Matt Johnson at Mankato Gander Mountain TODAY 1/20/05 7pm

[Rick]

Matt Johnson will be giving a seminar at the

Gander Mountain in Mankato, MN at

7pm on Thursday, January 20.

Matt's topic will be Subtle Approaches When Panfish Turn Finicky - Location and Presentation.

He will cover some of the finesse aspects of fishing for panfish during the winter. Learn about different techniques and strategies for catching more panfish through the ice.

Everything from where to find fish all the way to triggering the finicky ones to stop sniffing and strike your presentation.

Matt will also be free to answer questions and talk with people after the seminar as well as show you some of the tools he uses and how he uses them to trigger more panfish when ice fishing.

Mark January 20th at 7 PM on your calendar to visit Gander Mountain in Mankato, MN.

[woodman]

Good luck in your presentation Matt! You will be an excellent instructor, and give some people some excellent knowledge!

[Captain B.R.K]

Alright Matt- to bad I couldn't get down there to listen to your tips on those pannies. Just don't get to nervous in front of everyone and don't use UM a lot

[Lost]

You go Matt! Have fun! But don't give out all the tips that you're going to share with me when we hit the ice together (whenever that may be).

[chiefpanfish]

I'm from new york so I can't get to this presentation, Maybe Matt could load up a copy of his presentation and put it on this site so we could all enjoy reading about the tips. Maybe a good spot to do a question and answer for matt as well. Chief

[LocalGuide]

Hey Matt, maybe if I have enough time that night I might drop by and check it out.

I could always use some more tips.

[Matt Johnson]

Chief,

I'll try and put something together and put it up here on the site for you to check out. We are going to try and video tape the seminar, but either way I'll put up some info for you to read, kind of an outline of what I covered. That way you can feel free to ask any questions right here if you want. Glad to see we have some loyal FMer's from New York on the site, thats awesome!

Good Fishin,

Matt Johnson

[decoy]

I look forward to reading your tips as well as a possible video.

\decoy

[jiggin pig]

It always ends up to be a day i have to work. Man this bites. If it is half as good as the information you put up on here, it will go with out flaw.

[hawkeye43]

Matt, My son and I are going to come sit in that day and see if we can pick something up. I promies we would not give you a bad time or nothing

[don of cambrige]

I wish I could make it but can not. If you can try to hit F/L gander some time. I'II be their. Either way i'll check it out here on this site... GOOD LUCK AND GOOD FISHING

[WallEYES]

That title sounds like a dirty movie to me

[minnowhead]

I will be there with my fiance who loves to fish with me. I am looking forward to all your tips. Have date and location written down and posted on my computer so I will not forget.

[Duffer]

i would also like to see the info up on here a video would be awsome i put my vote in on the video since i wont be able to make it there.

[kato811]

ill be there all thought i do have to drive all the way accross town

[CNY Tim]

You'll do well Matt... My first ice fishing seminar was to a local Trout Unlimited club looking to find an alternative to the winter doldrums. It wen't very well and I have done quite a few LX-3 demos after that. The most enjoyable part is the question and answer period.

[ivegottabite]

man i wish fargo was closer to mankato. if your seminar goes as well as your posts here, there will be plenty of people walking away from that seminar with a smile on their face.

hope the video and/or outline gets posted here

good luck matt!!

[chiefpanfish]

Hey DDR I hope this week is better than last for you. Got to remember there are better days ahead. Nice to see a some one I recignize here. Chief

[Crappiechaser]

Count me in! I'll be there.

[1lkstage]

count me in, hope to see you all there.

[Rippin_eyes]

It was good to meet you guys, hopefully you'll be back down!

Chris

Gander Mountain Pro Staff

[Captain B.R.K]

Well Matt---How did it go??

[minnowhead]

Thank you for the informant information. It sure was a lot to take in for 1 1/2 hour. It made me want to go out fishing right afterwards, but I knew I really can't since 5.00 a.m. comes early for work. Will try out some of the techniques that you mentioned.

Thank you again Matt, And also for all your knowledge of crappies and jigs a special thanks goes out to crappietom.

[loebs93]

Thankfully my night class was let out early tonight, because I got a chance to get to the seminar (only about ten minutes late ). I learned some new approaches to getting picky fish to seal the deal.

I would like to thank the crew for coming down to Mankato and congratulate Matt and Tom for putting on a wonderful presentation...Good Job!

I didn’t have time to stick around for the Q & A session but there was one question I still had at the end. So far the only time I have ever caught numbers of crappies has been at the low light periods with minnows. I have set out just a couple times this winter in search of them during the day with little success. I know to go small and do without the minnow but what else is there. Obviously certain lakes have better daylight bites than others, but is it there a particular forage or bottom content to look for when scouting lakes that may suggest a better bite?

[Crappiechaser]

Thanks Guys for the info. The seminar was very good and I learned alot. It was great to talk to you after the seminar.I cant wait to get out tommarow and try out some new things.

Also thanks Rick for the photo help. I got it to work.