" I used to be frustrated trying to fish thick weed beds. Now that I have a good supply of Wisher "Weedless" Bucktails from Wishin Lures, those BIG hawgs can no longer hide from me in the "slop" and heavy weeds &/or wood cover"... Larry Ramsell, musky guide; writer & speaker.
Note: Larry Ramsell is guiding in the "Home of World Record Muskies", Hayward, Wisconsin. For a "hands on demo" of the value of the Wisher line of lures, Larry can be reached at 715-462-9880.
Larry Ramsell
Larry has been pursuing big muskies throughout North America for more than four decades. Larry has caught dozens of trophy muskies, including a trophy line class world record at 44 pounds 4 ounces, and Releases of three 40 pound class and two 45 pound class monsters, one of which was 56 inches long.
Larry is Past President of Musky Hunters Inc.-the first organized musky club in Illinois-now the Muskie Hunters Chapter of Muskie’s, Inc. Larry is one of the original Directors as well as a two-term Past International President of Muskie’s, Inc., from whom he received MI’s "Conservationist of the Year Award." Larry developed the world record’s program, as then World Records Secretary, for the National Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame, and was a Representative of the International Game Fish Association for sixteen years. As an original member of the State of Illinois Conservation Advisory Board, Larry worked closely with then and current Chief of Fisheries, Mike Conlon. Larry was also one of the original Directors of the Illinois Muskie Clubs Alliance.
Larry is a well known International freelance writer on the subject of muskies. His work has appeared in such well known publications as: IN-FISHERMAN; FISHING FACTS; MUSKY HUNTER (where he is Research Editor); FISH & FANG (Germany); NORTH AMERICAN FISHERMAN; ONTARIO OUT of DOORS (Canada); ONTARIO ANGLER & HUNTER (Canada); COARSE ANGLER (England) and FISHING WORLD magazines among others.In 1982 Larry published his book; "A Compendium of Muskie Angling History," recognized internationally as a reference encyclopedia on the sport and its big fish history. It was updated, revised and reprinted in 1997. In addition, Larry and his Canadian Guide friend Bill Hamblin Co-Edited the "Musky Hunter’s Almanac" in 1996. It was widely accepted and was repeated in 1997, 1998, 1999, and the new 2000 Millennium Almanac is now available. It is intended to be an annual publication for the musky hunter. Larry was one of the early advocates of the safe-live release of muskies, and relates that the success of the release program "far exceeds any dreams or expectations."
In 1986, Larry spent the summer as a volunteer on Dr. Bernard Lebeau’s Muskie Research Team in northwestern Ontario, where his primary responsibility was the radio-tracking of huge muskies on Eagle and Wabigoon Lakes. From that work several articles resulted that has changed the complection of trophy musky fishing. Larry is currently participating in a tracking study on the Chippewa Flowage at Hayward, Wisconsin, and already in the first year of the study many interesting things are being learned about musky movement and are being passed on to musky anglers via his seminars and writings.
Larry presented a photo historical display at the Cool Water Symposium in St. Paul, Minnesota and the Muskie Symposium at LaCrosse, Wisconsin.
Larry is a popular and frequent speaker at sport shows, banquets, seminars and fishing club meetings on a variety of topics regarding the "king of freshwater fish," the musky. He Guides muskies in the area of Northwestern Wisconsin around the town of Hayward.
Larry can be contacted at: 10907 N County Road S, Hayward, WI 54843;
Phone: 715-462-9880
at his web site: www.larryramsell.com
or email Larry at : larryramsell@hotmail.com
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