The Blue Fish Radio Show
Episodes
Stocking fish Damming Rivers and Wild Trout
28 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Thousands of abandoned unnecessary dams are responsible for the overall deterioration of fish habitat across Canada. Add fish stocking to the equation...
Great Lake Chemicals of Mutual Concern
20 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Great Lakes have experienced far more than their fair share of toxic chemicals over the past 100-plus years. Persistent substances such as DDT, PC...
Ned Kehde Brings You the Ned Rig and So Much More
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ned Kehde is a retired university archivist, fishing guide and long-time outdoor writer who has helped fine-tune a phenomenal fish-catching system kno...
Canada's New Fisheries Act and Recreational fishing
06 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On June 21, 2019 Canada modernized the Fisheries Act. Find out what it means for Canada’s recreational anglers. Chad Ziai is the Director of Engagem...
The Future of Angler Apps and Fish Conservation
29 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ever wonder what data smartphone recreational fishing apps can collect automatically, or why they still include options for entering data manually? Ho...
National Wildlife Federation Presents Outdoor Adventurers
22 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bass Pro Shops and Cabela’s have teamed up with the YMCA and National Wildlife Federation to launch a new program “Outdoor Adventurers”. Geared ...
Fishing Giant Bob Izumi on Fishing for a Living
15 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Bob Izumi is one of Canada’s giants in the sport of fishing. His TV and radio shows, magazine, seminars, and endless dedication and support for ...
Pan-American Bass Tournament Highlights with Bob Izumi
08 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s premier fishing giant Bob Izumi has captained Team Canada in previous Pan Am tournaments held in other countries, and led Canada to victory...
Nature meets Shiney Tech with MyCatch
01 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Launched in May 2018, MyCatch is published by Angler’s Atlas, the producers of physical and digital fishing guides to Canadian and transboundary wat...
E265 Canadian Sportfishing Industry Association and the Pan-Am Games
25 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Bob Izumi is one of Canada’s giants in the world of professional tournament bass fishing. Bob and his son Darren have represented Canada in Pan ...
Survival of Upper St Lawrence River Apex Predators Depends on Plan 2014
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The International Joint Commission’s Plan 2014 is meant to un-do a half century of economically focussed Great Lakes water level management. The hea...
Whooshh Innovations Fish Passage Solution
11 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Finding efficient and safe ways to move migratory fish around and over natural and built barriers has been the un-doing of many ecosystems. Fish ladde...
Fraser River Rock Slide Blocks Access to Millions of Migrating Fish
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This past summer a giant rock slide introduced a massive waterfall into a remote stretch of British Columbia’s Fraser River. With spring and summer ...
Conservation Visions Wild Harvest Initiative
27 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Conservation Visions’ Wild Harvest Initiative is the first serious effort to evaluate the combined economic, conservation, and social benefits of re...
What to do about Declining Fraser River Steelhead
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Blue Fish Radio is always amazed and pleased to meet and present anglers who have dedicated huge chunks of their lives to stewarding the wild fish res...
New National Fishing and Hunting Collaborative
13 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Canada now has a national voice that speaks on behalf of over 375,000 outdoor enthusiasts from across Canada called the “National Fishing and Huntin...
100 Year Old Sockeye Salmon DNA Unearthed
06 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Price is a doctoral student at Simon Fraser University and the lead author of a recently published article featuring newly discovered 100-year...
The Land Between
31 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ontario BASS Nation Takes Steps to Improve Fish Health
21 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Ontario B.A.S.S Nation recently announced the postponement and re-location of the 2019 Hank Gibson Provincial Qualifier. Their decisions were take...
BC Public Salmon Fishery Feeling the Heat
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Davis began salmon fishing along BC’s coast before he started elementary school, and has fished salmon as a recreational angler for the past six...
Shimano issues Anglers a Call to Fish Conservation
09 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Phil Morlock, Vice-President of Advocacy & Government Affairs, Shimano North America, has been making sure competitive Fishing Events utilize Best...
Ontario Fish Culture and Stocking Programs Continue to Evolve
02 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know how fish culture and fish stocking differ? What about the different approaches to establishing a put-and-take fishery versus rebuilding fi...
Back-To-Back Fish Kills on the Ottawa River
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Ottawa River recently experienced two back-to-back fish kills. Blue Fish Canada was one of several angler groups that reported the crisis to gover...
Have We Reached the End of Wild
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The latest film from Patagonia “Artifishal” Asks Have We Reached the End of Wild? The film got its start when Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard wan...
Research Group on Marine Mammals
12 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The fate of whales is linked to the value that we place on them. Getting to know them and entering into their fascinating universe are the best guaran...
Watching out for our St Lawrence Whales
05 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The St Lawrence River measures over 2,000 km in length and is host to both freshwater and marine life. Half way along the river is a small Quebec town...
Ontario Gives Carp Fishing a Long-Needed Boost
28 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Common Carp were brought from Europe to North America well over 100 years ago as a food source for new Canadians, but since fell out of favor. Instead...
Lawrence Gunther on Visioning Underwater Worlds
21 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Going blind has allowed Lawrence Gunther to gain insight on the worlds that remain hidden out-of-sight to the rest of us.Link below to hear Lawrence d...
What Every Angler Should Know
14 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence Gunther, the host of the Blue Fish Radio Show, heard across all popular podcast broadcasters and over basic cable TV on AMI Audio, is also th...
Fishn Canada Carp Cup Live
07 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Len Perdic is the founder and Tournament Director of the Fishn Canada Carp Cup, a tournament held on the shores of the St. Lawrence River each spring....
Canada's Own Outdoor Group Media and Mark Yelic
31 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For 41 years Outdoor Group Media has been raising the bar on the production and delivery of award-winning content to over 2-million dedicated Canadian...
Discover Northern Ontario and David MacLachlan
24 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. David MacLachlan is the executive Director of Discover Northern Ontario. His extensive resort ownership and operation management background provid...
Canada's Own River Monsters
17 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
So many amazing species of fish around the world, and right here in Canada too. Canada’s recreational fishery has been improving for the past 40 yea...
DFO on Restoring Fraser River Salmon Habitat
10 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assessed 13 of BC’s 26 Chinook stocks and found eight to be endangered. Contr...
Ontario Women Anglers Current and New 2019 Programs
03 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Building on our series “giants in the Canadian fishing industry”, Blue Fish Radio is honored to feature Yvonne Brown, founder of “Ontario Women ...
Ian McAllister on Diminishing BC Herring Stocks
26 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Blue Fish Radio continues to seek answers to why BC’s ecosystem is in decline. After the collapse of the Cod fishery and all that entailed on Canada...
Peter Levick and the 2019 Musky Odyssey
20 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Blue Fish Canada attended the 2019 Musky Odyssey and our volunteers were blown away. The event is just one of many of Peter Levick’s irons in the fi...
Fraser River Sturgeon Declines Prompt Fishing Closures
12 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Step over the US border from British Columbia and you will find US sturgeon fisheries opening up to limited recreational harvesting following successf...
Dave Mercer Challenges Next Generation Anglers
05 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Mercer is unarguably the most successful professional angler in Canadian history. His personal drive and foresight keeps him on the leading edge ...
Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame Honors 86-Year Old Angler and Citizen Scientist
29 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nipigon’s Ray Dupuis has been an angler for most of his 86 years, and is widely known for his conservation efforts that are in part responsible for ...
Pacific Salmon Foundation on Southern BC Chinook Salmon
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Brian Riddell is the CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, an organization that prides itself on presenting facts without fear. Once again Blue Fi...
JP DeRose is a Man of Many Hats
15 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
JP DeRose is a staple on TV for every angler interested in staying on top of their game, It was to JP the World Fishing Network turned to in 2008 when...
Jeff Gussy Gustafson is One Focussed Angler
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Gustafson, known throughout the fishing World as Gussy, grew up on the shores of Lake of the Woods in Kenora, Ontario. At age 14 he guided his fi...
Taking the Pulse of the St. Lawrence
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Leigh McGaughey has researched diverse aquatic ecosystems all over the world, and is now focusing on the St. Lawrence River. The report intends to...
Outdoor Journal Radio Features Lawrence Gunther
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Fishing Canada TV show and Outdoor Journal Radio are two programs that exemplify responsible outdoor enjoyment and ethical behavior in the outdoor...
Citizen Science Means You
13 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Blue Fish Canada’s founder and president Lawrence Gunther often finds himself in classrooms with a mission to engage and inspire youth to become the...
Gulf of Mexico Fish Stocks and the 2010 BP Oil Spill
08 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Since the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster in 2010, ongoing findings and research are delivering a clearer understanding of what such spills mean for the l...
Canada's Cold Water Sharks and Remembering Rob Stewart
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Canada’s Rob Stewart, creator of the award-winning documentary “Sharkwater”, perished while diving off Florida’s coast two years ago today. Dr...
Dr Chris Harvey Clark on Booming Indigenous and Warm-Water Species Off Canada's East Coast
25 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Harvey Clark is a leading expert and frequent contributor to numerous research studies, TV shows and documentaries, including our own featur...
SUCCESS -- BC Municipalities Vote Yes for Wild Salmon
18 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Watershed Watch is devoted to addressing issues impacting wild salmon stocks throughout British Columbia. Whether it’s to improve conditions for str...
Save the River Takes on Invasive Carp
11 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
John Peach is the Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper, Executive Director of Save The River, and this week’s guest on Blue Fish Radio. Listen this week a...
Chris Harvey-Clark on Sea Turtles Along Canada's East Coast
04 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Chris Harvey-Clark is the Director of Animal Care at Dalhousie University in Halifax Nova Scotia. He’s a marine biologist by training, a veterin...
Peter Bowman on Playing it Forward
27 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Bowman is the associate producer and co-host of Fish’n Canada going on 28 years, and was inducted into the Canadian Fishing Hall of Fame in 20...
Angelo Viola on the Future of Fish and Fishing
21 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Over 33 years of co-hosting Fish’n Canada with Pete Bowman at his side for the last 28, and as the host of Outdoor Journal Radio, Angelo Viola has w...
BC Angler Wins Fight against billionaire over Access to Public Lakes
13 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Giant killer Rick McGowan took his 30-year fight with a billionaire owner of the massive 250,000 acre B.C. Douglas Lake ranch all the way to the BC Su...
Killer Whale and Chinook Abundance
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Andrew Trites is the director of the University of British Columbia's Marine Mammal Research Unit, and is one of Canada’s top scientists researc...
Why Alaska's Wild Salmon Are Thriving Except for Chinook
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What buffalo once meant to the First Nations people of the Plains, salmon are to the people of the Pacific Northwest. Working hard to identify why Chi...
Back to Basics with the Environment Commissioner of Ontario
22 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dianne Saxe could very well be Ontario’s last Environmental Commissioner due to recently announced budget cuts. Commissioner Saxe is this week’s g...
Fish Pain Explained by Dr Steven Cooke
15 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Surprisingly, there isn’t a lot of credible research on the topic of fish pain, but that doesn’t stop people from speculating. Dr. Steven Cooke is...
Return of New Brunswick Striped Bass Fuel Economic Boom
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
New Brunswicker Jeff Wilson is a citizen scientist and steward of the Miramichi River’s rebounding Striped bass fish stock. He’s also the Co-host ...
What's Next for Lake of the Woods
02 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 2008 Minnesota declared the southern portion of Lake of the Woods polluted. Mr. Todd Sellers, Executive Director, Lake of the Woods Water Sustainab...
Miramichi River Atlantic Salmon Score a Victory Over Striped Bass
26 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Hambrook is the President of the Miramichi Salmon Association. He’s personally witnessed the decline of Atlantic salmon and now the explosive r...
Atlantic Salmon Versus Striped Bass
19 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Carroll Randall, outdoor writer for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, trains and certifies fishing guides and has led numerous conservation initiatives ov...
Geoff Green Inspiring Youth On Ice
12 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
One of Canada’s greatest explorers Geoff Green has travelled to the Arctic and Antarctic over 130 times. He “shares the love” and so far has pro...
Winnipeg Lake Red River and the Freshwater Institute
05 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Eva Enders is one of over 17 fish biologists working out of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s Freshwater Institute located in Winnipeg Manitoba, alo...
Lake Winnipeg Walleye Against the Ropes
28 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Scott Forbes at the University of Winnipeg is following the plight of the Walleye, Sauger and Whitefish in Lake Winnipeg. He’s raising alarm bel...
Gord Pizer on the State of Canada's Walleye Stocks
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Gord Pyzer is Canada’s most award winning outdoor author, inductee into numerous halls of fame, a radio and TV host, and the fishing editor for Outd...
Endangered Sawfish Recovery
13 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
There are five species of Sawfish around the world, and all are now considered endangered. Only the Smalltooth Sawfish can still be found along Florid...
Skeena River Salmon Recovery Means Working Together
05 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
You can point to a wide range of issues impacting wild salmon stocks along Canada’s west coast and beyond, and in many ways we all shoulder the blam...
Frank Sargeant's No-Nonsense Look at Climate Change
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Sargeant is an outdoor writer with numerous awards, and currently serves as the Editor of the daily “Fishing Wire” news letter. He recently ...
Guardians of British Columbia's Wild Salmon
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Courtney Quirin is a documentary filmmaker and journalist who has worked in New Zealand, Ethiopia, and now Canada where she just filmed her second doc...
Floridas Red Tide and Blue Green Algae Lay Waiste
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Red tides and blue-green algae outbreaks are wreaking havoc along hundreds of miles of Florida’s coastlines and killing marine life. Some causes may...
Decision Makers and BC Rainbow Trout
10 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Blue Fish Radio more on BC’s struggling Rainbow populations with Ph.D candidate Andrew Kadykalo. Andrews research includes understandin...
E201 Tom Weegar and Fleming College
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Sandford Fleming College is ground zero for anyone in Ontario looking to start a career in resource management and enforcement. Today’s guest on...
River Rangers on Track to Inspire Next Generation Conservationists
27 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Stibbe, a local educator and founder of Ottawa City Rafting, is expanding with his launch of the non-profit organization River Rangers. With par...
Great Lakes Native Species Return
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Trevor Pitcher is the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research located at the University of Windsor, and the man...
BC Stealhead Research Turns to Citizen Science for Answers
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
PhD candidate Amanda Jeanson at Carleton University’s “Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology” program, part of the Cooke Lab, is in BC to fin...
Anglers Atlas and Citizen Science
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Simmons is the Founder of Anglers Atlas and has a passion and admiration for citizen science as undertaken by Canada’s top recreational anglers...
Fishing Friendzy New Youth Fishing League
29 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Michael E. Sklad, Founder and President of Fishing Friendzy, is super excited about launching the new Youth Fishing League. The best part is it is des...
Ducks Unlimited on Weeding Our Wetlands
22 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Aquatic invasive plants are labeled invasive due to their highly disruptive impacts on wetlands, lakes and rivers. Thankfully, they’re on the radar ...
Fishing Regulations and Fish Consumption Advisories
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Ken Drouillard at the University of Winsor is a lead researcher with the Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research. His findings serve to be...
Water Rangers Empowers Citizen Scientists
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Kat Kavanagh is the founder and Executive Director of Water Rangers. The program empowers citizen scientists to learn and gather water samples to be s...
Trout Unlimited and Great Lakes Cold Water Restoration
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Cold water fish species are especially vulnerable to climate change. Taylor Ridderbusch is Trout Unlimited America’s specialist on cold water Great ...
Flood Management versus Fish Habitat
25 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lena Azeez from Watershed Watch Salmon Society is working with communities from British Columbia’s lower mainland to draft and pass a resolution tha...
Balancing Dams with Fish Passage
18 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dams and barriers are often considered positive landscape features because they can generate power, provide recreational opportunities, block invasive...
St. Lawrence River Institute on Fish Health Research
11 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jeff Ridal is the Executive Director of the St. Lawrence River Institute of Environmental Sciences. Jeff is this week’s guest on Blue Fish Radio...
Musky Canada Sport Fishing and Research
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Musky Canada Sport Fish and Research came into being to introduce conservation measures into the sport of Musky fishing. For over 40 years there now 7...
Upper St Lawrence River Protection Network
27 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Upper St Lawrence River Protection Network is the creation of Karen Cooper at the St. Lawrence River Institute for Environmental Studies in Cornwa...
Commissioner Gordon Walker and the International Joint Commission
20 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Commissioner Gordon Walker is one of three Canadian Commissioners who have pledged to uphold the terms of a 1909 water boundary treaty between Canada ...
Pledge to Pitch with Jason Barnucz
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Barnucz is a trained research biologist and the Conservation Director for the Ontario Bass Nation. Last year he challenged the over 700 members ...
Blind Fishing with Lawrence Gunther
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years after Blue Fish Canada’s president launched the world’s first Blind Fishing Boat, he’s still getting tons of interest from those who w...
Declining Resident Orca Whales and Chinook Salmon populations
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
While most all other Orca or Killer Whale populations are growing in size, and in certain cases, setting new population records, the southern and nort...
Invading Species at the Toronto Sportsman Show
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Foreign species are invading the Great Lakes in numbers and varieties that are continuously, profoundly and drastically reconfiguring our aquatic ecos...
Dr Chris Harvey-Clarke and Greenland Sharks
13 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
FB: Dr. Chris Harvey-Clarke is the Director of Animal Care for all three Dalhousie University east-coast campuses. His passion is the study of Greenla...
Max Finkelstein Canoes from Capital to Capital Part 2
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Max Finkelstein had an idea that the rivers of Canada and the United States shared much in common, and organized a team of paddlers to prove his point...
Max Finkelstein Canoes Across Canada Part 1
02 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Few have accomplished anything close to what Max Finkelstein has undertaken with a paddle and canoe. He’s literally traversed Canada along throughou...
Dave Mercer Canada's newest Member of the Fishing Hall of Fame
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Each year Andy and Vida Pallotta host the Canadian Sport Fishing Hall of Fame Awards as part of their Toronto Spring Fishing and Boat Show. It’s a c...
Dr Larry McKinney Raises Concerns About Canada's Proposed Marine Protection Process
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Canada has set the goal to establish marine protection areas for 10 per cent of our oceans by 2020. What this all means for recreational fishers and o...
Tom Brooke Reflects on past and Future Challenges to Recreational fishing
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Tom Brooke is one of Canada’s greatest ambassadors for recreational fishing. He’s personally been involved in driving forward many of the tran...
Watershed Watch on Penned and Wild Salmon
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In 2015, Stan Proboszcz, staff scientist with watershed watch, was asked to be on a government science steering committee examining an Infectious Viru...