Outdoor Journal Radio: The Podcast

This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Ang and Pete are joined once again by Dr. Steven Cooke, the Fish Doc, to answer some of the strangest questions in fishing. After a recent trip where the crew caught an unusually high number of blue walleye, the boys ask Dr. Cooke what actually causes a walleye to turn blue, whether blue walleye are a different species, and why many of them seem to look smaller,...

This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, the boys are back from La Réserve Beauchêne, one of Quebec’s most unique private fishing destinations. With 50,000 acres, dozens of lakes, luxury accommodations, incredible food, and fish-filled water everywhere you look, Beauchêne is the kind of place most anglers dream about. But this trip came with a twist: instead of Ang and Pete doing the fishing, they coac...

This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, the boys head back to Northern Ontario for a wild recap of their trip to Red Pine Lodge on Ivanhoe Lake, just outside of Timmins. What started as a post-spawn walleye mission turned into a 34-mile shallow river run through skinny water, tight channels, and a few moments where the boat probably had no business being where it was. With the help of Garmin electroni...

An Ontario seafood company has pleaded guilty to attempting to sell an angler-caught muskie, receiving a fine of just $2,000. Was the punishment enough, and how does a protected sport fish end up on the commercial market in the first place? This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Angelo Viola breaks down the bizarre case and the serious questions it raises about illegal fish sales, enforcement, and th...

Is there really more than one species of smallmouth bass? This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, the crew dives into groundbreaking research suggesting the fish we all know may actually be made up of four distinct evolutionary lineages. Plus, University of Victoria PhD candidate Wesley Greenree joins the show to explain how everyday anglers are helping scientists study Chinook salmon by collecting st...

Outdoor Journal Radio hits the road to Timmins, Ontario for the Timmins Walleye Championship and the NOWT finals. Ang, Nik, and Dean break down the tournament, the Princecraft boat prizes, the difference between the championship and sportsman divisions, and what makes J&B Cycle and Marine such a hub for Northern Ontario anglers. The crew also talks about their latest Fish’n Canada shoot, Nik’s...

This week on Outdoor Journal Radio , Ang and Pete take the show on the road to the Franklin Club in Mount Albert, Ontario, one of the most unique private trout fishing clubs in the province. Joined by Chad Davenport , hatchery and grounds manager at the club, the crew gets a behind-the-scenes look at how Franklin raises and stocks its own rainbow trout and brook trout, manages predation, protects...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

What’s really happening under your boat? After 40 years of fishing, we finally got a look beneath the surface and what we saw completely changed how we think about fish, water clarity, and behavior. In this episode, we sit down with the team behind some of the most advanced underwater filming ever done in the Great Lakes. Using cutting-edge drones and sonar, they’re capturing fish in ways anglers...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

A fishing school that sells out in under 2 hours?  That’s exactly what’s happening. John Anderson, Muskie’s Canada Hall of Famer, created the Ottawa Fish School to teach kids how to fish, tie knots, handle fish safely, and become stewards of the outdoors. What started with 14 kids has exploded to 216… and every spot disappears almost instantly. In this episode of Outdoor Journal Radio, we talk abo...

What would it take for you to walk away from everything… and start over in the middle of nowhere? That’s exactly what Shawn Trudel from Cabin River Outdoors did. He had no experience and no real plan. Just a piece of land deep in the wilderness and a camera. Now he’s sitting on over 16 million views. In this episode, we break down:  Why he left his old life behind   What off-grid living in Canada...

Garmin just dropped one of the biggest fishing technology updates we’ve ever seen… and it might completely change how we fish moving forward. In this episode of Outdoor Journal Radio, we break down Garmin’s brand new 360 sonar system and the game-changing Spy Pole, a motorized turret that lets you lock onto structure, and scan water like never before.  We go deep into:  • What this new tech actual...

What REALLY goes on behind the scenes of the Toronto Sportsman Show? In this episode of Outdoor Journal Radio, we sit down with show manager Mike Blake to break down how one of Canada’s biggest outdoor events has evolved, what’s new this year, and why it still matters to anglers, hunters, and outdoor families. But that’s not all… We also dive into a bizarre real-life story of a man caught stealing...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...

Thank you to today's sponsors! - The Invasive Species Centre: Protecting Canada’s land and water from invasive species - SAIL: The Ultimate Destination for your Outdoor Adventures - J&B Cycle and Marine : Your Home for all things powersports, boats, and equipment - Freedom Cruise Canada: Rent the boat, own the memories - Anglers Leaderboard: Real-time AI angling platform where everyone is...