Matt Straw

Seminar Title: King Salmon in the Stability Zone
Date: 1/23
Time: 5:30 PM

Description
The Great Lakes are different. These huge waters are so vast that certain areas at certain depths retain a built-in buffer zone against all weather and seasonal changes. Fish of all species seek and find these stability zones—baitfish and predators alike. Come and discover how to find the Stability Zone.

Seminar Title: Great Lakes Smallmouth in Principle
Date: 1/24
Time: 11:30 AM

Description
Tracking studies reveal Great Lakes smallmouths often move many miles between seasonal habitats. These are dynamic populations. Wind, currents, and temperature play big roles in determining where smallmouths locate and where the best bites are happening. Find out which overlying principles describe how to find and catch smallmouths throughout the Big Lakes

Seminar Title: Tactical Revolution for Stream Steelhead
Date: 1/24
Time: 2:30 PM

Description
Steelhead tactics in rivers have evolved on all fronts. New tactics keep springing up that prove even more effective than the tried-and-true methods we relied on for decades. We talk tactics, tackle, and timing for steelhead that most anglers have yet to hear about.

Seminar Title: King Salmon in the Stability Zone
Date: 1/25
Time: 11 AM

Seminar Title: Tactical Revolution for Stream Steelhead
Date: 1/25
Time: 2 PM

Biography:
Matt Straw has been an editor with In-Fisherman Magazine for almost a quarter century. He is a past champion and many times top-10 finisher at the Sturgeon Bay Open, one of the largest smallmouth tournaments on the Great Lakes. Matt is a diehard steelheader and one of the foremost communicators of recent times on the subject of steelhead angling around the Great Lakes.