Fishing is a humbling sport. You can be a hero one second and a zero the next.

I could think of three or four fishermen who would do really well in the pro tour. Some of these people are definitely better than me.

Then you have preconceived notions. You see it all the time. It happens on the pro tour. People from Alabama will compete in a tournament there and won't do so well. They get stuck on where the fish should be.

We thought there would be open water when we got here. Last year, the (ice-fishing demo) was canceled because it was so cold. The year before we had 7 inches of ice and talked to over 200 people.

We’d be safer with musket in a safe town than with an assault rifle in a “without rule of law” world. That may not be sexy, but it’s the truth.

We are not preparing for the world we live in - we are preparing for the world we find ourselves in.