Fishing talk with small-town weather in it.
The Midwest Angler Podcast runs on Midwest outdoor chatter with a heavy lean toward ice fishing, open-water anticipation, and the people around the scene. The talk wanders from lure choices and lake conditions into fundraisers, basketball, hunting, family life, and whatever else followed the speakers into the room.
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The Midwest Angler Podcast is a fishing show that refuses to separate the bite report from the rest of life. Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch talk like people who have already compared forecasts, checked the 10-day outlook, and still have three unrelated stories to get through before the main topic arrives. The fishing is real. Ice baits, open-water anticipation, Okoboji, Cascade perch, dock slowdowns, turkey season overlap, and brand talk around Clam all show up with the confidence of people who spend time around the gear and the crowd that uses it. The show is also stubbornly local. A fire department fundraiser, a waffle feed, raffle tickets, school sports, family schedules, dogs, and weather complaints can sit right beside lure talk without feeling like a detour. That gives the podcast its shape. It is not a clean classroom. It is a clubhouse table with microphones on it. The pacing is brisk, the transitions are loose, and the jokes can arrive before the point has fully formed. When the fishing talk locks in, it can be surprisingly specific. Glow red Drop Kicks, pinhead minnows, Tikka Minnows, Psycho Shads, ice conditions, aggressive crappies, and spring fishing funks all get airtime. Then the conversation bends back toward everyday obligations, small-town support, family news, or a hunting plan. That range makes the show feel less like a narrow tips podcast and more like a running record of Midwest outdoor culture. It suits listeners who care about walleye, perch, panfish, tackle shops, local tournaments, and the strange calendar where basketball, turkey season, ice, and open water all tug at the same weekends. It is rough-edged and occasionally crude, but not cold. The lasting appeal is the familiarity: two regular voices making fishing feel connected to weather, community, and the stories that get repeated long after the day on the water is over.
Made for: Best for Midwest anglers who like ice fishing, walleye and panfish chatter, tackle talk, lake-condition gossip, and loose stories from the outdoor community. It also fits listeners who want fishing culture with family, sports, hunting, and small-town life still attached.
What sets it apart: The show stands apart by letting practical fishing detail and messy local banter occupy the same space. It feels less produced than many fishing podcasts, but that looseness gives the conversations a lived-in, clubhouse quality.
The Midwest Angler Podcast is a weekly fishing podcast interviewing the best anglers from across the Midwest. We cover walleye fishing, bass fishing, and anything else outdoors!
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Fishing technique, seasonal restlessness, and small-town life meet in Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch's companionable, detail-rich conversations.
Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch treat fishing as a practice embedded in everyday life. Their conversations move naturally between changing seasons, time on the water, and the practical complications of getting there, including an ice-fishing trip that ends with a truck running out…
Fishing specifics share the boat with gas-tank disasters, if you like your tackle talk among friends.
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A candid, easygoing conversation about spring fishing fatigue and the everyday commitments pulling at time outdoors.
Episode 326 sits with a very recognizable spring fishing funk: Scott Sturman has been getting out, but the usual pull has not quite returned. He and Matt Deitch start with Easter, leftover ham sandwiches, and a fire department fundraiser, then ease into the larger feeling…
A fishing chat broadens into basketball memories, athletic change, and new-uncle news.
Episode 325 starts with fishing, then lets the conversation widen naturally into changing standards on and off the water. The unsettled weather, the Dakota Angler plug, and the talk about modern high school basketball all sit in the same casual current.
A loose, funny return makes raffle luck and auction-room chaos feel like the night's real prize.
Episode 324 returns on the strength of Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch falling back into their familiar rhythm after about a month away. The show drifts through a Dakota Angler stop, where a mule deer antler ring toss and one raffle ticket briefly take over the room, then lands in…
A compact ice-fishing gear talk on four trusted baits, when to use them, and the bite that makes them feel alive.
Episode 321 turns a practical ice-fishing question into a tight read on confidence. Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch trim a lifetime of bait-box options to four lures, then work through where each fits by species, size, color, and mood of the fish.
A gray-weather fishing chat turns toward Clam's reshuffle, then eases into hunting talk and missed chances.
Episode 320 catches Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch in that uneasy stretch before winter, worn down by rain, wind, cold, darkness, and too many sunless days.
A Hooked On Hard Water recap warmed by Black Hills camaraderie, a near-empty tank, and road-trip gossip.
Episode 256 shapes its Hooked On Hard Water recap into a lived-in road story about fishing friends, the Black Hills, and the small disaster of trusting a vehicle's range estimate.
Tournament strategy, Life Scope temptation, and bedtime chaos give this Midwest Angler episode its loose charm.
Episode 305 is built around a conversation trying to survive bedtime. Scott Sturman is juggling Slate, a tablet, headphones, and Fireman Sam as Matt Deitch joins in, and that domestic scramble gives the episode a loose, lived-in rhythm before the fishing talk fully settles in.
Current conditions, fly craft, and river wisdom.
Field notes from serious outdoor lives.
Inside the margins of tournament bass fishing.
Regional fishing talk, lake by lake.
Plainspoken fly fishing from gear to culture.
Hosts Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch recap the 11th annual Hooked on Hardwater event with guest Craig Oyler.
Scott and Matt discuss the rainy spring weather and its impact on fishing conditions in the Midwest.
The hosts discuss their absence due to severe flooding in the Midwest and the challenges they faced.
Scott Sterman and Mad Dyke kick off episode 270 of the Midwest Angler Podcast with banter about Scott's recent Uber driving for a construction crew.
Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch host episode 305 of The Midwest Angler Podcast, starting with a chaotic scene involving Scott's son Slate and Fireman Sam.
Live Scope 2, due this fall, drops the heavy black box, and the hosts note it is not backward compatible with older head units, so the L VS 32 and 34 are not obsolete.
Scott and Matt chat about their Easter weekends, including a fire department fundraiser and the perfect way to make a ham sandwich.
Episode 325 of The Midwest Angler Podcast opens with Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch talking about Dakota Angler in Sioux Falls, the 'Dirtbag' code for 10% off, and spring tackle shopping.
Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch return for episode 324 of The Midwest Angler Podcast after a month-long hiatus and spend much of the episode on Hooked on Hardwater, the Black Hills ice-fishing event tied to the Rapid City Club for Boys.
Scott and Matt catch up after a break, discussing Scott's vacation with his wife and the start of 2026.
Scott and Matt discuss ice fishing, winter weather, and the end of the year on the Midwest Angler podcast.
Matt Waldron says he can narrow ice fishing to four baits, starting with a "pinhead minnow" and a "black drop kick."
The Midwest Angler Podcast episode 320 centers on the Ice Institute recap, where Scott Sturman and Matt Deitch talk Snow Bear rigs, Otter sonar sleds, and handle-bottom Rapala buckets.
Scott and Matt complain about the persistent black bugs and unseasonably hot September weather as they look forward to fall fishing.
Scott and Matt discuss recent warm weather, fishing plans, and weekend activities in this casual podcast preview.