Paul Nelson has been a multi-species fishing guide and freelance outdoor writer in the greater Bemidji area since 1982. Paul runs the āBemidji Area Lakes Guide Serviceā and writes a weekly fishing column in the Friday edition of the āBemidji Pioneerā daily newspaper. Paul is involved with fishing promotions in all types of media and has lived in the Bemidji area with his wife Sandy since graduating from the University of Minnesota in 1979.