Up North Journal - Michigan Walleye Fishing with Talkin Fishin's Lance Valentine
Join us tonight as we chat with Lance Valentine of Talkin' Fishin'. He is one of Michigan's premier walleye fishermen and is going to talk about some of his best advice for getting started in walleye fishing. He also gives us a sneak peak of his new walleye jig head he helped develop.
Back into show season
Booth was slammed Sold a lot of product How the idea of Coffee Time with Lance started during Covid.
Turned into Teachin Fishin Bi-weekly show Evolved with a whole new group of people interested in fishing Lance's beginning of fishing
Cut his teeth on the AuSauble River Wanted to make his living fishing Fishing the Bay for walleye Life took over 1996 went tournament fishing Started full-time fishing Teaching seminars Now a charter captain What is the best advice for a first timer fishing for walleye
Don't worry too much about the fishing Learn where to fish and about the species you're fishing for Educate yourself Fishing location and dates
Detroit River Lake Erie Saginaw Bay Mullets Lake and others Talking Sturgeon in the Detroit River
How good is the Detroit River for walleye
New Regulations and how they affect the charter captains
Listen to your charter captain
When to hire a guide
Minimalist fishing
Evolution of an angler
Never let a rod go unused
Biggest walleye and tagged fish
Amount of daylight and moon phase
Charter Captain life vs family life
The new jig head that Lance Developed for river fishing
Never buy or use a round head jig His first developed jig head Worked with 2K jigs 2nd version Superstitions and bananas
Are we as conservationists where we need to be or is there more work to be done?