Chris Thompson is a passionate Great Lakes angler of limited skill. He caught his

first Great Lakes steelhead in 1986 on a Lake Superior tributary and he's never been the same since. In the summer, he can be found on his paddleboard casting to bass and other warmwater species. In the fall and winter, he chases lake run rainbows with a two-handed rod. And in the spring, he splits his time between the lake runs and wild browns on limestone streams in Pennsylvania. When not fishing, he runs Civic Collaboration Consultants, LLC, and travels with his wife, two grown children and four grandchildren.