This weekend on America Outdoors Radio we are highlighting several anglers who fished this year's Bassmaster Classic at Lake Ray Roberts in Texas. One of those anglers is Trevor McKinney, who earned a berth in the classic by winning a college bass fishing championship representing McKendree University in Illinois. Another competitor is Keith Carson, a down to earth, Florida fisherman working out of a Crestliner aluminum bass boat. Most of our time though is spent with Canadian angler Chris Johnston. We'll talk about his journey to the Classic which started with a local tournament he fished with his dad when he was eleven years old. Chris will also take some time during the official practice day at Lake Ray Roberts to share some great advice about how to pre-fish a lake and effectively flip soft plastics into cover for big bass. Last but not least, we'll preview a big Ducks Unlimited Expo coming to the Texas Motor Speedway on June 25th thru the 27th. http://www.americaoutdoorsradio.com
This weekend on Northwestern Outdoors Radio we'll tell you about some great hikes you can enjoy in Oregon's Eagle Cap Wilderness when we talk to Fred Barstad, who wrote a book for Falcon Guides on that subject. After that we are heading to Washington's Olympic Peninsula. We'll be staying at the Inn at Neah Bay and heading out for some fast and furious fishing for quality black rockfish and toothy ling cod with Tom Burlingame, the owner of Excel Fishing Charters. Tom will tell you about some of the other fishing opportunities available in this area for salmon and halibut too. In addition to this Northwestern Outdoors Radio Pro-Staffer Russell Johnston break down exactly how we went about catching our fish using three very different lures! http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com
This weekend on America Outdoors Radio Gary Lewis talks about his new book, Bob Nosler - Born Ballistic. It's about the life and adventures of Bob Nosler, the man behind Nosler bullets and ammunition. Nik Kolbeck with Mepps talks about their lures for musky and pike and how to fish them for success and Tim Romano, the Managing Editor of Angling Trade, has some tips to make your next car shuttling experience along the river a good one. Last but not least, Mark Holyoak previews the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation's World Elk Calling Championship taking place next month in Park City, Utah. http://www.americaoutdoorsradio.com
This weekend on America Outdoors Radio we are heading to Texas to cover the Bassmaster Classic so you'll be getting a mix of new interviews and information along with some of our favorite conversations recorded over the past year. One of those conversations is with Leiza Fitzgerald, the woman behind the CCA Florida STAR Fishing Tournament going on now through Labor Day throughout Florida. Johnnie Candle talks Devil's Lake fishing in North Dakota, Natalie Krebs with Outdoor Life shares the story of a quail hunting goshawk named "Hashbrown" and Grayson Shaffer talks about the short film he helped produce that is a real tear jerker, "Yeti Presents - Sam". http://www.americaoutdoorsradio.com
This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio we'll talk to Amy Grisak about her new book, "Nature Guide to Glacier and Waterton Lakes National Parks", a book you'll want to have handy when you visit this wonderful destination in Montana. Eric Winther has got the latest from the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program, Bob Loomis with Macks Lure has a great offering for American shad and Glenn May will introduce you to BassResource.com, an invaluable resource indeed for bass anglers. http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com
For Memorial Day weekend on Northwestern Outdoors Radio we'll be chatting with Chad Calder, owner of Chad's Coastwide Sports Fishing on Vancouver Island, about a potential reopening of the Canadian border this summer and the great saltwater fishing that will be available when it does. Sara DiRienzo with Wyoming Game and Fish has an outdoors news roundup to share covering everything from fishing to wolves to turtles. Bob Loomis with Mack's Lure and host John Kruse talk about the versatility of jigs for fishing and Adam Sawyer has got a new book out from Falcon Guides called "Best Easy Day Hikes Salem and Eugene",. http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com
This Memorial Day weekend on America Outdoors Radio features interview with several veterans who love outdoors adventure. One of them is Alyson Rausch. She served as an Army medic and is now back home in Central Wisconsin where she embraces new hunting and fishing adventures while blogging at MissPursuit.com, a website empowering women to enjoy hunting, fishing and more outdoors. Two other veterans we'll talk to are Sean Gobin and Allison Garrigus. They'll tell you about a bike ride Allison and four veterans are taking across the nation on along the route of the Great American Rail Trail this summer. It's being put together by Gobin, the founder of Warrior Expeditions, with help from the Rails to Trails Conservancy. Memorial Day is also about camping and Ryan Neeley with Camp Chef is back with some advice about how too cook food in or over a fire that tastes better than a burnt hot dog. Finally, Memorial Day weekend is also about the opening of boating season and Kriston Frohnhoefer, President of Sea Tow Services International, has some interesting data from a recent survey showing boating is going to be a very, very popular activity this summer! http://www.americaoutdoorsradio.com
We have a very special guest for you this weekend on America Outdoors Radio. That would be Kailey Buck, a 16-year old deer huntress from Texas who has been battling both cancer and a flesh eating bacteria over the last six months. She is out of the hospital now and is starting a non-profit organization called Kailey's Dream Hunts to take other kids with cancer on all-expense paid hunting trips to a Texas ranch. Speaking of Texas, the Bassmaster Classic is coming to Lake Ray Roberts and Fort Worth between June 11th and the 13th and Chase Anderson, the Chairman of B.A.S.S., will preview the event and invite you to come as well. With bass firmly planted on our brains we'll reach out to professional bass angler Randy Blaukat. He has a YouTube channel, Intuitive Angling with Randy Blaukat, that publishes videos every day not only about becoming a better angler, but about the professional bass tournament industry too. It's a behind the scenes look you won't get anywhere else. Last but not least, Roy Tanami, the author of "Angling the World", talks about some of the exotic fly fishing adventures he's enjoyed around the globe that he shares through photos and essays in this great book, now available in paperback. http://www.americaoutdoorsradio.com
This weekend on America Outdoors Radio we've got big fish stories from Tennessee and Pennsylvania as well as a conversation with Hank Shaw, the author of a great new cook book called "Fish, Line and Supper" that is full of great wild seafood recipes. If you are looking for fish you'll be interested in a promotion Lowrance has going on right now involving their top of the line HDS Live fish finders and we'll also be announcing another giveaway on our show from Henry Repeating Arms. Speaking of firearms, we'll get a chance to talk to Serena Juchnowski, a young competitive shooter who also has a column in American Handgunner Magazine. Last but not least, we'll spend some time talking to that very famous big game bow hunter who wears a green beanie, Chuck Adams. http://www.americaoutdoorsradio.com
