2026 Show 12 | Top Fishing Destination with Al and James Lindner

Well, and then Jimmy, so, I mean, a lot of kids grow up in a town and Brainerd back then wasn't like a huge town and they're like, well, I can't wait to get out of here and go somewhere else.

But you've put your roots down here too.

That's true.

Yeah.

No, but I lived out in Wyoming for a while.

Then I lived out in Florida for a while, for a while, but we did come back because they actually just happened to be at the right point in time, uh, working at that point in time within fishermen.

And I started working on still photography and videography for those guys with that point in time.

So we just sort of acclimated into the television industry.

And not only television, but actually publications, communications industry associated to the fishing industry.

Sure.

So, yeah, obviously it's a great spot if you like to be a fisherman.

We've got a lot of opportunities here, and you guys were able to build a lot of fishing content right out your back door.

Exactly.

Yeah, and I think you hit it on the head, too, that it is a really nice hub for getting whichever direction you want to head out to, for sure.

And it's probably some of North America's probably best fishing.

It really is, asides from, okay, Ontario.

But asides from that, if you were to stay in the continental United States...

Minnesota actually has really incredible fishing.

It really is.

It really does.

Every different smallmouth, walleyes, northern pike, muskies, panfish, bluegills, crappies, catfish, you name it, we got it, and there's lots of them.

And the truth is we've been working on trying to fish all the lakes in Minnesota.

We still have a lot to fish, which is pretty incredible considering how many new lakes that we go to every year.

Yeah, so you guys have fished a lot of water within the state.

What kind of rises to the top of some of the more interesting or favorite places to fish in Minnesota? Big lakes.

Well, and then Jimmy, so, I mean, a lot of kids grow up in a town and Brainerd back then wasn't like a huge town and they're like, well, I can't wait to get out of here and go somewhere else.

But you've put your roots down here too.

That's true.

Yeah.

No, but I lived out in Wyoming for a while.

Then I lived out in Florida for a while, for a while, but we did come back because they actually just happened to be at the right point in time, uh, working at that point in time within fishermen.

And I started working on still photography and videography for those guys with that point in time.

So we just sort of acclimated into the television industry.

And not only television, but actually publications, communications industry associated to the fishing industry.

Sure.

So, yeah, obviously it's a great spot if you like to be a fisherman.

We've got a lot of opportunities here, and you guys were able to build a lot of fishing content right out your back door.

Exactly.

Yeah, and I think you hit it on the head, too, that it is a really nice hub for getting whichever direction you want to head out to, for sure.

And it's probably some of North America's probably best fishing.

It really is, asides from, okay, Ontario.

But asides from that, if you were to stay in the continental United States...

Minnesota actually has really incredible fishing.

It really is.

It really does.

Every different smallmouth, walleyes, northern pike, muskies, panfish, bluegills, crappies, catfish, you name it, we got it, and there's lots of them.

And the truth is we've been working on trying to fish all the lakes in Minnesota.

We still have a lot to fish, which is pretty incredible considering how many new lakes that we go to every year.

Yeah, so you guys have fished a lot of water within the state.

What kind of rises to the top of some of the more interesting or favorite places to fish in Minnesota? Big lakes.