Welcome to Skinner’s Guide Service™!
I specialize in night fishing for trophy walleye in Northern Wisconsin. I regularly put clients on their personal best walleye, smallmouth bass, and musky. My goal is to help clients catch quality fish while creating a positive, educational environment that helps them grow as anglers.
Come experience the beauty the Northwoods has to offer - after most anglers have long since left for the night - and catch some impressive fish!
All anglers 16 years or older need a valid Wisconsin fishing license. To purchase a license, visit your local Wisconsin tackle shop, or click the following link: Wisconsin DNR GO WILD
RATES AND AVAILABLE TRIPS
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STANDARD TRIP
We will fish from half an hour before dusk to 1:30 am. Exact hours vary by season, expect to catch keeper walleye, smallmouth bass, musky, and potentially a walleye over 25”
Rates:
1 Man: $275
2 Man: $350
3 Man: $425
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ALL NIGHTER
Join me as we fish from half an hour before dusk to sunrise. This is the most advanced, technical trip I offer. We will utilize several methods of fishing. We will exclusively target trophy walleye.
Rates:
1 Man: $400
2 Man: $475
3 Man: $525
What is Long Line Trolling?
Long line trolling is a truly unique form of walleye fishing that I believe puts more quality fish in the boat than all other methods. We frequently catch 10-20 fish in a night, with average catches being in the 15-25 inch range, and frequent catches over 25 inches.
When long lining, I will slowly and skillfully navigate the boat over shallow structure, ranging from rock humps, ledges, flats, mouths of creeks, edges of weed beds, and steep drop-offs. At night, big walleye haunt these areas, accompanied by schools of smaller, eater sized walleye that often compete for the lure. I silently propel the boat along structure with an Advanced GPS enabled Minn Kota electric trolling motor, controlled with a remote.
Some nights, you can tell the eaters are faster and hungrier than the big fish, other nights its all big fish. It can vary greatly but the action is always enjoyable. In the summer, we frequently tie into huge smallmouth bass, occasional musky, and even very large northern pike!
When I guide you on open water for walleye, I exclusively long line troll. It is an art that I have dedicated serious time to mastering. I take my craft very seriously, and you can expect a high quality, memorable night of fishing.

Mark with a solid 27 inch walleye

Tanner with his first Northwoods trophy walleye!

Phil with a genuine Northwoods gem!

Matt with his personal best 39" northern!

Daniel with a gorgeous musky caught late at night!

Justin with a Master Angler class smallmouth bass. 20" 4.5lbs!
Austin with his PB walleye!

Matt showing off his gorgeous 26.5" walleye

Nate's late night walleye

Mark with a dandy 30" northern pike

Check out the belly on this beast - truly amazing.

Natalie posing with her walleye!

Stunning 19.5" smallmouth bass!

Jessica with her personal best 24" walleye!

Matt with a midnight 38" musky!

Zach with a beautiful late night smallmouth

Tanner with a chunky 18" walleye. I bet that made for a tasty meal!

Daniel with a solid smallmouth and some nice walleye

Daniel showing off his smallmouth!

Nate with another nice one

45" musky just before dusk

Matt with a nice chunky walleye!

Natalie with a chunky smallmouth

James and Justin with their future breakfast

a 19" 4.5lb smallmouth bass - incredible weight for that length in August!

Daniel caught this 26.5 inch walleye 5 minutes after we started fishing!

Drew and Luke posing with a musky that struck near the boat at the end of the night!

Dean posing with a nice slot fish that he caught on a tough night - good job Dean!