• "Don't do the same things all the time. Experiment. If you learn four or five techniques for walleyes, you can be a really good angler."

• "It's not how many rods and reels you own, or lures you have, it's how you use each one of them."

• "Find where the bait fish are, because where there's bait fish, there's fish."

• "Women listen better than guys. When I have a husband-wife in the boat, often she will outfish him because she listens better."

• "Examine the stomach contents of fish; it will tell you what they are feeding on."