As I write this post I have just turned the ripe old age of 33. Putting together this episode of the podcast had me reminiscing on what I was doing at the age of 21 which is the same age my guest this week won his first Cabela’s National Walleye Tour event. To make things even more sweet it was the championship event on Lake of the Woods in 2018.
Anyways, as I was saying, at 21 years old I had just graduated from Michigan State University and landed my first real job working as a marketing associate for one of the largest medical device manufactures in the world. If you would have asked me at that point what I would have rather been doing it definitely would have been winning the NWT Championship event. That is exactly what Max Wilson did last year in 2018.
On this episode Max talks about the highs and lows of his very young career and how he almost gave up his dream of becoming a professional walleye angler. I feel we can learn a lot from Max not only as an angler but also as a human being and how to never give up, no matter what you are passionate about.
Max also shares with us how he attacks suspended walleye this time of year during the hot summer months. Just like us, walleye like to stay out of the hot sun and find the cooler temps. Typically they will suspend or head to deeper water. This time of year as the mercury rises, you should be heading to deeper basins and structure to find walleye. Try casting a jigging rap or moonshine shiver minnow to the deep structure fish and hopefully a cooler full of walleye will help take your mind off the heat.
Those of us who are older than Max may have a few more life lessons under our belt, but Max has more professional angling experience than most and a promising long career ahead. We wish him the best and can’t wait to see how the rest of his season goes.
Cheers
Lee