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Hi, my
name is Chris Kuntz and I would like to tell you a little bit about
myself.
I was
born on the plains of North Dakota. As a child, our favorite family
outing was fishing. We didn't live far from the banks of the
Cannonball River and we spent many days fishing for Northern Pike,
Catfish, Walleye, Sauger, crappie and huge sturgeons.
Fishing
became a favored sport for my wife and I. She lived on the banks
of the big Missouri River and I would spend time at her house fishing
and fish from shore. Shortly after we were married in 1972, I
joined the U.S. Army and our travels began for the next twenty years.
I was stationed in Colorado, Germany, California, Jamestown ND,
Kansas, Germany and Alaska. Not to mention the many other states that
the military sent me to school. In every location that I
was transferred to, we managed to keep fishing as one of our top
sports, even in Germany. Some of our best fishing was in Alaska,
where you can really get spoiled on Big fresh Salmon.
After
my retirement 1993, I returned to North Dakota and pondered about
fishing. Actually, after fishing in Alaska it was difficult to think
of fishing as fun or worth it, unless you caught a 20 pounder. After
a few years of not pursuing the sport, I began to notice that
something was missing. My brother Frank took me fishing on his boat and
I remember catching a three pound walleye, I looked at it and turned
it loose. Frank asked what I did with the fish and I said it was too
small, he just looked at me in disbelief and he said that was a good
eater. The next few times fishing with Frank got me hooked on fishing
for walleye.
I
began looking around and thought about buying a boat, mainly just to
get away from the shop and relax. Of course, I had to decide on
what kind of tackle to buy, which started my quest for the elusive
Walleye. Now I eat, sleep, and dream of Walleye fishing.
Not
only
because they are great to eat, but they are fun to catch and have
proven to be a worthy opponent.
I
currently fish between 10 to 13 tournaments a year, with over 110 days
on the water. By the way, I fish a few of the tournaments with my
younger brother Al, who knows, when he retires we may just become full
time partners’ on the walleye circuit. Time will tell.
That's
it in a nut shell so keep a tight line, take a kid fishing and if you
are too busy to fish then you are just too busy.................Hope
you enjoy my site, as time goes by I'll keep adding more info so keep
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