This week on Outdoor Journal Radio's Diaries of a Lodge Owner podcast, Steve is joined by Brian McRae, Director of Government Affairs at Delta Waterfowl to talk about protecting our right to hunt and fish, enhancing hunting opportunities in Canada, and much more!

This week on Outdoor Journal Radio's Diaries of a Lodge Owner podcast, Steve is riding solo for another edition of Cottage Cracks; this time, helping you with all the essentials in opening your cottage!

This week on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network's Diaries of a Lodge Owner. It's been five seasons since I sold Chaudière and it's about time I introduce you all to the man who bought it.  He started in sales and worked his way up the corporate ladder to heights rarely achieved.  You will be surprised by the awesomeness of his positions and the people who chased him down because of them. 

Yet the call of the wild in his heart was strong. And he came back to Ontario where he is building an outdoors empire. And it is my pleasure to introduce to all of you this outdoors mogul, Craig Purcell. On this show, we get a rare look into the life of a man whose corporate success exploded and, once conquered, took the northern tourism industry by storm. 

So if you're interested in success stories, love looking into the lives of truly interesting people and are intrigued by the relationship of this former owner and the person I sold my baby to,  don't go far. It's one of the best ones yet.

This week on Outdoor Journal Radio's Diaries of a Lodge Owner, it's all you and me folks, and we're going to talk about one of the most important parts of the northern tourism industry - managing your resources.

On this show, we touch on the impact of fishing on local ecosystems, the importance of balancing sport fishing and sustainability, and what lodge owners and anglers can do to make positive impacts on our ecosystems.

So if you love the outdoors, my crazy stories, and would like to make a positive impact on our environment,  keep 'er tuned in. This one is definitely for you.

This week on Outdoor Journal Radio's Diaries of a Lodge Owner, we discuss one of the fastest-growing threats to lodge owners, northern businesses, and humanity as a whole -  wildfire!

On this show, we look through the smoke and into the life of a B. C. forest firefighter with a highly trained Deputy Crew Supervisor of the Firehawk Unit from Northern British Columbia, Mackenzie Rowson.

COME SEE US AT THE TORONTO SPORTSMEN'S SHOW!
This year, at the International Centre, the entire Outdoor Journal Radio and Fish'n Canada crew will be on-site, meeting listeners and doing live podcasts from our booth.  Tickets are on sale now and listeners of our show can get 15% off by using the link below:
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This week on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network's, Diaries of a Lodge Owner, we talk about patterning with outstanding angler and friend of ours, Pat Tryon. 

On this show, we talk about techniques to help find and catch more fish in any situation. We tell some great stories and, along the way, hopefully, drop a few diamonds in the rough to be picked up and polished and made your own. 

So if you want to sharpen one of the most important tools in your tackle box, come walk through the field of diamonds and grab a few. There's lots for everyone.

This week on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network's Diaries of a Lodge Owner, it is my pleasure to, not introduce this guy to you because you're already familiar with him, but to allow you to get to know him better. One of the cogs in the podcast network/Fish'n Canada Show machine. 

He's an extremely self-motivated guy, graduating from the University of Northern British Columbia, and is an outdoor writer, former guide, and outstanding angler in his own right. And believe me, he can run a mean mixing board. So, here we go, folks. Let's get to know our very own producer slash editor, and everything else in between, Dean Taylor.

On this show, we get to know Dean, and talk about the life as a guide at a lodge from a guide's point of view. We talk about how he found himself working with Canada's most iconic and watched fishing television shows and what goes on behind the scenes of both the podcasting network and the Fish'n Canada television show. 

So if you're interested in lodge and guide life, or a peek behind the scenes of the shows we all know and love, look no further, this one is for you!

This week on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network's Diaries of a Lodge Owner, I'm stoked because here's another episode inspired by all of you. You guys stuffed a bushel basket right full of food-related questions. So I decided to gather them all up and answer them right here.

Now I know.  All of you know, that I do love eating and preparing food. Have done a ton of shore lunches, and for a decade, managed the food experience at the lodge. But on this episode, I've planned something special. I wanted to give all of you, not just my opinion, but the opinion of one of the most respected chefs in the cooking industry as a whole.

He owns Gourmet Craft and Catering, where he cooks for the stars, and he's also the host of our very own Eating Wild podcast on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network, - Antonio "Smash" Meleca!

On this show, Antonio and I answer all of your food questions. He shares some outstanding recipes, food ideas, and a ton of knowledge. And as always, we sprinkle in some great stories. 

So let's hold hands folks, cause this time we're doing it together. Your questions, answered by Antonio and I!

This week on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network's Diaries of a Lodge Owner, I'm leveraging connections. The acquaintance is made by one colleague to another. But my secret is, I love to take these connections and turn them all into my friends. And on today's show, it is my pleasure to introduce to all of you,  a connection turned great friend.

I met this mountain of a man back in my lodge days through Ang. He was our guy at the Fan 590 radio station when the Outdoor Journal Radio show was a radio show.  But before that, he played professional baseball for North Central Texas College and was drafted by the Oakland A's in 2002. Today, he's the senior account executive for Rogers Sports and Media, and it is my pleasure to introduce  Dan Gibbons.

On today's show, we knocked the ball around and got to know Dan. We tell some great stories from days gone by and learn a little along the way...

This week on the Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network's Diaries of a Lodge Owner, I'm pumped because this episode is from you to me and me to you.

And I gotta tell you, when I asked for questions, you guys delivered. Wow! So I decided to pile them all up and let them take us on a journey full of information and great stories.

On this show, it's like we're back at the lodge getting to know each other, with your questions conjuring up memories otherwise lost in my brain. So thank you for reminding me of them. You never know how long they would have been locked up. 

So here we go, with your questions and my memory, we will build something awesome, doing it the only way I know how.

Here's my conversation with all of you.