Atta Boy Joel!!
I like that you take the scientific side of the sport of Ice fishing!! You just need that pair of coke bottle glasses and a white jacket. I know…….Not as cool as the Marcum get up.
Congrats man!! 
Congratulations Joel and well deserved! 
Hope you have a great season! 
Congrats Joel! Looks like your commitment to the sport is being recognized!
Some call him the Fishing Professor, I prefer map nerd. Mostly because its much more accurate as Joel is constantly, digging, researching… looking for that next hidden gem. Long story short Joel has found more killer bluegill, perch and crappie lakes in the last couple years, all from pouring through maps and DNR survey data, than anyone I know. Everyone should have a guy like Joel in their immediate circle of fishing buddies.
Congrats Dr. Joel!
Umm…James, you could share him once in a while. 
Congrats Joel! Great Smallie BTW!
Congrats Joel!!
Congrats Joel! That’s a great hard water smallie too!
Congrats Joel! I know I have had the oppurtunity to pick your brain a few times!
Thanks all, really appreciate the kind words. What’s interesting is that most on this list have had a role to play in helping all of this along. Thanks to them and others that have made this so much fun for me!
As for the smallie, collectively, a team of James Holst, Brad Hawthorne, and Loren Keizer each hoisted a few of these from the most beautiful little gravel reef on Lake of the Woods at a Marcum event a few years ago. It was our first spot on the first day. Loren was still drilling, and I had a big mark on the LX-5…..immediately it came up and slammed a gold blade and fought like a beast. Really? A 10lb. eye on the first drop? What came topside was initially a let-down, but a beautiful fish that got its picture taken nonetheless!
Joel
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