It was the adventure of a lifetime by two young anglers that wouldn’t be stopped. Petro Hrynda and Nolan Plew had been planning for four years to head to Snail Lake for Artic Char. Despite a myriad of issues these two hardcore fishermen made it into the trip of a lifetime. You can read all [...]

Dr. Christopher Somers is a Professor of Biology at the University of Regina. Chris is an applied ecologist who works on critters of all kinds, but has a special interest in fish. His research program uses science to try and understand interactions between humans and animals. Given the huge interest in recreational angling worldwide, there [...]

On this Complete Angler podcast we talk to Erin Dunbar, who is the Manager of the Fisheries Management Section at Manitoba Natural Resources and Northern Development. The government announced recently a grant of 2.5 million dollars in support of sustainability and certification of Manitoba’s fisheries. This is part of an ongoing move by the provincial [...]

Brad Pallister is the fourth generation owner and President of Thompson-Pallister Bait Company, makers of Len Thompson Lures and Northern King Lures.  He co-manages the company with his sister Jessica Pallister-Dew out of their 16,000 square foot factory located in Lacombe, Alberta.  Approximately 35 employees work to manufacture around 800,000 lures a year that are [...]

Our guest this week owns and operates Birdtail Waterfowl guiding service. He, like many others in the Outdoor Industry have been trying to survive the pandemic. For Paul Conchatre, it has mean adapting on a weekly basis to the ever-changing situation.  For the last 20 years he has worked around the clock to get his [...]

Jamie is a hard core angler who lives in Northwestern Ontario.  Whether it be fishing competitive events, guiding, filming, lure designing, or ice fishing, Jamie is involved in many parts of the outdoor industry. His true passion lies in tournament fishing where he has amassed 16 tournament wins in credited bass tournaments since his first event [...]

Paul Edmonds is the radio voice for the Winnipeg Jets. He has called over 500 games, covered the NHL Draft, Produced and hosted countless on air shows.   Paul has been full time in the industry since 1991 when he worked in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. The Winnipeg product also spend 20 season in professional baseball, including [...]

Fishing the Wild West TV Host Wes David is our guest on todays podcast. We talk to Wes about the upcoming new season of shows. With the pandemic it was not easy to put another season together but Wes and his cameraman Chuck MacPherson toughed it out. A new season of Fishing the Wild West [...]

Our guest on todays show is a biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. For the last five years he has been involved in program detailing fish movement in Lake Winnipeg. The project involves a network of underwater acoustic receivers in the Lake Winnipeg basin, allowing researchers to track movement, behaviour, and interactions of tagged fish. [...]

Darrin is one of the most knowledgable and well-liked person in the Outdoor Industry in Western Canada. He started as a manufacturers sales representative in 1997 after working in the retail side of the business. He loves what he does and it shows, winning numerous Rep of the Year awards, including Rep of the Year [...]