Those We Honor

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.

Nick Adams

Nick Adams

Inducted 2001

Talk tackle manufacturing in Brainerd, MN and the conversation doesn’t go far without mention of Nick Adams. The patriarch of Lindy/Little Joe, […]

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Joe Alexander

Joe Alexander

Inducted 2000

Joseph N. Alexander took a 50 percent pay cut in 1957 to become a Minnesota conservation officer and served a record 12 […]

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Randy Amenrud

Randy Amenrud

Inducted 2000

Randy Amenrud has been involved in many aspects of the fishing tackle and marine promotional business for over 45 years. He’s been […]

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Jeff Arnold

Jeff Arnold

Inducted 2012

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 Al Baert

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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Steve Baumann

Steve Baumann

Inducted 2004

Steve Baumann was born in 1952. He was one of four kids living near a little farming community called Westbrook in southwestern […]

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Larry Bollig

Larry Bollig

Inducted 2002

Larry Bollig grew up in Pierz and was introduced to fishing by his grandfather. After serving in the Marine Corps, he married […]

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Burger Brothers

Burger Brothers

Inducted 2017

Ted and Bud Burger Submitted for nomination to the Minnesota Fishing Hall of Fame Class of 2017 Ted and Bud Burger were […]

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Ted Capra

Ted Capra

Inducted 2000

“My passion all my life has been fishing,” Ted Capra says. “It started when my dad would take my older brother fishing […]

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Class of 2023 Tom Carlson

Tom Carlson

Class of 2023

For over 50 years, Tom Carlson has been an integral part of the Minnesota fishing industry. In 1965, Tom, along with his […]

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