Jeff Hanson

I got my start fishing at an early age with my dad and grandpa. I have been professionally guiding clients for 13 years on Mille Lacs Lake, getting my start in '98 under the mentorship of Terry McQuoid. I have spent around 100 days on the open water most of those years, sometimes more. My favorite methods and species change throughout the season. Early in the year I love nothing more than rigging up on the sand for walleyes. By Memorial day, I want to be rigging out on the mud. Then around mid-June I'll start pulling some spinners or bobber-fishing deep rocks and gravel on windier days and rigging the mud when it's calmer. By mid-July, I'm spending more time bobbering on breezy days, and pulling cranks and leadcore. In the last couple years, I've been doing a ton of trolling and some of our best days of the year are in the late summer pulling leadcore. September usually brings me back to the shoreline areas trolling leadcore and cranks.

Profile:
Age: 30
Years of Experience Guiding on Mille Lacs:  13

Hobbies (besides fishing): deer hunting, hockey

Occupation (besides guiding): High School Phy. Ed. teacher, coach

Tournament Accomplishments:

1st: MN Tournament Trail, Aug. '07

  1st: Red Door Invitational, July, '07

1st: T & T Classic Invitational, June '09