We won two Excellence in Craft awards from the Northwest Outdoor Writers Associaton for interviews we aired last year and we are sharing them with you now!  One of them is with Paul Weamer, who talks about fly fishing and flies to use in Yellowstone National Park.  We'll also talk to the author of "The Disabled Hikers Guide to Western Washington and Oregon" and share a fresh interview with Shelby Ross, a walleye guide who owns Ross Outdoor Adventures.  Shelby has some very good advice to share about catching hot weather walleye.  We'll also have fresh info from our regular guests, Bob Loomis and David Sparks.

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This week on the show host John Kruse chats with Ginger Merritt, the co-owner of Jack's Resort at Jameson Lake in Eastern Washington.  Kylie Kembel with Montana Fish Wildlife and Parks previews Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) events coming up this summer and Sally Jackson, the co-author of the Falcon Guide, "Hiking Hot Springs in the Pacific Northwest", will tell you about some very unique hot springs you can visit in the greater Northwest!  www.northwesternoutdoors.com  

Host John Kruse talks to Captain Steven Paul, a musky fishing guide, about his new book, "Next Level Musky Fishing".  Lisa Koski previews the Montana Governor's Cup walleye tournament coming up in July at Fort Peck Reservoir and then Bob Gonzalez, the author of another new book, "A Flicker in the Water", talks saltwater fishing off the coast of Florida.  

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A Flicker in the Water by Author Bob Gonzalez - Fishing Action and Sports Book | Fishing Tales - A Flicker in the Water

Eric Winther with WDFW shares the latest news about the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program, Lance Merz joins us for an extended Mack's Minute and outdoors writer Jason Brooks talks about summer steelhead fishing as well as preparing for the famed Buoy 10 salmon fishery at the mouth of the Columbia River.

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This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio John Kruse interviews

1.  Emile Moured with Cross the Divide about getting veterans outdoors

2.  Roger Phillips with Idaho Fish and Game about outdoors news in the Gem State

3.  Kevin Witte with Upriver Outfitter for a Lake Roosevelt fishing report

4.  Doug Saint Denis with Ridge to River Outdoors for a Western Washington bass fishing report

5.  Bob Loomis with Mack's Lure for another extended Mack's Minute

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Host John Kruse chats with 

1.  Bob Mehsikomer with Team Fishing Circuit about upcoming muskie and bass tournaments

2.  Mike Whitlow who reports on the great bass fishing going on at Angler's Inn International's Lake El Salto

3.  Ken Perrotte about fishing near Niagara Falls, New York

4.  Katie Hill who wrote an article for Outdoor Life magazine about a proliferation of poaching cases in Oregon

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We are re-airing three interviews we entered into this year's OWAA Excellence in Craft contest featuring an interview with CJ Buck, the CEO of Buck Knives.  We've got a great Idaho hunting story from outdoors writer Jason Brooks and Bill Herzog about catching trout.   www.northwesternoutdoors.com 

This week It's all about the two bass tournaments host John Kruse fished at Potholes Reservoir in Eastern Washington.  We also interview the next generation of owners for MarDon Resort and talk about all the improvements that have happened here on the south shore of the big reservoir.  www.northwesternoutdoors.com 

For Memorial Day weekend host John Kruse talks to:

1.  Emma Cornelison, the winner of a $10,000 scholarship from Ducks Unlimited, about their Varsity program

2.  Eli Francovich tells you about his new book, The Return of Wolves"

3.  Beau Martonik celebrates 300 episodes of his podcast, "East Meets West Hunt"

4.  Mark Holyoak with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation invites you to the RMEF Mountain Fest and the World Elk Calling Championship taking place in June in Big Sky, Montana.

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