The Fishful Thinker Podcast

'Tis the season to harvest, and few things are tastier than freshly harvested trout, juvenile lake trout, or kokanee salmon. Host Chad LaChance loves to smoke all these fish, and then eat them stand …

Flutter spoons, jigging spoons and blade baits all come into their own in the fall and will produce bass, walleyes, white bass/wipers/stripers and others all through the open water season. Host Chad …

It's late September and that means the water in our regional ponds is cooling down and the aquatic vegetation is starting to die off. That adds up to some aggressive fall bass fishing as these eating…

Trophy fall brown trout are beautiful, aggressive and generally display a "doesn't play well with others" attitude...which is all part of their charm! Host Chad LaChance loves this bite, and shares h…

Early fall sees a lot of fish and wildlife transition into their hyperphagia stage....the annual fall feeding binge in preparation for leaner winter months ahead. Fishing can be evry good, but there …

Ahhh...the fall season! Outdoors folks have so many options to pursue their passions, both hunting and fishing, that it can be daunting. Host Chad LaChance says you don't have to choose...you can do …

Love it or hate it, technology has taken a marked turn in fish catching with the advent of live or forward facing sonar and other developments. Anglers, to be fully up to speed with technology, must …

Host Chad LaChance has been traveling around filming Fishful Thinker TV since 2008 and for a decade before that he fished tournaments or just for fun all over the place. All those fishing trips have …

Late summer means boils...no not as in people food, as in schooling predator fish pushing baitfish to the surface and "boiling" on them as they feed. It's a sight to behold and can seriously fun for …

The weakest part of your tackle is the knots you tie, and especially when coupled with lazy line maintenance, poor knots cost both money and fish. Host Chad LaChance shares his knot and line maintena…

It may be the dog days of summer, but an escape to the high country is a sure way to get some relief from the heat. Whether you fish small creeks or high cirque lakes targeting brook trout or cutthro…

Mid summer can be a fantastic time to fish, but it can also be frustrating. There's tons of bait, the fish have a lot of pressure already, and most of them have moved to off-shore haunts for summer. …

Ever wonder how your favorite lure was developed, or how they made that new model of fishing rod so much better then the older version? Host Chad LaChance spends a lot of his time as an official fish…

The venerable soft plastic tube may have been invented for bass fishing, but host Chad LaChance has been fishing fishing them for everything from trout to panfish to snook for 30+ years. He shares so…

Whether it be aquatic vegetation or terrestrial vegetation that is flooded, fishing in the weeds can be both frustrating and rewarding. Not all vegetation is created equal in the fish's eyes though, …

Love to fish but want to get off the bank? The easiest and least expensive step is a paddle board or simple kayak. There are, however, some nuances to selecting, equipping and fishing from a paddlecr…

Fly fishing may be centered around trout rivers, but that is not the only place where fly guys can ply their craft. Besides that, rivers may not be a great option these days with the 2023 nationwide …

Fishing a lure on the water's surface is about as fun and interactive as fishing gets...the bites are visual and it's great way to get newish anglers hooked on the sport as well. Bass to stripers to …

The first weekend in June is free fishing weekend in CO and a few other states Fishful Thinker TV host Chad LaChance has some insight as to how to get the most reward out of the weekend on the water.…

Catching a fish is only part of the process; what you do next determines a lot. From careful field handling for tablefare to careful fish handling for truly successful catch and release, host Chad La…