About
Russ Warye...
Russ
Warye is the founder of Fishing the North Country Publications,
a company dedicated to creating researched fishing books on
where-to and how-to fish the lakes of Wisconsin, Michigan’s
Upper Peninsula, Minnesota and Ontario. Founded in 2003 with
Ken Jackson (St. Germain, WI), seven books have been released
on north-central Wisconsin. They are proud of their detailed
research and presentation of latest fishing tactics on specifics
waters.
Boulder
Junction Presque Isle & Winchester Region Mercer & Turtle/Flambeau
Flowage St. Germain, Sayner, Star Lake Region Minocqua Region
Cisco Chain, Land O’Lakes, Phelps, & Conover Region Eagle
River & Three Lakes Chain Region
He is the former Senior Research Editor for Fishing Hot Spots,
Inc. (FHS) Rhinelander, WI and was responsible for the primary
research for many maps as well as a traveling fishing program
that taught on-the-water fishing to FHS clients from Kentucky
and Laurel River lakes in Kentucky to a Little Bay de Noc
in Michigan or Ontario’s Lake of the Woods.
Additionally,
when not fishing he is writing, and authored numerous FHS
books as well as three major books of a destination series
– Smallmouth – America’s Top Bass Waters; Walleye – The Top
Lakes and Rivers of North America; and Muskie – The Premier
Waters of North America. All three books are in print and
the Muskie book is already in a third printing. Warye also
authored the first ever book on Michigan’s famous bass fishing
region, the Sylvania Tract in the Upper Peninsula. The book,
Fish Sylvania, is in its third printing.
He
is a licensed guide (including Coast Guard) concentrating
on smallmouth bass and muskie. During the summer months he
spends up to eight weeks teaching fishing at Witch Bay Camp,
a famous fishing camp on Lake of the Woods, located south
of Kenora, Ontario. When not writing in the winter he is on
the sport show circuit, giving seminars on bass and muskie
topics. Some of Russ’ recent topics included:
-
Top Smallmouth Waters of the Midwest
- Today’s
Wisconsin Muskie Fishing
- Muskie
Management for a New Millennium
- Finesse
Tactics for Bronzebacks
- Canadian
Tactics for Trophy Fish
- Premier
Smallmouth Lakes/Rivers of Wisconsin
His
background includes college and high school teaching, newspaper
editor, outdoor writer, radio host, public speaker on environmental/fishing
issues, and tournament bass/muskie angler. Warye is proud
to be known as an activist for clean water and fishing issues,
including preserving the Clean Water Act and catch-and-release
ethic. He has served on several Wisconsin DNR ad-hoc citizen
committees.
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