Serving as a professional angler and guide for nearly 40 years, Jeff Sundin knows the fishing waters of Northern Minnesota. Hosting customers […]
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You’ll find more than just fishing celebrities in this list. One can make a significant impact on the lives of many without ever being well known. It is important to honor all of those who had a great influence on the great sport of fishing, whether famous or not. Corporate advances tend to be much more visible to us. For it’s their products that shape the evolution of the sport of fishing.
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Hank Ebert
Inducted 2023
FM Walleyes Unlimited, Inc., was founded in 1977 to “promote conservation, sportsmanship and education in respects to walleye fishing”. The founding members […]
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Class of 2023
Reeds
Class of 2023
In 1971, soon-to-be-married Jeff Arnold and Kay Campbell made a bold move that would forever impact Minnesota’s fishing scene. They purchased Reed’s […]
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Class of 2022
Gregg Thorne
Class of 2022
Fishing was never a leisurely past time for Gregg Thorne. Realistically…it would be described as an obsession. Like so many kids in […]
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Class of 2022
Wired2Fish
Class of 2022
Constantly breaking boundaries in unique business development, identical twins Marty and Scott Glorvigen set the standard for out-of-the-box thinking around several highly […]
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Class of 2022
Joe’s Sporting Goods
Class of 2022
Joe’s started as a Buick repair garage in 1930. When founder Joseph J. Rauscher recognized his customers’ need for live bait, he […]
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Class of 2022
Scott Glorvigen
Class of 2022
Constantly breaking boundaries in unique business development, identical twins Marty and Scott Glorvigen set the standard for out-of-the-box thinking around several highly […]
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Class of 2022
Marty Glorvigen
Class of 2022
Marty Glorvigen was born and raised on a small lake near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. He was very much influenced by his parents […]
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Class of 2022
Al Baert
Class of 2022
The idea of a fishing museum began in 1990 after Al Baert, a World War II and Korean War veteran, attended a […]
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Ray Gildow
Inducted 2021
Ray Gildow is a professional fishing guide with over thirty-five years of guiding experience. He started guiding out of Sugar Point Resort […]
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