My wife is always out fishing me but she’s not on bass resource. I post her fish anyway 😂 

My Mother is an avid walleye angler.  She grew up in an outdoors family that fished and hunted.  She never really did any hunting, but she's familiar with all of that.

 

She fishes in a state amateur walleye circuit every season on several bigger lakes here such as Mille Lacs, Big Stone, Lake Winnigigoshish, and Lake of the Woods.  There are about 10 events, plus a championship on Lake of the Woods in September.  Her own Father (my grandfather) and her Brother (my uncle) initially got her into this scene about 15 years ago.  My Grandfather died, and my Uncle doesn't competitively fish anymore.  She's been doing it for about 10 years with her husband (my Father) or a friend of my Grandfather's.

 

My Mother is very dedicated to this.  She spends days pre-fishing in advance, 8 hours/day.  She also panfishes some in the spring.  She used to muskie fish years ago, but she can't cast those big honking lures anymore, so she's done with that.  

 

Her and my Father or the other partner she fishes with used to do very well and they were consistently competitive.  They use a 2021 Warrior 2090 pro tiller w/ 150 Mercury fourstroke outboard because they do a lot of back trolling and trolling with leadcore.  Their goal was always to just break even on winnings compared to expenses.

 

Unfortunately, the last couple seasons have not gone well.  New technology like FFS has entered these events and it has left them in the dust.  They've spent thousands of dollars on top of their already very expensive walleye tournament boat to "keep up" in terms of technology, but its not working out very well.  I don't see it improving anytime soon either.

 

Here are some photos of their walters from Lake of the Woods.

 

 

23 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

My wife is always out fishing me but she’s not on bass resource. I post her fish anyway

Does she catch bass on spinnerbaits?

I don’t think she’s ever tried one but I’d bet she would