Sheldon Hatch
Bait Casters Walleye Pro Staff

Sheldon has been fishing walleye since childhood, winning his first fishing tournament when he was only fourteen years of age. And, as luck would have it, he developed his fishing skills growing up on the Bay of Quinte one of North America’s top walleye producers.

His home lake is now Mississippi Lake situated between Perth and Carleton Place, Ontario. This body of water has challenged his ability to catch walleye due to its shallow depth and lack of walleye holding structure.

“Mississippi is a lake where walleye live like bass - in the weeds… so you have to go in after them.” – Sheldon Hatch

After his first year on the lake learning new shallow water techniques, he won the 1st annual Bait Casters Pike & Pickerel Tournament in May 2002.

When he is not targeting walleye he enjoys fishing for lake trout, a species that holds to bottom structure or suspends in open water feeding on minnows just like walleye.

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