Captain Josh Hagemeister has been making a living as a professional fishing guide for 29 years. With a passion for fishing that started at age 4, Josh took it to the next level by starting Minnesota Fishing Guide Service (minnesotaguideservice.com) while still in high school. Throughout college and throughout his adult life Josh has guided over 5,000 trips in the boat alone–and countless ice fishing trips as well.
Due to spending nearly 300 days a year on the water, Josh has become known as one of the most versatile and efficient multi-species guides throughout the state known to catch fish anywhere at any time. Hence the famous “Guaranteed Fish” associated with Minnesota Fishing Guide Service.
While his specialty is walleye (due to demand), Josh enjoys all species of fish including salt water. While most of Josh’s time is spent in a boat knocking out nearly 200 trips or more a season (yes that’s 3 a day much of the time lol), during the “frozen period” he is scouting and moving fish houses for his ice fishing rental/guiding business — minnesotaicefishhouserental.com.
Helping people learn about fishing and catching more has been in Josh’s blood since the days he worked at In-Fisherman Magazine’s Camp Fish as an instructional fishing guide. Josh’s most recent endeavor has included the re-creation of Camp Fish (mycampfish.com) partnering with Troy Lindner and other former Camp Fish Staff to get the job done. Josh is married and has 3 boys who also love to hunt and fish.