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EP. 110 2020 Women on Ice Event Recap!

Posted by Angie Scott · February 11, 2020

Somehow Barb survived another very successful year of Women on Ice and Angie's bringing you the recap on this week's episode along with special guests Bonnie Timm (a.k.a. Big Fish Bonnie) as well as Clint and Kayak Jana from 50 Campfires!

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EP. 76 Deep Thoughts from Al Lindner: We Talk About Fishing Careers, Women in the Industry, and the Future of the Sport

Posted by Angie Scott · September 10, 2019

Al Lindner recently joined up with The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast and spoke with us. Al's years of experience gives him a unique perspective on the fishing industry both past and future. Social media has helped fuel the change and the working in the fishing industry has significantly more options than it ever has before.

One of Al's recent brainstorms was the Fishing Careers Workshop. Now in its third year, Al's talks about this year's guests, the many options available to those looking to work in the industry and how people can sign up for the workshop.

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EP. 70 Melissa Bachman on Bowfishing

Posted by Angie Scott · July 30, 2019

We're super stoked about this week's guest on The Woman Angler & Adventurer podcast. She just may be the epitome of everything this show is all about. Meet Melissa Bachman (if you haven't already). She's the star of Winchester Deadly Passion on The Sportsman Channel.

Our conversation with Melissa focuses on a topic we know a lot of you either have experience with or are curious about and Melissa has had more experience than most women we know. That topic is bowfishing. Melisssa, an avid hunter as well as an angler, grew up bowfishing in Minnesota. Since then, she's had some pretty unique bowfishing experiences that she recounts for us in this episode including bowfishing offshore!

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EP. 55 Steelhead Fishing on the River of Presidents

Posted by Angie Scott · April 16, 2019

There is no better way to shake off the winter doldrums than to be standing streamside chasing steelhead. You can witness spring come alive as the ice and snow melt away and flow into the river, while birds and other wildlife wake up to the warmth of a spring sunrise. Steelhead are a massive trout (rainbow) that migrate into the streams from the Great Lakes. Steelhead and salmon are native to the Pacific Northwest but in the 1960s, a very successful stocking program developed into a multi-billion dollar fishing and boating tourism industry in the Great Lakes Region.

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Ep. 51 The Ladies Behind the Godfather of Ice Fishing: Meet the Genz Girls

Posted by Angie Scott · March 19, 2019

Anyone who ice fishes has heard of Dave Genz. Dave is called the godfather of ice fishing and has revolutionized the sport. Many people don’t realize that behind the scenes was his wife Patsy and daughters, Missy and Kathy. From actually sewing the shacks, to wrapping hooks with lead and packaging maggots to be shipped around the country those three women were and are an important part of this legacy. Missy and Kathy said they didn’t grow up fishing, they grew up catching! Listen in as we talk to the three of them around their kitchen table, and find out the rest of the story.

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