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 Dan
Vinovich Pro walleye fisherman and outdoor writer is 38 years
old and hails from Pekin Illinois. Dan has been a vital
part of the Illinois Team Walleye Championship teams in 1997,
1998 and 1999
Dan's fishing Articles
PERSONAL HISTORY
| Born |
Born Peoria, IL 11/21/63 |
| Home |
Home Pekin, Illinois |
| Occupation |
Tournament Fisherman, Outdoor Writer, Owner Predator
Guide Service, SeminarSpeaker,Construction Forman |
| Hobbies |
Hunting, Fishing |
| Years as pro |
8 years pro 11 years guiding |
| NPAA # |
121 |
Favorite Techniques
| FAVORITE BODY OF WATER |
Illinois & Mississippi Rivers |
| LARGEST WALLEYE |
10.50 lbs.Mississippi River released |
| LARGEST SAUGER |
5 lbs Illinois River released |
| FAVORITE PRESENTATION |
3-Way Rigging with Spoons, Stickbaits, Wet Flies,
Spinners |
| LARGEST LIMIT OF SAUGER |
5 fish 15.14 Team Walleye Illinois River |
| TOURNAMENTS FISHED |
40 |
| FIRST TOURNAMENT |
White Bass Illinois River 1985 |
Dan's Proud List of sponsors
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Nov. 10, 1996,Spring Valley, Illinois River - 1st Place
Back to Back Wins Award
Mar. 23, 1997, Spring Valley, Illinois River - 8th Place
May 17 & 18, 1997, E. Dubuque, Mississippi River - 5th Place
1997 U.S.F.A. Illinois State Champion
1997 U.S.F.A. Championship Qualifier
Oct. 12, 1997, Spring Valley, Illinois River - 4th Place
Nov. 2, 1997, Spring Valley, Illinois River - 3rd Place
Mar. 26, 1998, Spring Valley, Illinois River - 3rd Place
U.S.F.A. Back to Back Wins Award 1998
Apr. 15, 1998, Spring Valley, Illinois River 1st Place
May 1, & 2, 1998, E. Dubuque, Mississippi River 2nd Place
U.S.F.A. Back to Back Wins Award
1998 U.S.F.A. Illinois State Champion
1998 U.S.F.A. Championship Qualifier
Oct. 18, 1998, Spring Valley, Illinois River 5th Place
Dec. 13, 1998, Spring Valley, Illinois River 1st Place
Mar. 14, 1999, Spring Valley, Illinois River 1st Place
U.S.F.A. Back to Back Wins Award
Apr. 11, 1999, Spring Valley, Illinois River 9th Place
May 1, & 2, 1999, E. Dubuque, Mississippi River 7th Place
Dec. 12, 1999, Spring Valley, Illinois River 4th Place
1999 U.S.F.A. Illinois State Champion
1999 U.S.F.A. Championship Qualifier
1999 National Angler of the Year
Oct.15, 2000, Henry, Illinois River 3rd Place
Dec.10, 2000, Spring Valley, Illinois River 1st Place
Dec.10, 2000, Spring Valley, Illinois River Big Fish Honors
April 15, 2001, Spring Valley, Illinois River 10th Place
May 19-20, 2001, Lake Shelbyville 9th place State Championship
2001 U.S.F.A National Championship Qualifier
2001 Finished 5th overall in points in Illinois
Oct. 19, 20, 21, 2001, 4th Place Illinois Directors Muskie Cup
Lake Shelbyville
Oct. 4,5,6, 2002, 7th Place Illinois Directors Muskie Cup Lake
Shelbyville
Dan's Fishing tips
Changing Leader Lengths
Most people use a standard leader length of about 48
inches. This length of leader is sufficient for most
3-way applications. However, changing your leader length
can make a big difference in putting more fish in the boat
on a given day. When I start a search pattern trolling
3-way rigs in rivers, I always set each of our rods with different
leader lengths. One rod will be at 24 inches.
The rest I will increase the leader length 24 inches all the
way to 10 feet. The fish will tell you where they want
the baits. You simply change the rest of the rods to
the length that is catching fish. The same holds true
with the dropper length. A good rule of thumb to go
by is the colder the water, the shorter the dropper.
As water temperature increases, so should the dropper length.
Putting More Action Into Your 3-Way Stickbait Trolling
When you cast crankbaits, do you usually cast and reel?
No, you change up your lure speed and pause the bait.
This change of speed imitates a dying or fleeing bait fish,
which, in turn, causes the natural instinct of the predator
to strike. You can add this kind of action into your
3-way presentations by changing the size and the shape of
the weight. For example, if you are running a 1 oz.
pencil weight on a 3-way rig, the weight is sliding along
the bottom, keeping the crankbait swimming with a non stop
forward action. Now if I change the shape of the weight
to a bell sinker, the action changes. The weight catches momentarily
on the bottom. Thus, the rod loads up with a slight
bend. As the weight frees itself, the rod springs forward
causing the crankbait to lunge forward. As the weight
catches on bottom again, the bait pauses before lunging forward.
Now change the weight to a pyramid style sinker and the weight
snags up a little longer, causing the rod to load up a little
more, and thus, a longer pause and a sharper lunge forward
of the bait. By increasing the weight of any given sinker,
you can vary the length of the pause and sudden lunge of the
bait. Try this the next time you are trolling crankbaits
on 3-way rigs. I am sure it will help you put more fish
in the boat.
2 Motor Method For Wing Dams
Trying to hold on the upstream face of a wing dam can
result in drained trolling motor batteries and hard feelings
when the wind is blowing and the current is strong. To conserve
power, I will start up my Mercury 9.9 kicker motor on my Targa
2000. By using my kicker as my main base of power and
steering with my bow mount electric, I can maintain a precise
presentation and not drain my batteries, enabling me to hold
on the wing dam all day if I choose. This will result
in more fish because the fish always turn on when the batteries
are going dead!!!!
Dan's
2000 Show, Seminar and tournament schedule
Dans TV show
Professional Fisherman Daniel Vinovich will be taking over the
host spot of the Fishing segments of the television show Illinois
Adventure. The show has aired for the last 12 years on
this P.B.S. affiliate WTVP channel 47. Dan will be replacing
retiring host Jim Gardner. Dan will be filming on average
5-8 new shows per year. The shows will range from catfishing
with a kid to tournament techniques for trophy walleye.
They are also planning on filming at least one hunting segment
a year. All of the shows will be shot on location at different
state and private areas in the State of Illinois. The
show airs on Thursday nights at 8:00 p.m. and again on Sundays
at 4:00 p.m. We hope you can join Dan and his guests as
they travel Illinois in search of adventure.
Dans Guide Service
Illinois River, Powerton Lake, Clinton Lake, Evergreen Lake
Half & Full Day Rates
Fishing out of a fully rigged 20` Tracker Targa
All Equipment Furnished
Fish The Rigs &Techniques That Earned 3 State Titles
and a National Championship
Contact: Daniel Vinovich
309-347-1728 e-mail trolling@mtco.co
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