Please Welcome Mike Westman to IDA’s Field Staff!

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    Keymaster
    Posts: 2756
    December 11, 2006 at 10:14 pm #1330623

    Please welcome Ham Lake, MN resident Michael Westman (Mike W) to In-DepthAngling’s Field Staff.

    Mike is an avid walleye fisherman, but frequently finds Silver Bass, Panfish, Catfish and Sturgeon on the end of his line. We’re all looking forward to your knowledge, passion and reports in the Mississippi, St Croix and Tournament forums Mike!

    More about Mike, in his own words… ” My name is Michael Westman. I have been a avid angler since a young kid when my brother and I would spend our days dock fishing on long lake in Aitkin county, or casting spoons for pike in a row boat on a pot hole behind grandma’s house. All threw my teenage and young adult years the one constant activity in my life has been fishing.
    About 5 years ago I found a local web site called “Fishtheriver.com”. As many of you know this was one of the early names for IDA. This site very quickly opened my eyes to a very large variety of fishing tips, locations, techniques and so much more. It also greatly added to my knowledge of catching walleyes which I spend most of my time chasing now.
    Currently I live just north of MPLS and spend a fair amount of time on pool 2 of the Mississippi and the upper St. Croix. Other places you may find me fishing during the year are the Mille Lacs, upper Mississippi, Zihautanajo Mex. or where ever there is a good bite going on. You might even find me tournament fishing from time to time.

    My goals with joining IDA’s Field Staff is to give back to the members what this site has shared with me. Knowledge about fishing and spending time on the water.”

    Welcome to In-DepthAngling’s Field Staff Mike! We’ll be looking forward to more of your experiences on Pool 2 and the Upper St Croix River!

    walzer
    Afton, MN
    Posts: 125
    December 11, 2006 at 10:21 pm #509826

    Congratulations Mike.

    Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    December 11, 2006 at 10:46 pm #509840

    Welcome to the Team Mike!!!

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    December 11, 2006 at 10:51 pm #509841

    5 years is a long time to wait big guy!

    Welcome!

    Fish ON! …or is it turtle on??

    MFO
    Minneapolis, MN
    Posts: 1451
    December 11, 2006 at 10:51 pm #509842

    Glad to have you on the team Mike!!

    derek_johnston
    On the water- Minnesota
    Posts: 5022
    December 11, 2006 at 11:11 pm #509853

    bout time.. Excellent addition

    Steve Root
    South St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 5623
    December 11, 2006 at 11:17 pm #509858

    Mike is such a great Walleye fisherman that he can even catch nice fish with me in the boat, and here’s proof!

    I’m looking foward to reading your reports Mike.

    Rootski

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    December 11, 2006 at 11:17 pm #509859

    Great to have you on the team Mike

    Ron

    Shane Hildebrandt
    Blaine, mn
    Posts: 2921
    December 12, 2006 at 1:40 am #509907

    dang, now i am going to have to pay to get a seat in the boat with him now. congrats mike and hopefully I will get to follow you around on the river and I will make sure that I have pens and paper in my boat to write down every thing that you do.

    shane

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    December 12, 2006 at 1:59 am #509926

    Congrats Mike! Well deserved, I KNOW I’ve learn a lot from your posts and fishing with you.

    bill_cadwell
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 12607
    December 12, 2006 at 2:13 am #509931

    Welcome Mike. Great to have you with us.
    Thanks, Bill

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    December 12, 2006 at 2:20 am #509937

    Thanks guys. Its been great to chat with and spend time on the water with so many of you guys in the last 5 years. This is a top notch site with a top notch group of people (members and staff) that make it that way. Looking forward to many more years of contributing to it.

    If the weather allows most of my reports this winter will be coming from pool 2 chasing walleyes and saugers. As always feel free to ask me any questions you have about that area and I will do my best to share what I know.

    Hope to see many of you on the water this winter and in the future.

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    December 12, 2006 at 2:24 am #509940

    Rootski. I seem to remember you put your own share of walleyes and saugers in the boat that day also. Its not to bad so far but in a few months I will really start missing Tee shirt days of fishing like in that photo.

    drewsdad
    Crosby, MN
    Posts: 3138
    December 12, 2006 at 7:15 am #510022

    Well deserved Mike. This just makes it official. Congrats sir!

    Joel

    fredbart
    St. Paul
    Posts: 372
    December 12, 2006 at 12:38 pm #510040

    Mike:
    Congradulations. I meet Mike through this site, he is always generaous with his information, a very pleasant conversationalist, what I especially appreiciate is his committment to his family. Mike.. Great work

    micah-witham
    Richfield
    Posts: 604
    December 12, 2006 at 12:50 pm #510045

    Mike – well done. I hope to see you out on p2 this winter. If I could only figure out a way to work for myself full time so I could fish as much as you I would be set.
    Micah

    Jami Ritter
    Hastings, MN
    Posts: 3065
    December 12, 2006 at 1:37 pm #510061

    Congrats Mike.

    Jami

    DeeZee
    Champlin, Mn
    Posts: 2128
    December 12, 2006 at 1:44 pm #510065

    Atta boy Mike!
    Congrats and welcome to the team.

    mike_v
    carver Mn
    Posts: 217
    December 12, 2006 at 2:18 pm #510084

    Congrats Mike,

    jimmys
    Posts: 83
    December 12, 2006 at 2:49 pm #510102

    Welcome, look forward to reading your reports. Stop in the shop to say hi if your over fishing the Croix
    Jimmy

    ratherbfishn
    St Paul Park MN
    Posts: 220
    December 12, 2006 at 4:52 pm #510168

    Congrats Mike I look foward to seeing ya down there!!

    fish-them-all
    Oakdale, MN
    Posts: 1189
    December 12, 2006 at 4:55 pm #510172

    Congrats Mike! Looking forward to more of your reports on Pool 2.

    robstenger
    Northern Twin Cities, MN
    Posts: 11374
    December 12, 2006 at 5:07 pm #510178

    About time is right.

    Welcome Mike!

    1hawghunter
    Grand Rapids, MN
    Posts: 699
    December 12, 2006 at 6:50 pm #510236

    Congratulations Mike.

    steveo
    W Central Sconnie
    Posts: 4102
    December 12, 2006 at 6:53 pm #510240

    congrats Mike.

    martin_vrieze
    Eagan
    Posts: 484
    December 12, 2006 at 10:48 pm #510371

    Way to go Mike!!!

    You are a gentleman AND a scholar!!!

    Mike W
    MN/Anoka/Ham lake
    Posts: 13294
    December 13, 2006 at 9:09 pm #510880

    Thanks again guys. Looking forward to helping out.

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