The Fishful Thinker Podcast

Happy New Year, Thinkers! This is a short and sweet holiday episode of our podcast and host Chad LaChance goes Fishful Thinker plans for 2023. Thanks for tuning in. Enjoy your holiday and we'll see you back in 2023!

Ho, ho, ho and Merry Christmas! We suggest you give a gift to yourself this year...join a club or organization devoted to your passion. You'll meet like minded folks, learn more about your sport and give back to others and the lifestyle, all at once. Host Chad LaChance firmly believes getting involved will make you a better outdoorsman and he's lived that mantra for a more than two decades.    

Spinning tackle and casting tackle both have strengths and weaknesses, yet both are very effective. But how do you choose when to employ which method of presenting a lure? In this episode, host Chad LaChance details teh decison points and some nuances for choosing and using casting tackle and spinning tackle. For a video reference for this topic, check out the Fishful Thinker YouTube channel and please subscribe while you're here! 

Buying a first boat or first fishing boat can be a daunting task because of all the variables involved. What lay-out, hull style and material, motor and trolling choices, electronics...it's a lot to consider. In this episode, host Chad LaChance is joined by former walleye pro and longtime fishing guide Dan Swanson to go over things to consider when buying. Given the two anglers have bought more than 25 boats between them, they have some info that may help you avoid pitfalls. Please join us @FishfulThinker on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, and subscribe while you're here!  

Fishing stuff makes for great gifts for kids and adults alike, an dit is, after all, the giving season! In our last podcast, host Chad LaChance talked about ideas for adult anglers and this week he discusses gift and selection ideas for the young anglers on your list. If you enjoy our content, please give us a subscribe and we'll keep the content flowing!

It's the giving season and if you're listening to this, you likely have an angler or two in your circle of family and friends So, in the gift giving spirit, host Chad LaChance presents a range of items he feels will be hit any angler on your list!

Few genres of lure are more versatile than the old tube jig. Available big or little, light or heavy, in any color you can imagine and with the ability to fish vertical or horizontal or anywhere in between...it all adds up to the reason host Chad LaChance always has a tube jig handy in fresh or salt water. If you enjoy or learn from our podcast, please subscribe while you're here!   

Planning to film 330+ episodes of Fishful Thinker TV has taught us a few things about planning fishing trips. To this day, the ideas most commonly come from viewers and we do three basic styles of TV shows...species focussed, lure/presentation focussed, and location focussed. In this episode, we give you a behind the scenes look at how the show comes about. If you enjoy, please subscribe while you're here!  

Targeting bigger than average fish is a different game than just trying to catch fish. Bigger fish are more rare, more educated, and harder on tackle and anglers alike. To catch them regularly requires a different mindset, and host Chad LaChance discusses just that in this episode. While you're here, please subscribe to our channels! 

Being consistently successful day in and day out on the water is not easy, but after nearly 20 years of guiding and 15 filming Fishful Thinker TV, host Chad LaChance has developed a few keys to catching fish every time you hit the water. Keeping a few of these ideas in your arsenal will help you catch more fish, more often. Please subscribe while you're here...our content is a labor of love!