Montana Outdoor Podcast Downrigger Dale & The Captain of the Montana Outdoor Radio Show

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale had a great conversation with Montana FWP Fisheries Biologist Heath Headley about Walleye in Fort Peck Reservoir and beyond. If you love to fish for Walleye, want to learn about them or have just been curious about how in the heck the FWP can collect 83 million eggs from Walleye in Fort Peck then this Podcast is for you! Heath explains all kinds of things in this fascinating podcast, like what they do with all those eggs, and where all those Walleye go once, they are hatched. No, they don’t all go back into Fort Peck. So where do they go? Out of the 83 million eggs how many fish actually hatch? Out of all those that hatch how many will live once they are stocked in a waterbody? When you listen to this podcast you will learn the answer to those and many other questions that Rigger asked Heath Headley. Downrigger even asked Heath this question, “Heath how can I catch more Walleye?”! We think you will get a kick out of the answer Heath gave Downrigger. Another interesting topic that Rigger and Heath got into was the incredible size of the Walleye that are being caught in Fort Peck Reservoir lately. Rigger wanted to know if Heath had any thoughts on that and he told Heath about some suggestions he has received from listeners like, should there be a slot limit of some kind for Walleye on Fort Peck to preserve those big fish? For example, one suggestion a listener had is to maybe have a slot limit during tournaments. Listen and see what Heath’s thoughts were on that and many other things. This podcast really covered a TON of stuff all about Walleyes. Of course, it would not be a Montana Outdoor Podcast with Heath Headley if Rigger didn’t ask him about what the King Salmon season was going to be like on Fort Peck. What did Heath say? Well, you will need listen to the podcast to find out!

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One question that Rigger asked Heath had to do with what water bodies in Montana get stocked with Walleye and how many get put in each one? The answer to that can be found by clicking here. That takes you to the FWP fish stocking page where you can look up stocking plans for Walleye and other fish as well as stocking data and info about Montana’s fish hatcheries!It’s great info!

If you would like to read more about this year’s Walleye egg collection on Fort Peck Reservoir, just click here.

After you listen to this podcast if you have any questions for Heath Headley, you can email him by clicking here.

As always Downrigger would love to hear your ideas for topics for future podcasts and get your thoughts on this podcast as well. To do that just click here to email Downrigger.
Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

Well, this is a new one for us! Listeners have blown up The Montana Outdoor Podcast site, so we have held last week’s podcast over for yet another week! Thanks to all of you that shared this podcast so much that we just had to keep it going so everyone can keep listening and learning from the incredible discussion that your host Downrigger Dale and the Captain of the Montana Outdoor Radio Show had with Kit and Trevor Johnson of Kit’s Tackle Outfitters. Things that we kept hearing from folks that listened to this Podcast were, “Holy Smokes! I have never seen Kokanee that big!”, “I have never heard of the Dropper Ball Method for catching Kokanee!”, “They caught those in Holter and Hauser Reservoirs!?”, “This was such great information! Thank you!” and the comments have not stopped rolling in! Again, thank you all for listening and sharing this great information. As Downrigger put it, “That was such an incredible job of explaining that Kit and Trevor did. I felt like I was in the boat catching those huge Kokanee with them!” If you have not listened to this podcast yet, you just have to and listen right now! If you would like to see those other pictures or if you want to see that Dropper Ball setup, just click here.

If you would like to book a trip with Kit’s Tackle Outfitters, be sure and click here today. They will fill up fast, so this is not one you want to put off. If you would like to ask Kit or Trevor any questions you can click here to send them and email or call them at (406) 459-2841. Kit and Trevor are also famous for the incredible fishing tackle they make. Be sure and click here to look at all their tackle. As they like to say, you will be “Jiggin the Dream” in no time when you get their handmade tackle. You can also take a look at their Facebook Page by clicking here. Also, be sure and click here to send Downrigger Dale an email and let him know what you thought of this podcast and what ideas you have for future podcast topics!
Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale and the Captain of the Montana Outdoor Radio Show talk to Kit and Trevor Johnson about finding AND catching huge Kokanee Salmon in Holter and Hauser Reservoirs. You might recall when Rigger talked to FWP Fisheries Biologist Adam Strainer on the Podcast (click here if you want to hear that podcast from a year ago) about the mysterious disappearance and eventual return of Kokanee Salmon to Holter and Hauser, but we had no idea that they were so huge!  Talk about a comeback! It is doubtful anyone else knew either, but Kit and Trevor spent hours and hours out on those reservoirs targeting Kokanee and found out just where to find them and how to catch them and now when you listen to this week’s podcast you will know too! As Trevor said on the podcast, “these are true world class Kokanee!”. This truly is one of the most exciting and informative podcasts we have ever done so DO NOT MISS OUT! One of the main things we learned is it is all about finesse when going after these incredible fish so listen carefully or better yet book a fishing trip with Kit or Trevor and learn firsthand from these pros. You will have a blast and learn a TON! If you would like to see an example of the dropper ball setup that Trevor talks about on the podcast to target the big Kokanee and to see some pictures of Kokanee that he and his clients have caught, just click here.

If you would like to book a trip with Kit’s Tackle Outfitters, be sure and click here today. They will fill up fast, so this is not one you want to put off. If you would like to ask Kit or Trevor any questions you can click here to send them and email or call them at (406) 459-2841. Kit and Trevor are also famous for the incredible fishing tackle they make. Be sure and click here to look at all their tackle. As they like to say, you will be “Jiggin the Dream” in no time when you get their handmade tackle. You can also take a look at their Facebook Page by clicking here. Also, be sure and click here to send Downrigger Dale an email and let him know what you thought of this podcast and what ideas you have for future podcast topics.


Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale talks to none other than the Wizard of the Waterways, Matt Cowen, from Mon-Dak Marine. This time the Wizard is back with all new Tech for your boat. There is so much incredibly cool electronics out right now you just HAVE to listen to this Podcast! Matt covers so many fascinating ideas for boat electronics it will blow your mind. For example, have you ever struggled to follow a set contour on the bottom of the lake while watching your rods, downriggers, and everything else? What if your boat could do all that for you? Yeah, that’s right you tell your boat to follow a certain contour and it just does it by itself all the while raising and lowering your downriggers all on it’s own as well, oh and the whole time showing you right where the fish are! And that is just one type of scenario that Matt talks about. He also talks about the new types of batteries that will keep all that tech working and doing so weighing less and working better than you can ever dream of! How much does all that cost? Matt even covers that too. But what about figuring out how to work all this new technology? Yeah he can help you find all the sonar, fish finding, imaging gear you can dream of and show you how to work it all like a pro! Yup he talks about an incredible service he offers that will train you on all that as well. Matt even covers how to plan a technology layout in your boat so you can add technology as your budget allows and as new tech comes out! Here is the best part, all this cool stuff can truly make you a better fisherman and enjoy fishing more than you ever have! Listen and learn about all the new technology that is available right now. As Downrigger Dale put it, “after talking to Matt Cowen about all this new technology I am more excited about this season than I ever have been before!”.

To learn more about Matt Cowen and Mon-Dak Marine, click here. If you would like to learn more about the on-the-water training that Matt offers, just click here. To learn more about electric trolling motors, fish finders and lots of other tech for your boat, click here. You probably will have questions for Matt after you listen to this podcast so just click here to send him an email. Of course, your old buddy Downrigger would love to hear from you as well! Click here to email Downrigger Dale.
Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast Collin Griffiths with Bretz RV & Marine joined your host Downrigger Dale for a great discussion as we continued our series “How to Find the Right Boat for You”. Rigger and Collin covered a tremendous amount of ground, or should we say water covering all kinds of ideas and tips that will help you in your quest to find that boat you have always wanted. Collin from Bretz pointed out that this is a very important decision, not just because boats can be a very expensive investment, but also the right boat can keep you safe, help you find and catch the fish you are looking for and just makes things even more comfortable out on the water. One thing that will no doubt surprise you when you listen, is just how many different brands and types of boats that Bretz carries. Rigger was shocked at the way the Bretz selection is set up so that you can really zero in on the specifics of what you want your new boat to be able to do for you. For example, Collin talked about how more and more hunters are using their boats to get them to their favorite places to hunt and how the right boat can make packing out even a big bull elk a whole lot easier. The whole “using your boat for hunting”, discussion that the boys got into was VERY interesting. Collin also had some very interesting thoughts about the question of jet propulsion or prop propulsion that will for sure give you some things to think about. Speaking of Collin, his story of how he came to be one of the most knowledgeable boat guys at Bretz will really surprise you. As Rigger said after talking with Collin on the podcast, “in all my 60 plus years I have never heard of a career change like that!”. You have got to listen to hear that story! I bet you will never guess what Collin used to do before he joined Bretz over twenty years ago. Of course, that is just one of many things you will learn about when you listen to this week’s Montana Outdoor Podcast!

If you would like to learn more about Bretz RV & Marine just click here. If you would like to take a look at all the boats that are available at Bretz across all their locations in Montana, Idaho and Washington click here. If you would like to ask Collin Griffiths a question, please click here to send him an email. Also, if you get a chance Downrigger Dale would love it if you clicked here to email him your thoughts about this podcast and your ideas for future podcasts.
Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast your host Downrigger Dale had a great conversation with Chris McFadden, Owner of Townsend Marine. Chris is another perfect person to help Rigger continue his series on “How to Find the Right Boat for You”. When you listen to this podcast, you will hear Chris give all kinds of great advice like, make sure you learn about the people that work at the dealership before you go in. Have they been in the boating business for while? Do people you know, and trust recommend them? And list goes on from there. Just solid stuff that all to often we forget to check into. One of the many impressive things that Chris talked about was making sure the dealership you are talking to has a very strong knowledge base in the marine industry. For example, Townsend Marine’s top employees have all been there for well over twenty years. That is huge and it shows you that the folks that you will deal with or who will be working on your boat really know what they are doing. Chris also mentioned that this is Townsend Marine’s 30th anniversary! That in itself is amazing. However, what is maybe even more amazing is that customers and their families that did business with them in the beginning are still doing business with them to this day and have been sending the folks that they have met over the years to Townsend Marine. No wonder they are one of the Top Lund Boat dealers IN THE NATION! You really do need to  listen to this podcast. You will be very happy that you did!

Be sure and click here to learn more about Townsend Marine. To view all the amazing Lund Boats, click here. To see some of the Pontoon Boats that Chris talked about click here. To view the entire inventory at Townsend Marine, click here. If you have a question for Chris McFadden, just click here to send him an email. Good old Downrigger would love to know what you thought of this podcast or if you have any ideas for future podcast topics, click here to send an email to Rigger.
Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.