Captain
Brandon Norten

Member since May 2024 White Bear Lake, United States
Background
I'm a Minnesota muskie fishing guide, based in the Twin Cities area. I've been fishing my entire life and the passion only continues to grow. Musky fishing is my specialty, I've been chasing these amazing fish for over 20 years. I live and guide in the Twin Cities metro area of Minneapolis Minnesota. I love the challenge of musky fishing and I am genuinely passionate about teaching my guide clients everything I've learned over the years. There is nothing more rewarding than helping someone catch their first musky, or their biggest musky, or even watching them witness their first musky follow!
Techniques
I'm mainly a casting guide, there is nothing like interacting with a giant musky as it follows your bait to the boat. I will accomodate for trolling trips when the conditions work for trolling. Generally trolling takes place in the fall, during windy conditions that won't allow boat control with my electric trolling motor, or when clients are unable to effectively cast.

Hey, I'm Captain Brandon Norten

White Bear Lake, United States
Background
I'm a Minnesota muskie fishing guide, based in the Twin Cities area. I've been fishing my entire life and the passion only continues to grow. Musky fishing is my specialty, I've been chasing these amazing fish for over 20 years. I live and guide in the Twin Cities metro area of Minneapolis Minnesota. I love the challenge of musky fishing and I am genuinely passionate about teaching my guide clients everything I've learned over the years. There is nothing more rewarding than helping someone catch their first musky, or their biggest musky, or even watching them witness their first musky follow!
Techniques
I'm mainly a casting guide, there is nothing like interacting with a giant musky as it follows your bait to the boat. I will accomodate for trolling trips when the conditions work for trolling. Generally trolling takes place in the fall, during windy conditions that won't allow boat control with my electric trolling motor, or when clients are unable to effectively cast.

My Charter Listing

Excellent
5.0 / 5
(8 reviews)
White Bear Lake
 2 bookings in the past week.
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Trips from US $250

Fishing Reports

September Transition
September Transition
Sep 1, 2024 White Bear Lake
Over the last week there has been a significant amount of muskies using shallow locations including green cabbage, red cabbage, milfoil and a sand/gravel mix. These fish have been chasing a variety of baits but mainly some sort of fast moving blade bait, like bucktails and spinnerbaits. With the increase in musky activity, there has also been an increase in fishing pressure. When these muskies see a lot of fishing pressure, they tend to stick tight to their preffered weed beds and home locations and only chase when they are really ready to feed. This last week was a struggle to find following fish, it's difficult because we want to gather intel by seeing fish. We want intel on where they are located, cover they are using, and baits they are chasing. That's part of the fun in musky fishing, is having interaction with them and figuring out how to out-smart them, but when they won't budge, it can get frustrating. On the bright side though, if you keep fishing known musky locations, you WIll catch fish. All week we were getting bites, we just weren't getting the follows we were hoping for to help lead us in the right direction. The fish pictured above, was one of three muskies caught in that morning session, and not one single follow! We are entering a very consistent, fish producing time of the season, arguably one of the most predictable times of the season, and without a doubt a time all of us musky fisherman look forward to every year.
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Customer reviews

Rating summary
Excellent
5.0 / 5
out of 5 stars from 8 reviews
Boat
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Crew
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Awesome Trip!
SO CLOSE!!!!
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Ryan T.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
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Great

VERIFIED   4 Hour Musky Trip (AM) on October 22, 2024
Great boat and captain. Very friendly and knowledgable.
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Michael Q.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
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5.0 / 5
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VERIFIED   4 Hour Musky Trip (PM) on August 27, 2024
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Jason B.
Excellent
5.0 / 5
Experience:
Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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Excellent
5.0 / 5
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VERIFIED   4 Hour Musky Trip (PM) on July 18, 2024
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