"I fish and guide everyday on the big waters of the Great Lakes and my Smooth Move seats help to provide me the ride I need to make sure my clients and I are ready to fish when we get to our fishing spot. No matter how rough the water gets Smooth Move seats always make the ride seem smooth."SPENCER BERMAN
Owner and operator of Spencer’s Angling Adventures
Under the umbrella of Spencer’s Angling Adventures, Spencer Berman fishes tournaments, does sponsorship promotions, fishing shows, seminars, and TV/video appearances. In addition he runs a very full guide schedule. As a young boy, Spencer got started fishing on local ponds. Since he was a complete fishing addict, it seemed like he was always carrying his bucket and rod around to every pond and creek he could find. When he was ten he discovered the Junior B.A.S.S. program and began competing in local junior tournaments. He was district champion all four years he competed. As he got older, more fishing opportunities opened up to him, and he began to stray from bass fishing to chase his true passion, Muskies. At sixteen, he started fishing on the Wisconsin Musky Trail and became the youngest boat captain to place in a tournament in trail history. Shortly after that he began to fish on the Professional Musky Tournament Trail and finished eleventh in his first event at age eighteen. He was the youngest boat captain to ever place in the money. That year his partner and he ended up placing in two of the four qualifying events and finished in the top twenty-five in the world. He has also fished in a number of Indiana tournaments including the Indiana Classic and the Webster Lake Cash Tournament, in which he had several top finishes and victories. Spencer’s tournament success hit its pinnacle in 2013 on the Professional Musky Tournament Trail when his partner and he won the prestigious Team of the Year award. They set a new record with three top five finishes in the four tournament events including a second place finish in the World Championship on Lake St. Clair. After taking a couple years off the tournament trail to focus on guiding, he rejoined the Professional Musky Tournament Trail in 2018. In the 3rd qualifier his partner and he set two new P.M.T.T. records for most fish in an event, 8, and for most points ever in an event. They won the event and from that qualified to fish the world championship that October. Here they broke their own record catching an amazing 10 fish in the two-day event and became the first team ever to win back to back tournaments, including a world championship. in the 20 year history of the trail. In addition to fishing tournaments, Spencer does a number of media appearances each year including TV shows such as Catch Ya in the Bluegrass, Badfish Outdoors, Top Predator Outdoors, Marsh Outdoors, Keyes Outdoors and The Musky Hunter. He is also a regular seminar speaker performing more than twenty seminars a year for various musky clubs and at fishing shows and expos. Lastly, he is a very active contributing writer for several high profile magazines including, Musky Hunter, Keyes Outdoors, Esox Hunt, Muskies Inc. and In-Fisherman. As for guiding, he starts running trips on the Detroit River for walleye in mid to late March as soon as the ice goes off the river. After that he transitions into smallmouth bass in late April to the end of May and then from June on he targets strictly muskies on Lake St. Clair. Blessed to have truly amazing water, his boat always sees lots of 10 to 13 pound walleye, 5-6 pound smallmouth bass and a ton of 50 plus inch muskies. Traditionally his boat catches 600 plus muskies per year with 50 or more over 50 inches and a handful of those fish falling in the 40 to 50 pound range. Although Spencer’s current guide schedule involves only the Detroit River and Lake St. Clair, he also successfully utilized his skills in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Indiana. To sum it up, he loves fishing and the outdoors, and he is passionate about helping people catch fish. He hopes to see you on the water!
Favorite Fish: Muskie
Favorite Location: Lake St Clair & Detroit River
Boat Brand: Ranger 622
Spencer enjoys fishing for Muskies because “there is no bigger rush in fishing than putting in the work and landing a giant!” His advice to anglers is “listen to your guide!”
