The GTG Dances With the Devil

Anthony Hauck

Anthony Hauck is the public relations specialist at Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever's national headquarters. He grew up on a farm in western Minnesota and now lives in White Bear Lake. He loves to hunt pheasants, Hungarian partridge, grouse, woodcock, waterfowl and deer.

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The GTG Dances With the Devil

Posted by: Anthony Hauck Updated: March 11, 2010 - 2:19 PM

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My buddy Cody is hardcore about the hard water, and his anticipation for the 1st Annual Garfield Township Gang Devils Lake North Dakota Perch Pounders Fishing Trip (fit that on a t-shirt!) was building to a crescendo.

To quickly set the stage, me (The Big Cat), brother Sean (AKA Woodduck), cousin Jake (AKA The Juggernaut) and Cody (AKA The Zander Commander) all hail or have our roots in Lac qui Parle County's (Minn.) Garfield Township. We affectionately refer to the hunting and fishing crew as the GTG. The nicknames are well-deserved.

We had unbelievably high expectations for the trip. We talked about limits of huge fish. We talked about having fiberglass replicas of our trophies made. We talked about putting the Perch Patrol out of business and cementing our place as the only reputable guiding service for Devils Lake. Then The Zander Commander mentally checked out of work last Tuesday and started making his presence felt on Facebook:

"Devils Lake 2010
One 3 bedroom cabin: $417
Food, license, and beer: $50
Whacking and stacking fish: PRICELESS"

And

"Tomorrow will be a day of slacking off and checking the hottest fishing reports and lake maps of “Minnewaukan”!

And

The momentum builds as the GTG crew and cameraman travel to Devils Lake ND in search for the meaty marble eyes and the rocking Razorbacks that haunt the depths!

Our cockiness undoubtedly scraped away at the scales of the angling gods, so you can probably guess where this is headed...

Five fish. In two days.

Yes, we pulled just as much driftwood up through the holes as jumbo perch. Though we may be down, the Woodduck's most recent Facebook proclamation says don't count us out:

"The momentum builds for Devils Lake 2011! The Zander Commander, Big Cat, The Juggernaut, and Woodduck only have a mere 361 days to prepare as many "tempting presentations" as possible!"

Hey Perch Patrol. Consider yourself warned.