Dadson Blade Baits

Dadson Blade Baits

In this episode Chris and Frank reflect on an amazing milestone - 200 podcasts published! The guys talk about the genesis of the podcast and the journey along the way. Focus of the chat then shifts to the recent Unleash the Beast outing on the French River/Lake Nipissing and how the event went. 60 incredible anglers converged on the French River for bragging rights on who can catch the biggest and the most muskies. This was an unforgettable event this year full of exciting twists and turns!

In this second part with Peter Levick, he continues to impart his amazing wisdom on fisheries in Ontario (and beyond) and discusses what can be done to help improve the situation on many of our lakes and rivers and even shares some success stories on the tireless work that volunteers and researchers do each and every day to preserve and restore our fisheries. Topics include:

• Solving the St Lawrence issues
  
  
• How the average muskie angler can make a difference
  
  
• Muskie habitat success stories

Peter Levick is a respected Canadian muskie authority. He has many accolades to his name including past President of Muskies Canada Inc. We sat with Peter who put on a clinic on the challenges of one of the greatest Canadian muskie fisheries - the mighty St. Lawrence River. Points of discussion include:

• Peter getting started in muskie angling
• Peter's bio and birth of his passion. Fishiotherapy
• Mission and history of Muskies Canada Inc
• St Lawrence River hayday and challenges/die off events (vhs/goby population explosion )

In this second part of our interview with Chelsea Birmingham, we get into some fun talk about the sport that we all love. Chelsea opens up about going after all sorts of fish and divulges what it is like to always be on the water with a spouse. We had an amazing time chatting with Chelsea and can't wait to do it again! In this episode we discuss:

-Targeting multispecies
-Trolling benefits outside of catching fish
-Fishing with your spouse
-Chelsea's equipment set up

A couple of seasons ago we interviewed Chelsea Alexander as part of our Live from Nipissing episode when we were on location fishing, and the download stats on this episode were through the roof! Ever since then we have been wanting to get her back for a full interview session and so now we have! We sat with now married Chelsea Birmingham to get her to open up about her secrets to success. Chelsea is not only one of the best female muskie anglers out there, she is one of the best out there period and she continues to boat fish after fish, season after season. Topics of discussion include:

-Her "Origins" story on how she found her love for fishing

-Midseason success and confidence lure talk

-Mentally staying in the game

-Strange muskie behaviour

-Being a female in the muskie community

In this Full Moon Friday discussion, Chris and Frank recap the Summer season so far. Adventures on Nipissing, Georgian Bay, and the Niagara along with lessons learned are discussed. The guys also talk about health and wellness, and give a glimpse toward what the Fall season in the muskie universe in Ontario looks like!