Jon Thelen's Destination Fish

Jon and the team hit Devils Lake for a classic early-ice mixed bag of walleyes, perch and pike all in one action-packed outing. He shares insights into reading ice conditions safely and finding the first productive weedbeds of winter. Then it is on to Zippel Bay, where they wrap up the season chasing trophy walleyes beneath the frozen expanse of Lake of the Woods, a perfect finish to the early-ice adventure series.

Jon kicks things off flipping wacky rigs to hungry spring largemouths holding tight to shoreline cover. He shares simple adjustments that make finesse plastics irresistible in shallow water.