Diaries of a Lodge Owner
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Episodes: 155
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In 2009, sheet metal mechanic, Steve Niedzwiecki, turned his passions into reality using steadfast belief in himself and his vision by investing everything in a once-obscure run-down Canadian fishing lodge.
After ten years, the now-former lodge owner and co-host of The Fish'n Canada Show is here to share stories of inspiration, relationships and the many struggles that turned his monumental gamble into one of the most legendary lodges in the country.
From anglers to entrepreneurs, athletes to conservationists; you never know who is going to stop by the lodge.
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Episode 154: What Happens When You Stop Chasing Perfect
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Aug 26, 2026 |
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Episode 153: Sell The Experience
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Episode 152: A Three Cent Part Cost Me The Fish Of A Lifetime
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Episode 151: The Fish I Still Think About...
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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Episode 150: A Fire Captain’s PTSD Recovery Through Fishing
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Jul 22, 2026 |
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Episode 149: Running A Lodge In The Dog Days
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Jul 15, 2026 |
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Episode 148: How To Become A Fishing Guide
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Jul 01, 2026 |
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Episode 147: Life Behind The Guideboat Wheel
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Episode 146: I Return To Guiding To See If I Still Have It
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Episode 145: How To Reboot A Remote Fishing Lodge Without Burning Out
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Episode 144: Grief, Gratitude, And The Lessons Dad Left Behind
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May 27, 2026 |
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Episode 143: Rookies On The River
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May 13, 2026 |
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Episode 142: A Lodge Owner’s Playbook For Weather And Growth
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Apr 29, 2026 |
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Episode 141: Lake Simcoe Ice Fishing Recap With Hotbox Huts
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Episode 140: We Can Train The Nervous System To Handle Modern Life
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Epiosde 139: Late Ice, Shifting Plates, And The Hard Work Of Opening A Northern Lodge
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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Episode 138: How Joe Robinet Built A Bushcraft YouTube Legacy
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Episode 137: How A Remote Fishing Lodge Gets Spring Ready
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Episode 136: How Tracking Jig Colours Led Me To Unlock Muskie Patterns
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Episode 135: From Guest To Family
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Episode 134: Inside The Off-Season: Money Stress, Empty Phones, And The Work That Saves A Lodge
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Episode 133: Mentors, Muskies, And Mindset
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Episode 132: Reel Moments Together
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Episode 131: Unplugged On Purpose
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Epiosde 130: Lodge Life, Unfiltered
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Episode 129: What Happens When Experience Outweighs The Catch
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Episode 128: Your Lodge’s Past Is The Blueprint For Its Future
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Episode 127: Are Big Trade Shows Still Worth It For Lodge Owners
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Episode 126: Ice Village On Lake Simcoe
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Episode 125: Bears, Bait, And Betting On Yourself
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Episode 124: How An Oil Patch Mindset Rebuilt A Northern Fishing Lodge
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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Episode 123: How A Reality Fishing Show Shaped Two Careers And A Lifelong Passion
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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Episode 122: Walleye, Wolves, And A Year in the North
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Dec 03, 2025 |
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Episode 121: Science, Myths, And The Hunt For Muskies
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Episode 120: The Mind of a Guide - Lessons from 10,000 Casts
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Episode 119: First Season At Two Rivers Lodge
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Episode 118: How Chasing Trophy Muskies Teaches Leadership, Discipline, And The Long Game
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Episode 117: Preventing Rental Boat Disasters On Northern Waters
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Episode 116: Winds, Wolves, and Walleye
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Episode 115: From Katrina’s Ruins to a Beloved Waterfront Brand
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Episode 114: Manufacturing “luck” through time on the water
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Episode 113: Following the Food - Predator Fish and Migration Patterns
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Sep 24, 2025 |
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Episode 112: Finding a Voice in Canadian Fishing
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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Episode 111: When Things Go Wrong At The Lodge
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Episode 110: The Hidden Seasons of Lodge Life
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Episode 109: The Return of Willie?
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Episode 108: Fishing, Finding Purpose, and Full Circle Moments
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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Episode 107: Wilderness Luxury: Rick Dolishny's Glamping Revolution
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Episode 106: Lessons From a Lifetime Guide
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Episode 105: The Buck Lake Lodge Story
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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Episode 104: The Honey Entrepreneur - How Terri Faloney Built Hammer Hives from the Ground Up
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Jul 16, 2025 |
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Episode 103: Hearst Air - Flying Dreams and Northern Memories
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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Episode 102: Heat Wave Survival Guide
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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Episode 101: The Art and Value of a Great Guide
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Episode 100: The Hidden Costs of Lodge Ownership
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Episode 99: Lets Do It All Again
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Episode 98: Honeybee Homesteading - Starting Your Backyard Hive
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May 28, 2025 |
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Episode 97: A Week In The Life Of Steve
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May 21, 2025 |
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Episode 96: How the Best Casting Spots Are Found While Trolling
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May 15, 2025 |
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Episode 95: Steel Wheels and Wild Places - A Train Engineer's Life
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May 07, 2025 |
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Episode 94: Weathering Life's Storms
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Episode 93: The Art of Shore Lunch
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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Episode 92: Ancestral Healing - One Man's Journey from Illness to Self-Sufficiency
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Episode 91: Planning Your Ultimate Canadian Outdoor Experience
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Episode 90: Northern Pike, Missed Opportunities, and TV Drama on Ontario's Upper French
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Episode 89: From Winnipeg to the Tundra - How Lake Trout Changed My Life
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Episode 88: A Springtime Guide to Rural Living
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Episode 87: Betting It All on Crow Rock - One Man's Leap into Lodge Ownership
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Episode 86: What I Learned from 40 Days of Fasting
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Episode 85: What's Up With Willy?
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Episode 84: Snowmobile Adventures and the Ice Roads of Ontario
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Episode 83: From Lodges to Lifestyle: A Journey of Innovation and Mindfulness
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Episode 82: David MacLachlan and the Legendary Lodge 88
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Episode 81: The Bait Man
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Episode 80: Behind the Rod - Willie and Krysta's Lodge Legacy
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Episode 79: Generations United by Angling and Altruism
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Epiosde 78: Year in Review Continued
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Episode 77: Year in Review pt. 1
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Episode 76: Diaries of a Lodge Owner Christmas Special!
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Episode 75: Behind the Rod - Willie the Oil Man's Healing Journey Through Fishing
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Episode 74: Cold Adventures and Warm Memories in Muskie Fishing
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Episode 73: Jamie Bruce's Journey from Canada to Bassmaster Glory
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Episode 72: Success from a Guide's Perspective w/ Orlando Zecca
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Epiosde 71: Skyline To Success with Wayne Clark
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Episode 70: From Gold Mines to Marinas - Andrew Johnston's Lakeside Legacy
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Episode 69: Shoulder Season Lodge and Cottage Safety
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Episode 68: Behind the Rod - Remembering Colin McKeown
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Episode 67: Reeling in Success from Fish to Fabric w/ Tim Dawson
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Episode 66: We're Fish'n for 100K!
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Episode 65: Fishing Fundy's Wild Tides with Greg Beliveau
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Episode 64: Super Bowl Champion Rex Burkhead!
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Episode 63: Fall is Here!
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Episode 62: On The Water With Jay Siemens
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Episode 61: High Climbing With Jason Dittmer
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Episode 60: Will The Oil Man - Our New Diaries Co-Host
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Episode 59: Dock Talk - Fishing to the NHL with Kris King
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Epiosde 58: The Thrills, Trials, and Triumphs of The Fish'n Canada Show
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Episode 57: Mail Time
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Episode 56: Behind The Rod - The Real Fishing Show
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Episode 55: From The Heart Of The Fire To The Call Of The Wild with Rick Payne
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Episode 54: Behind The Rod - My Co-Hosting Debut
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Episode 53: Navigating the good ship Chaudiere into profitable waters W/ Coleridge Beadon
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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Episode 52: Chef in the Land of the Midnight Sun
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Episode 51: Behind The Rod
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Episode 50: Willy The Oil Man
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Episode 49: Chef Garrett
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Episode 48 - Guide Stories With 'Johns'
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Episode 47: Protect Your Investment, Build Your Wealth w/ Rick Miller
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Episode 46: Can Crypto Change Your Life? w/ Terry From The Toque
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May 29, 2024 |
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Episode 45: Canadian Women of the Outdoors w/ Nicole Vachal
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May 22, 2024 |
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Episode 44: A Reel Lady w/ Janelle Smith
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May 15, 2024 |
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Episode 43: Musky, Pike, and Mike! w/ Mike Beaudin
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May 01, 2024 |
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Episode 42: Full-Time Fishing w/ David Chong
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Episode 41: Healing Weeds - Ontario's Secrets w/ Frank Ungaro and Gary Tibbo
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Episode 40: Sustainable Casting - Lake Ontario's Strategy w/ Andy Todd
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Episode 39: Podcast Power - Branding Essentials w/ Will Pawlowsky
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Episode 38: The Secret of Outdoor Electronics w/ Jack Summers
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Episode 37: Making a Million Babies a year! w/ Brian McRae
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Episode 36: Cottage Cracks - Spring Opening Edition
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Episode 35: From the Radiers to the Outdoors (w/ Craig Purcell)
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Episode 34: Managing your Resource
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Episode 33: Into the Fire w/ Mackenzie Rowson
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Episode 32: Patterning w/ Pat Tryon
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Episode 31: From Fishing Guide to Fish'n Canada w/ Dean Taylor
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Episode 30: Answering YOUR Food Questions w/ Antonio "Smash" Meleca
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Episode 29: Knockin' It Out Of The Park w/ Danny Gibbons
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 28: My Conversation... With All Of You
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Episode 27: Fishing with the CEO w/ Roy Armes
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Episode 26: Water and Septic w/ Katherine Rentsch and Chris Gerrits
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Episode 25: The King of Ontario Tourism w/ Jim Grayston
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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Episode 24: A Trip of a Lifetime Could be Yours! w/ Will and Krysta Pawlowsky
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Episode 23: Lodge Owning Essentials - Jam Nights
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Episode 22: Staff - The Good, The Bad, and The Beautiful
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Episode 21: Perchin' for MS - The Man, The Myth, The Legend w/ Doug Poirier
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Episode 20: Dirty Jobs
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Episode 19: Diving into the Tackle Box w/ Jamie Pistilli
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Episode 18: Getting Connected to Nature
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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Episode 17: The New Fly Fisher w/ Mark Melnyk
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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Episode 16: Should We Be Concerned About Crown Land Spraying? w/ James Alofs
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 15: Cottage Closing Cracks
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Episode 14: Rockin' w/ Rory Wardell
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Episode 13: The Boss w/ Paul Frustereo
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Episode 12: Family Traditions w/ the Schocks
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Episode 11: Living the Lodge Life w/ Micah Ricci
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Episode 10: Getting Ugly w/ Chris Walter and Frank Ungaro
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Episode 09: Spirituality: Let Nature Be Your Guide w/ Pat Tryon
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Episode 08 - Cooking Under Pressure w/ Chef Antonio Meleca
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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Episode 07: Outpost Stories w/ Pete Bowman
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Episode 06: Muskie In-Depth w/ Pat Tryon
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Episode 05: Memory Lane with the Legend (w/ Pete Stefanac)
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Episode 04: Guided by a Maple Leaf w/ Kris King
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Episode 03: How to Buy a Fishing Lodge w/ Bryan Dykstra
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Episode 02: A Guide to Guide w/ Pat Tryon
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Episode 01: In the Beginning w/ Angelo Viola
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Trailer: Diaries of a Lodge Owner
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Jun 28, 2023 |