Queen of the Oak

[zach]

As new charter captains Ive always wondered if we could compete against the veteran captains ive always looked up too and where exactly did we fit in.

Katia and I have been down at Ernsts for the last 2 years and its easy for me to say that with the help of other captains (I believe the some of the best on the lake are at Ernsts) we've learned more in the last 2 seasons than our previous 30 years.

We entered the last King of the Oak events this past Sunday just hoping n praying we could somehow hold onto 5th place that we were currently in bc some huge names were in town.

We had a skeleton crew of just Katia, my buddy Tom Schutlz and I. We grinded out our gameplan and stayed with it all day ending up 3rd with big fish of the event also, finishing 2nd total for the series.

To say it was a dream come true is an understatement and showed that yes, we have grown as anglers with the help of others and our own personal belief. 

Just a cool lil story about newbies going through our struggles, ups and downs just to come thru strong when it counted most. 

Huge thank you to all that took time to help us along this journey (especially Katia for always supporting me) and man do i love the lake life! 

Fish on! Zzzzzzzzing!

 

 

 

Edited September 2, 2025 by zach

[GAMBLER]

Congrats Zach!  Sitting in some pretty good company right there!  

[zach]

12 minutes ago, GAMBLER said:

Congrats Zach!  Sitting in some pretty good company right there!  

Thank you sir!! Dont forget about my driver Katia, its been beautiful to see her cut up them currents like a pro.

Edited September 2, 2025 by zach

[Smat64]

Awesome stuff!

[GAMBLER]

3 hours ago, zach said:

Thank you sir!! Dont forget about my driver Katia, its been beautiful to see her cut up them currents like a pro.

Driver?  Buy that lady an autopilot!  

[SchultzFishingTeamOutdoors]

Thank you Zach and Katia for having me aboard with you for the last leg of the journey. Truly a memorable day for all looking forward to the 2026 season at the oak!🇺🇲🤘

[whaler1]

Great job!

[BRsnow]

5 hours ago, zach said:

As new charter captains Ive always wondered if we could compete against the veteran captains ive always looked up too and where exactly did we fit in.

Katia and I have been down at Ernsts for the last 2 years and its easy for me to say that with the help of other captains (I believe the some of the best on the lake are at Ernsts) we've learned more in the last 2 seasons than our previous 30 years.

We entered the last King of the Oak events this past Sunday just hoping n praying we could somehow hold onto 5th place that we were currently in bc some huge names were in town.

We had a skeleton crew of just Katia, my buddy Tom Schutlz and I. We grinded out our gameplan and stayed with it all day ending up 3rd with big fish of the event also, finishing 2nd total for the series.

To say it was a dream come true is an understatement and showed that yes, we have grown as anglers with the help of others and our own personal belief. 

Just a cool lil story about newbies going through our struggles, ups and downs just to come thru strong when it counted most. 

Huge thank you to all that took time to help us along this journey (especially Katia for always supporting me) and man do i love the lake life! 

Fish on! Zzzzzzzzing!

 

 

 

That is great, you have always been great to the muskie community, doesn’t shock me you are crushing the Salmon. 
Ben Remer

[dreamsteelie]

Great Job !