Bugs, rain, weather and Kabetogama Fishing...
Wade Watson, local guide is giving you a fishing report for June 22nd and days surrounding this timeframe. Weather- rain and wind has...
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Wade Watson
- Jun 14
- 2 min
Kabetogama "Fishing Update" June 14th/15th-
Guide Wade Watson "Kab Fishing" gives you the weekly update. Lake Kabetogama is blossoming into the summer season. Fishing has been...
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Wade Watson
- Jun 7
- 2 min
Kab Fishing June 7th week...
Let's start with a quick mention that there is a lot of boats on the water this week. Wind and rain did not keep this week's fisherman...
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Wade Watson
- May 31
- 2 min
Kab Fishing: End of May-early June
Water is warming, levels are rising, and fish are biting almost as well as the mosquitos, must be early June. Kabetogama is drying off a...
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Wade Watson
- May 24
- 2 min
Memorial Weekend just ahead...
Kabetogama/Namakan fishing report from Wade Watson (Voyageurs Adventures/Kabfishing) Wet and windy is how i would describe the latest...
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Wade Watson
- May 14
- 2 min
Kab Opening Weekend...results, thoughts....
Not sure how many people sent me messages or stopped me asking "how was opener?" Well...opener is more than the fishing to me! Opener is...
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Wade Watson
- May 1
- 2 min
Best Fishing Knots: Braid and Mono
Palomar Knot: this is my go-to knot unless the eye is extremely small. Why do I like this knot...because it works for BOTH mono and...
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Wade Watson
- Apr 23
- 1 min
Spring Walleye Patterns from the Pros...
Tom Boley: Walleye NOW video link: https://youtu.be/sMlyzzyRe44 BEST spring fishing tips: https://youtu.be/itSDhL9Jerg Spring Walleye...
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Wade Watson
- Apr 23
- 1 min
5 ways to put your minnow on your jig...
Ever cast your jig and your minnow flew off? Well, speaking from experience...here are some great links and articles to improve using...
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Wade Watson
- Apr 23
- 8 min
Funny, and Fun Fact of Minnesota Fishing...
Fish and fishing: Fish and fishing | Minnesota DNR (state.mn.us) Anglers and waters Licensed anglers: about 1.4 million Fishable lakes:...
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Wade Watson
- Mar 22
- 3 min
Learning the Lake: Kabetogama's "Tom Cod Bay"
In the summer of 1993, I made a call to Harmony Beach resort and spoke with Tim Watson. Our college newspaper had a summer job on Lake...
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Wade Watson
- Mar 20
- 8 min
Sold for fish...or for the fisherman.
So many "new" baits, is your goto a "jig and minnow"- mine too but let's look at 5 lures/baits or methods to put more...
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Wade Watson
- Mar 20
- 6 min
Spring Walleye Patterns
Spring Patterns- “what will early ice out do?” By Wade Watson “Kab Kid” Walleyes spawn in spring, but “spring” in your backyard might...
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Wade Watson
- Mar 8
- 6 min
Lake Kabetogama-"Cab-uh-toe-ga-ma" or simply "Kab"- get to know why we love this lake!
Kabetogama Lake can be accessed by the gateway communities of Kabetogama and Ash River. Kabetogama Lake is 15 miles long and 25,760 acres...
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Wade Watson
- Feb 24
- 5 min
Conversation with MN DNR-International Falls-fisheries on health of walleyes in Kabetogama/Namakan...and more!
If you did not know this...I'm a bit of a fishing nerd. I love fishing (and fish), i watch fishing programs, I love to read fishing...
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Wade Watson
- Feb 21
- 3 min
2024 "opener"- slot sizes - fish I.D and more...
Minnesota fishing opener 2024 is Saturday, May 11th Walleye/Sauger Limit: Walleye and Sauger: Combined possession limit six, only four...
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Wade Watson
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Lake Kabetogama- History
"Sugarbush" island in the middle of Kabetogama is part of the Watson heritage. My aunt and uncle (Tim & Char Watson) owned an island...
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Wade Watson
- Feb 10
- 1 min
Humminbird Insight-
I know a bit more than the basics of running depth/fish sonars, but often I'm trying to find the latest info on technology in the...
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Wade Watson
- Feb 10
- 6 min
Kab Fishing: Walleye Wisdom 101
You are coming to Lake Kabetogama, or the surrounding area. Not sure where to start? Not super excited about paying for a guide...I get...
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Wade Watson
- Feb 10
- 3 min
Kabetogama fishing guide: Wade Watson
I just realized that I have been guiding on Kabetogama and the surrounding waters for 1/2 of my life... Guiding is a passion of teaching,...
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