Giant Step For Female Anglers

NEW YORK MILLS, Minn. – Like many pro anglers, Marianne Huskey of Shawano, Wis., was bitten by the fishing bug at an early age.

Her passion for fishing, she says, “Started young, while fishing for perch on Lake Michigan with my grandfather.” Her desire to catch another and another became overwhelming, and so began her lifelong quest to become a professional angler.

Huskey reached her first goal by entering the professional ranks; and just this year, slid further up that flagpole of destiny by clinching a second-place finish in an