Our little Easter Gift

So most of my post on here are fishing and outdoor related but this one I'm pretty excited to tell you about.  Our family recently has grown with the birth of our little girl Brooke Sue Andersen.  She was born on April 23rd, 6lbs 4oz, and has her Daddy wrapped around her finger already.  Gavin is now a big brother and is adjusting to the change.  Momma is glowing and doing well. 

Here are a few pics...

Leech Lake Guide Service - Walleye Opener

Are you getting ready for the Minnesota Walleye Opener?  I am!  I have so much going on and one thing I can check off the list is a new boat!  I'm excited to say I will be fishing out of a Ranger 620 powered by a Mercury 250 this year.  This is the ultimate in fishing boats and I hope that I get to show you this summer.  My long time friend Toby Kvalevog and I have started a new outdoor adventure group called Leisure Outdoor Adventures (our website will be up soon click here) and we will be working with Chase on the Lake on beautiful Leech Lake.  I'm so excited to tell you more but I will keep things short for now.

Opener on Leech Lake is going to be on fire.  If you or someone you know is looking for a fishing guide please pass on our website.  I promise I won't tell too many bad jokes!  Toby you just never know with him.....

On the other hand my wife, Kristine, and I are due any day now with our second child.  I'm so excited and can't wait to meet our little baby girl.  Gavin our 2 year old is growing fast and loves to be outside looking for birds, frogs and ladybugs!!!

Here is a link to an article I wrote about fishing the Leech Lake Area.  Click Here

Get those jig rods ready to rock and roll!

"Make a Memory"
Jeff "Breezer" Andersen

Keyes Outdoors Television and Some Monster Lake of the Woods Pike!

We just returned home from a trip to Lake of the Woods with Mike Keyes and Steve Genson from Keyes Outdoors.  We were filming a television show to be aired in a couple of weeks.  The crew consisted of Bigtooth Pro-Staffer Mike Crawford, Josh Kragthorpe, Mike Keyes, Steve Genson and myself.

We had a pretty good trip and captured some great stuff for the show.  I landed probably my heaviest pike and some other nice fish throughout the two days of fishing.  Each day we made almost a 20 mile run with snowmobiles and had to cross a monster ice breaker which you will see on the show.  So without going into too much detail tune in to Keyes Outdoors on April 9th.  For show times in your area go to www.keyesoutdoors.com

We caught several of the fish on Bigtooth Tackle's new fluorocarbon HD Rig.  Visit www.bigtoothtackle.com for more info! 

Here a few photos from our adventure!

"Make a Memory"
Jeff "Breezer" Andersen

 

 

Monster Pike Weekend

We headed north to Lake of the Woods in search of Monster Pike for the annual Bigtooth Slime Fest!  We arrived Friday morning and were chopping at the bit to get some flags set.  We targeted the South shore near Warroad, MN.  This area has a ton of water sheds from creeks and streams which is a good starting point for anyone looking to fish these huge pike.  We ended up with some pretty good fishing but I would have to say on this trip we were a little early.  The bite is only going to get better! 

The Bigtooth Fluoro-Carbon HD Rig was on fire this weekend.  Learn more at www.bigtoothtackle.com

I'm looking forward to filming with Mike Keyes and Steve Gensen with Keyes Outdoors television this coming weekend.  Stay Tuned!!!

Here are a few photos of some of the pike we caught throughout the weekend.

"Make a Memory"
Jeff "Breezer" Andersen

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Leech Lake Fishing Guide

Hey Guys!  I hope everyone is having a great March.  I thought I would pass on an article I wrote for the guys at My Lake Guide.  In the article I talk about how to approach the abudant walleye and pike on massive Leech Lake.

Here is a link to the article click here.

"Make a Memory"
Jeff "Breezer" Andersen

Leech Lake Perch - Mille Lacs Perch Report

Leech Lake Perch
It's jumbo perch season here in Minnesota and my friends Tim, Abear and I headed north to Leech Lake in search of just that, Jumbo Perch.  The bite was on but getting them to bite wasn't the challenge.  We were faced with too many small fish.  We had to move, move, move and drill, drill, drill.  We finally put together an area towards the last three hours where we put some nice fish on the ice.  It seemed like each hole held a few decent fish, which would bite first, then it seemed like the small fish would take over.  We had to move holes at that point.  We fished the Bear Island Area which is no secret and for good reason.  The shore line structure, near Hardwood Point, seemed to hold the nicer fish as the midlake structure seemed to be packed with the small fish.  These fish are on the move so be prepared to get a good work out.

Mille Lacs Perch
I have also been fishing a few times with the perch master, John Hoyer, on Mille Lacs Lake.  The perch fishing there too is on fire.  John has been pretty dialed in all season.  It's fun to watch him work and talk to him about the details that make him successful while fishing.  One thing he keys in on is bottom transitions from mud to rock/gravel.  It takes some work to find these areas but the work is paid off with buckets full of perch.  So take some time and locate these transitions areas.

Both of these lakes offer great perch fishing and they are on the bite now!  Get out and take advantage of this beautiful weather and great perch bite.

"Make a Memory"
Jeff "Breezer" Andersen

Kids Fishing Clinic Baxter

My friend Chuck asked me to help out during a kids fishing clinic at the Baxter Elementary this past week and what a great time we had.  It was fun to see the kids excitement while talking to them about ice fishing.  I covered simple presentation tactics.  I asked the kids, "If you go to McDonalds and you were served a piece of tire would that seem normal?"  They looked at me funny and I said, "NO!" and then I asked, "If they served a big juicy cheeseburger would that seem normal?"  "YES" they all exclaimed and I explained that while fishing we need to serve the fish a big juicy cheeseburger not a piece of tire.  I could see the wheels turning!  I made the relationship to match our presentations while fishing to what the fish are eating.

Something that simple is such a huge part in being successful on the ice.  Ask yourself, "What are the fishing eating?" and apply that to your fishing tactics.

Take time and teach our youth this great sport of fishing!

Jason Mitchell Crappie

I had the great pleasure to shoot an ice crappie segment with Jason Mitchell for his television show Jason Mitchell Outdoors.  We fished with my good friend Mike Crawford on a small lake near Bemidji, MN my home stopping grounds.

We were fishing in and around a 30 foot basin on the small lake and drilling holes was the name of the game.  This is nothing new but I see it too often when anglers drill a couple of holes and just settle in hoping the fish come to them.  If you want to have a good days consistently I believe you have to be willing to put work in.  If you can find those large schools of fish in those main lake basins it's not too often you can't get them to bite.  We caught fish on some new soft plastic baits.  It's pretty awesome not dealing with live minnows in those cold temps. 

Here is one photo from the day.

In-Fisherman Musky Show

Hey guys!  If you didn't get a chance to see the episode I filmed with Doug Stange and the In-Fisherman crew here it is.  As I mentioned before I have grown up watching Doug on television and it has always been a dream to fish let along film an actual fish show with him.  On top of the that to catch a pair of the two largest muskies caught on one episode of In-Fisherman television history.  I think my Momma was watching down this day!   I didn't talk much as I was shocked by the big fish and the camera so I let the master take it away.  It's amazing how good Doug can just spit the words out!

Click here to read about the RAPALA X-RAP WALK 13 
(Click after you watch the show.  It will navigate you to
a new page)

I hope you enjoy!

"Make a Memory"
Jeff "Breezer" Andersen

Gull Lake Walleye

So it was going to be a quick trip to Gull Lake in the Brainerd Lakes Area with my friends Tim Hanske and Dan Abear.  The past few days we have been greeted with, what feels like summer like weather, since we are so used to 20 below.  Tim had been out the night before and put the hurt bag on some keeper walleyes so that added to our motivation.  We pulled up to our spot, nobody in sight, and it was game on!  We drilled our holes and started fishing.  It was still pretty early about and hour from sunset and the perch were on the feed bag.  They weren't jumbos but the action was intense!  The sun hit the top of the trees and the perch bit slowed.  Waiting with anticipation I thought the walleyes were going to go nuts but they didn't.  We kept saying 10 more minutes!  So we had enough after catching a few small walleyes and we started to pack things up.  Tim went to pick up a tip up he had set and Dan said, "Well, I'm gong to fish one more hole!" which was right next to Tim and before we knew it fish on.  Dan did battle and landed a dandy Gull Lake Walleye.  Spirits were lifted as we had our tails between our legs prior to Dan's impressive catch.  See photos below......

It's amazing how one fish can turn an O.K. night of fishing into another amazing memory!

I hope everyone is enjoying the winter and looking forward to warmer weather!

Take Care,

Jeff "Breezer" Andersen
"Make a Memory"

A sunset beauty

Dave Genz

Dave Genz and I took the afternoon to go catch a few bluegills and crappies.  We took advantage of the beautiful day and took a few photos.  I'm out the door to go fishing so I thought I would just post a few photos from the day.  Enjoy!

"Make a Memory"

Jeff

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 (Genz's fishing machine)

(A little Funky)