Lake Commandos

When you fish unfamiliar lakes, you never know what you'll find. Steve Pennaz and top pro Tom Keenan fish a remote lake rumored to hold giant largemouth. The day doesn't go as planned.

Giant walleye roam the shallow flats of Green Bay every spring. Steve Pennaz and guest Bret Alexander go head-to-head in a commando battle and before it's over walleyes to 12 pounds have stretched the net mesh!

Elite BASS Pro Justin Lucas is used to winning, but finds himself down to Steve Pennaz as they target big largemouth on a unique lake with a max depth of only 15 feet. How does Lucas respond?

Steve Pennaz calls the lake today one of the most challenging he has ever fished. The issue: miles of weedline. But he and Elite BASS Pro Adrian Avena discover the key to the lake's giant bass - and the competition goes down to the wire!

A Lake Commandos first---host Steve Pennaz and guest Col. Scott St. Sauver battle it out on a 2,000-acre prairie lake known for big fish. Bass, crappie and walleye all count today, making bait choice critical.

When bass transition the key is finding fish. Steve Pennaz and guest George Liddle target a natural lake with good cover and good bass. One decides on hardbaits, the other goes soft. Who comes out a head in this Commando battle?

Fishing a two-basin natural lake, Steve Pennaz and guest Paul Ruda battle find Berkley hard baits are the key to success, but the color patterns that produced best came as a shock to both anglers.

Each spring, huge walleye move into rivers to spawn giving anglers a chance for true trophies. Steve Pennaz and guest Ryan Chuckle face high water and high wind during today's Commando battle, but in the end they stroke some massive 'walleyes.

Steve Pennaz and NWT AOL winner Mark Courts have each won two Commando battles over the years, so each wants to beat the other today as they target fall crappie in a lake chain know for numbers and size.

Finesse versus cranks. Today, Steve Pennaz sqaures off with Dean Capra, a successful tournment angler for more than 25 years. Steve opts to go with Berkley new Dredger hardbait; Dean selects the popular Berkley PowerBait. This Commnado battle goes to the wire.

City bound anglers often dream of fishing wilderness waters, but today Steve Pennaz and FLW bass pro Cody Meyer fight rush hour traffic and locked gates to fish a chain of urban lakes. They find it loaded with big bass and some large bonus pike!

So times you have to leave some cash in the box to get on big fish. Today, Steve Pennaz and guest outdoor writer Jim Edlund drive though a farmer's yard to drop the boat into a 200-acre lake that is rumored to hold big largemouth.