Chip Leer's Wildside Podcast

Troy is an adventurous angler who shares his excursions on social media.  A lifetime of travel when he’s not hosting TV with his family’s media company, Lindner Media. Troy’s adventures include captivating stories from the United States, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, Austria, Italy and throughout the Orient.  Troy shares his hard-learned tips to simply fishing and capitalize on every opportunity no matter where life’s travels take you.  He voices his personal perspectives on easing access to fisheries while protecting resources world-wide.

A career in the fishing industry requires many hats and Capt. Ross discusses how to stay viable in this competitive industry.  Over his career he has guided anglers on open water and ice, sold boats, hosted TV programs, written for magazines and newspapers, hosted radio, written book and now is a podcaster.

After multiple deployments in the middle east and a decorated military career, his final assignment prior to retirement for Col. St. Sauver was Post Commander of Camp Ripley in Minnesota.  It was here his ideas for bringing veterans together to share outdoor experiences hunting and fishing were developed and his life’s mission of helping veterans help each-other is realized.  Today the retired Colonel is co-host of American Hero’s TV and he works tirelessly with countless numbers of military support organizations impacting thousands  of military around the world.  His story is the story of heroes.

Conversation with a world-class marathon champion who’s life tracks thru farm accidents, drug addiction and suicide of his son. An inspiring story of how Dick has faced emotional adversity and somehow exudes positivity every day.

Pro Angler John Balla breaks down the National Walleye Tour’s season per event and unveils alarming statistical averages that potentially change tournament strategy in the future.  As a tournament angler the info is a key to success, as a fan of tournaments, you may never view them the same.

Despite being one of the youngest pro-anglers on the National Walleye Tour, Korey Sprengel is the winningest pro-angler in National Walleye Tour with 5 wins and now 2020 Angler of the Year title.  Korey talks about the mental mind-set necessary to have become the most consistent pro over the last 8 years.  In depth discussion how he prepares for events, learns new water and finds winning fish on tournament days.

2020 NWT Champion Jason Przekurat shares all the inside details on his record-setting win on Lake Erie.

Two of the most coveted titlesin walleye tournament fishing are up for grabsto be decidedon Lake Erie. The National Walleye Tour Championship Champion and the 2020 Angler of the Year. It’s huge water with an epic walleye population and variables to find and catch the biggest fishis daunting. Walleye expert and tournament statistician John Balla joins Chip Leer in a round-table discussion with the winningest walleye pro on the NWT and current AOY points leader Korey Sprengel and Ohio native, pro angler Ryan Buddie who finished2ndthe last time NWT visited Lake Erie. Discussion includes how to dissect this massive water,where to find the biggest fish amongst migration and tournament efficiency. Probable presentations and fish weight expectations to win, pre-fishing for variable weather conditions and more. Listen for thehunger in the voices of these anglers as both are on the cusp of accomplishing a life-long career goal. Buddie looking for his first NWT win and Sprengel’s desire to capture the AOY title that has eluded him.

Joe Carter is a professional walleye angler competing at the highest competitive level the sport offers, The National Walleye Tour. The NWT is the NFL, NBA or NHL of fishing, it does not get any bigger. He is also black, which in walleye tournament fishing makes Joe and Joe’s experiences quite unique. In this podcast you hear Joe’s personal experiences 1st hand-in vivid detail of what he endured to learn how to fish as a black man in a predominantly white sport. Stories of rejection from fellow anglers, fishing clubs and online fishing partners who refused to get in the boat with him once they met him in person. Joe shares very personal human stories of growing up black and the challenges that face young people of color that a person that is not a minority may have trouble comprehending. Examples of police and border patrol harassment, being singled out and assumptions made by complete strangers most likely based on skin color. Other times- verbally accosted because of skin color. A chilling revelation of what he endured to become the family man he is today. Joe also shares how thru fishing he has made new friends, crossed perceived or real social and economic classes to help race understanding. How fishing raises humanity to a new height as despite differences, anglers share a passion and thru that passion there is insight into understanding each other better. Joe’s day-job is a 6th grade school teacher living in a small Iowa town. He has a bi-racial family that is as driven to succeed in sport, two kids playing D1 athletics, life and human relations as he is. Listen-up and we all will learn from Joe. His ability to find the positive among negative is one of his many gifts. How he uses his faith in God when stressed and avoids anger to find resolve.

Chip sits down with John Balla and 2-time NWT Angler-of-the-Year Robert Blosser for an in-depth discussion on the 2020 NWT Angler-of-the-Year race. With only the NWT Championship remaining, the race is going down to the wire!

Chip Leer joins the most recent winner on the National Walleye Tour, Cody Northrop, for an in-depth discussion on the locations and tactics he used to capture his first NWT win on North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea.

Chip joins angler-of-the-year leader Tommy Kemos and North Dakota pro Jacob Ell as well as John Balla in an in-depth discussion of the upcoming NWT tournament on North Dakota's Lake Sakakawea.

Chip sits down with outdoors educator, communicator and wildlife enthusiast Joel Nelson for an in-depth discussion of all things outdoors including late summer panfishing.

Chip visits with 2020 National Walleye Tour Sault Ste. Marie Champion Peter Schaefer to get all the blow-by-blow details of his first NWT victory.

Chip and Pontoon co-host John Balla visit with NWT Pros David Kolb and Dave Atkinson about the upcoming NWT event in Sault Ste Marie, Michigan.

Korey Sprengel talks walleye fishing with Chip Leer. Sharing detail for detail techniques used to best the best at the recent, July 2020, Oconto, WI, based National Walleye Tour event on Green Bay. Trolling in-line spinners was presentation of choice, and as you can imagine, his approach to this technique is very much his own This NWT win, #5, places Korey in a league of his own with 9 top 10's and 18 top 20's in NWT's short 29 event history. That's $450,000 + in NWT winnings alone. Korey also shares details about fishing great lakes current, how to approach new water and find largest fish in the system and tournament strategies.

Chip Leer talks with the PRO'S. Insight and predictions into 2020 National Walleye Tour's 1st event of the year on the Bay of Green Bay, Oconto, Wisconsin. Pro Angler Dean Arnoldussen, who has won more than $500,000.00 on GB along with Pro Pat Neu, 2X winner on GB with a PWT and FLW under his belt, join walleye pro and Chip's co-host from The Pontoon, John Balla. Recorded LIVE one week prior to the NWT season opener on Green Bay, July 23-24, 2020

The crew discusses the NWT season opener and Thomas makes a BIG announcement!

Thomas witnesses a natural disaster and the guys talk about the effects of COVID19 on the fishing industry.

The Pontoon crew talks all things tournaments and youth fishing.