William “Billy” Dougherty

Inducted 2018
 

Billy Dougherty’s career as a legendary guide on Rainy Lake includes his youthful 1965-1975 stint at his grandparents’ Kettle Falls Hotel, plus his work at Rainy Lake Houseboats from 1985 to the present. Aside from his own guiding there, Billy and fellow guide Bob Jornlin mentored and trained 22 younger guides.

Billy’s multi-species angling expertise has been featured by In-Fisherman TV, Babe Winkelman’s Good Fishing, Backroads with Ron and Raven, Butch Furtman’s Sportsman’s Journal, Lindner’s Angling Edge, Midwest Outdoors, North American Fisherman, and In-depth Outdoors.

Billy Dougherty proudly notes that 2018 marks the centennial of his Williams/Dougherty family’s deep involvement with fishing-related tourism on Rainy Lake.