Michael Fries

Michael Fries has lived in Minnesota his entire life. He is married with 3 children and 8 grandchildren and is a Systems Engineer for Cisco Systems. A long-time angler, Michael primarily fishes in Minnesota and Ontario including many summer and winter Canadian fishing trips and more fly-in trips than he can count. He has competed in many tournaments over the years with a number of first-place finishes. Every fish for Michael is catch-and-release except for smaller panfish and small walleye for the occasional fish fry.