Perch Patrol Guide Service

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The Perch Patrol Guide Service is a collection of the area’s preeminent and most professional fishing guides. Beyond guiding ice fisherman, this famous group of guides is very active in the ice fishing industry. They provide product consultation and field testing for their sponsors as well as sharing of their knowledge with not only clientele but influential media that can reach out to all ice-fishermen through outdoor television to help promote and further the growth of the sport of ice-fishing. Every guide on the Perch Patrol Staff is honored to be recognized as one of the finest ice fisherman in the industry. Each guide prides himself on giving 100 percent effort everyday. We appreciate and recognize some of the great distances our customers travel to get here and that is why we take your vacation very seriously. “Behind every bent rod is a smiling face and another happy customer” – Steve Zippy Dahl Steve “Zippy” Dahl Steve began guiding ice fisherman in 1995 and is one of the founding members of the Perch Patrol. He is the captain of this famous guide team and does most of the behind the scenes work with marketing, scheduling, and organizing the reservations. Zippy has been one of the familiar faces representing the Perch Patrol on numerous outdoor television shows such as Tony Dean, Midwest Outdoors, ESPN’s Backroads, and North American Fisherman. Steve also farms during the summer months raising wheat, barley, pinto beans, and sunflowers. Steve also guides summer fisherman during the last half of June through the middle of August. Zippy is one of the founding fathers of the famous “Perch Express”, which has become the most popular ice fishing trip in the industry. His favorite species to fish is definately jumbo perch but he also loves to target walleyes and northern pike. Zippy enjoys teaching and watching his clients catch fish and is a firm believer that a successful guided trip is about more than just catching fish; its about having a good time and becoming a better fisherman along the way. Dave Tronson A true fishing phenomenon, Dave Tronson has achieved legendary status as an ice fisherman. One of the founding fathers of the Perch Patrol, Dave has caught more fish through an eight inch hole than anybody we know. Every fish Dave catches is treated like the very first fish he ever caught. His guide career began in 1995 and he has a knack for not only finding perch but is a master at enticing them to bite no matter what the conditions. It is often rumored that the schools of perch follow Dave Tronson. Dave is a retired farmer but still puts in an eighty hour week on the farm during the summer months. Dave loves to work with kids and enjoys teaching clients all his little tricks and secret presentations he has mastered over his 60 + years of fishing. You won’t see Dave on television too often, he tends to hide when media is around and it is nearly impossible to take his picture but we assure you everything you will ever hear about Dave Tronson is true. He is the most geniune person you will ever meet. Jim Legacie Jim proudly possess the longest guiding tenure on Devils Lake as his guiding career dates back to 1989.

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