Captain Greg’s Fishing Checklist:

• First item is to have a valid fishing license if required. Based on your fishing you may need additional stamps.  In Wisconsin, people 16 or older require a fishing license.
• Fishing Regulations – can pull up on phone and download to phone
• Have a fun attitude so you can have a great day
• Fishing combos with a spare or two in case you encounter issues
• Tackle box with spare tackle, extra line, bobbers, hooks and sinkers of all sizes
• Bait – For minnows it is nice to have an aerator. If warm, make sure to keep bait in a cooler
• Pliers, line clippers / shears, hemostat or multi-tool pliers as it has almost any tool needed
• Ruler to be able to measure fish that have size restrictions
• Camera or phone to take great pictures from the day
• Map for body of water fishing. Navionics has a great app to show you roads, landings and so much more
• Sun protection and sun screen lip balm to protect your lips
• Insect repellant
• Sun glasses – protect eyes from sun and hooks along with if polarized to see fish.
• Cooler with ice to keep beverages cool. Use to transport fish and keep fish fresh
• Bottled water so you can stay hydrated
• Snacks
• Hat / fishing gloves / bandana
• Life jacket or throwable if fishing from shore. If in a boat a life jacket is needed for each person on boat.  Youth 13 and under are required to wear life jacket.  Each boat must also have a throwable that is easily reachable.
• Net
• Comfortable chair
• Fillet knife
• First Aid Kit
• Couple towels to keep hand clean and dry
• Biodegradable soap
• Small bottle of hand sanitizer
• Small poncho
• Toilet paper
• If fishing northern or muskie a jaw spreader
• Compass
• Flashlight

Head2Head’s Pro Walleye Series Partners With Learn 2 Fish With Us For Their Inaugural Season in 2021 Appleton, WI, Release Date: February 4, 2021 Head2Head Fishing’s Pro Walleye Series is happy to announce a new partnership with Learn 2 Fish With Us. Greg Karch, a certified angler educator and instructor with the Wisconsin DNR and BSA, started this non profit organization in 2006 with a mission “to grow the sport of fishing by educating and inspiring both beginner and experienced anglers.” Having this as their main focus and mission statement has helped them host over 268 fishing clinics across the Midwest which in total educated 50,000 youth and adults on the skills and equipment needed to both open water and ice fish. With support from the Future Angler Foundation, Greg Karch with Learn 2 Fish With Us will be hosting clinics during each PWS event in 2021 with special appearances from PWS anglers.  Greg will be covering all the basics on how to start fishing followed by PWS anglers taking the kids to the shoreline to try out everything they learned. These seminars will be hosted on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights of each event in each event location from 4-6pm. Future Angler Foundation president, Pat Neu said, “Greg Karch and his  Learn to Fish With Us team do an amazing job of educating young anglers  about the sport of fishing. Our foundation continues to support Greg’s efforts  with our donations of rods/reels that he can give to the attendees at his events  to assure these new young anglers have the equipment they need to get  started as anglers. Greg’s efforts in conjunction with the new PWS and it’s  engaging education format makes this partnership a perfect fit for the FAF to  achieve its mission to “Create New Anglers.” The whole team here at Head2Head has really gotten behind Learn 2 Fish With Us and their mission and we can’t wait to see where this partnership takes us. To learn more about Learn 2 Fish With Us, click here. More information about Head2Head fishing and upcoming events can be found on our website: https://h2hfishing.com/

On Saturday, January 16th, Learn 2 Fish With Us and our Angler Educators hosted a ice fishing clinic for over one hundred and fifty scouts and their parents.  The event was held in Oshkosh on Lake Winnebago in Asylum Bay.   Besides fishing the scouts and parents learned about safety, different ice fishing combos, different presentations, electronics, bait, tip ups.  Many of them caught fish and you should have seen their smiles.  It may have been a slushy mess on the ice due to warm temps and some snow.  This event like the rest was FREE to the public thanks to our sponsors!!   Our major sponsor is Badger Sportsman Magazine.  The Reel Shot donated all the bait for the event.  Other supporting sponsors or Shakespeare Fishing, Dave’s Musky Club, Lake Poygan Sportsman Club, Northland Tackle, MadWraps, National Professional Anglers Association, Tru-Turn Hooks, Off Shore Tackle, Mercury Marine and Maui Jim.