to fish and helping them catch their next trophy. He works really well with children and loves getting them into the outdoors.
2024 FEATURES
Hawg Trough Aquarium See the hottest new lures in action in our 3,500 gallon aquarium filled with monster fish.
Trout Pond-Bring the whole family to fish in the trout pond and see how many fish you can catch! The trout pond is a ton of fun for all ages and the best part is it is FREE for kids!!!
Kids Casting-Kids can practice their casting, learn new casting techniques, and enter the casting contest! All of these are FREE for kids all weekend long!
Minnow Races-Kids of all ages love stopping by and racing the minnows! Free to play and prizes for all winners!