America Outdoors Radio Podcast John Kruse

This week on the show.....
1.  Host John Kruse and his fishing partner Rusty Johnston break down how the Limit Out Marine Big Bass tournament went for them.
2.  Bob Loomis is back for another extended Mack's Minute to talk up kokanee salmon fishing in Montana
3.  Russ Baker, owner of Limit Out Performance Marine and the man behind the Big Bass Trail, tells "the rest of the story" about the Big Bass tournament to include who the winners are and what they won.
4.  Tamara Moutner, the owner of Garibaldi Charters in NW Oregon on Tillamook Bay, talks about their popular light tackle rockfish and crabbing trips they offer.
 
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This week on the show host John Kruse heads to The Dalles, Oregon where he goes fishing and chats with:
1.  Matt Hernandez at a new tackle shop in town, Daybreak Fishing, about the various options available in the Columbia River bordering town.
2.  Nate Turner, co-owner of Skookum Outfitters fly shop in town and also a guide who can take you to the famed Deschutes or Klickitat rivers for steelhead and more.
3.  Morgan Olson, a raptor expert at the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center, about these magnificent birds.
4.  Wendy Boyer, the owner of Gorge Outfitters Supply, about the Rufus Catfish Derby, taking place May 25th and 26th on the lower John Day River.
 
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This week on the show we share a number of fishing and hunting reports and talk to three great guests to include Joab Rolfe at Sportsman's Cove Lodge in Alaska which is offering a $1000 off select fishing trips in July, to include the one I'll be on!  Survival Expert Craig Caudill tells you how to make a long-lasting torch out of a cattail found in a marsh.  You also have a chance to win a decked-out skiff in the Florida Boat Sweepstakes, brought to you by the Bonefish Tarpon Trust.
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Ethan Brandt with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife discusses efforts to control an out of control perch population in an Eastern Oregon reservoir by planting sterile tiger muskie.  The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is struggling against the illegal introduction of northern pike into two Western Washington lakes.  Bob Loomis is back for another extended Mack's Minute and Jake Boomer with Alpha Angler tells you about his high-performance bass fishing rods.
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John Kruse chats with Kylie Kembel about Montana's Becoming an Outdoors Woman (BOW) summer camp.  Steve Caromile with the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife tells you where to go fishing for this weekend's lowland lakes trout opener and talk to Laura Lancaster who tested ultra-light backpacks for Outdoor Life.  She'll tell you which backpack came out on top and which one is the best value.  In addition to this you'll also hear another extended Mack's Minute and BirdNote!
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This week host John Kruse talks to
1. John Childs about a fall fishing adventure in Chataqua County, New York
2. Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Matt Hahn about a trout hooking and mortality study
3. Wade Middleton about Outdoor Action TV, the channel you can watch for free!
4. Joe Cermele with Outdoor Life who has some great advice about catching pike!
 
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