This grassroots walleye angler brings knowledge and real life experience to you from two and a half decades of serious fishing time.  He spends on average 150 days a year chasing walleyes in every conceivable environment.  INLAND WALLEYE and MASTERING THE CRANKBAIT GAME are new releases from Kolby.  "You've got to be adaptive when you walleye fish...  

     A walleye is a walleye wherever they swim, but you won't find a species more adaptive than a walleye.  They become wickedly efficient hunters with a nack for using the environement to their full advantage.  They are the craftiest of all fish."  

     "It's funny most fishermen like to go to lakes where the walleye fishing is phenomenal - you can do no wrong.  Don't get me wrong, I like that too.  Nothing's more fun than putting the wallop on a bunch of big eyes.  But for strictly educating walleye anglers, there will be many misconceptions past along when you catch a fish per cast or every 5 minutes on a trolling run on a so called, magical bait.  

     You would be better served if some of the television shows would stop fishing walleye factory lakes and pushing products so much.  They should concentrate on spreading out more in the states - maybe catching some fish under tough conditions in a lake that isn't world renown.  A good walleye fishing education is about understanding the dynamics of walleye behavior under countless conditions and water body types...  

     If you figure out how to catch walleyes during the toughest times of the year, or on waters where everyone struggles, you'll really learn the true secrets on what makes walleyes tick.  Learn to catch them in lakes where they aren't so prevalent or at difficult times of the year and you can catch them anywhere.  The ability to consistently put walleyes in the boat under any condition and in any water body will seperate the good angler from the great one...  

     One funny example of this took place when I was writing for IOWA WALLEYE MAGAZINE.  It was on Red Rock Reservoir - a place many only fish for crappies or white bass.  No one in their right mind targets walleyes on this big reservoir, they don't have a good management system in place for walleyes so their numbers are pretty low.  Not to mention the place is packed with shad.  I spent two days on that lake, 24 hours total, just knowing one or two walleyes would be good.  I ended up catching 2 nice 18 inch fish in the first day.  That was tough fishing and I only caught two fish, but you wouldn't believe the people that responded positively to the story.  I ended up catching these eyes in 2 feet of water.  They really run shallow on structure or in open water when shad are involved."  

     His writings are unique in that he conveys the smallest details to readers so they won't misinterpret what is being said.  If there's one species of fish that gets misunderstood it's the walleye.

     After many years of flying under the radar and learning valuable lessons from some tough lakes, Kolby decided to get involved in tournament fishing to see what it was all about.

     "The first year was funny as hell.  Our first tournament was shortened due to a storm coming in.  The director made an announcement over the radio and we didn't get it.  We got DQ'd for missing weigh in...

     The second tournament was cancelled because of severe thunderstorms.  Our motor broke down on a trolling bite in the third tournament!  Bad karma just kept coming.  Everything stayed working and we didn't miss weigh in by tournament number four.  We finished 11th - one bite away from a check...

     Tournament number 5 was the I.O.W.A state championship.  We won that one by trolling leadcore within a half inch of the bottom - no higher and no lower.  We also made a lot of other adjustments that helped.  These refinements and many more are covered in my writings.  It was a good bite though, luck played a part in that one with the 8-pound fish on day one.

     Through my books I will teach newcomers how to quickly understand the dynamics of walleyes and how they use each environment. No matter if they're in Canada, some Minnesota lake,  a Wisconsin flowage, A Dakota reservoir, Southern reservoirs, rivers, or any other inland lake out there that has walleyes in it.  Maybe you have a tough lake just down the road that you can't figure out - I'd like you to get involved today so we can do something about that!  

     I also encourage the most advanced anglers out there to become involved with Inland Walleye's educational material.  Under the gun your decisions better be quick and they better be correct because time flies out there. I'll give you many ideas for picking up on subtle movement trends and grasping the idea that walleyes are like an underwater wheel - they are in a constant state of movement or transition.  If it's not because of spawning related activity, it's because of environmental factors and food.  

     Sometimes an advanced angler won't produce like he should because he fished the same conditions faced yesterday.  Even though today is slightly different.  At other times his focus is distracted.  The mental game is a big part of it.  Focusing on what the fish are doing and not on what everyone else is doing is another element that will help your days on the water."

     Kolby has one policy he's adopted for walking you through the walleye's world.  He does not clout education with sponsorship or advertising dollars.  Therefore his work stays centered around the main objective - helping anglers catch more and bigger walleyes in tough environments.  "It is my goal to help you achieve your on-the-water goals and to deliver a great product for an afforable price.  Our unique information is presented in a clean, pure, and dynamic fashion.  The way it used to be.