Tag Archive for: Bob Izumi

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Makings of a Guide Dog

On a number of occasions over the past half-dozen years,…
A lone kayaker paddles through choppy ocean waves near rocky cliffs.

Lawrence Gunther’s 2019 Year-End report

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Muskie or Mayhem on the Ottawa River?

The year 2019 will go down as one of the least promising starts…
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Blue Fish Radio Celebrates Five years and 250 Episodes

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Competing Blind in the America Cup International Fly Fishing Tournament

(First published in Bob Izumi’s Reel Fishing…
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Walleye Opener and the Law

Getting out on the Upper St. Lawrence River for the opening of…
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The Idea behind the Charity “Blue Fish Canada”

As many of you, my attachment to fishing began with adventures…
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My Feature Documentary: What Lies Below

I created, researched, wrote and hosted the privately funded…
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Age of aquariums

OUR FISHERIES Do public aquariums have anything to do with…
Lawrence meeting Wayne Price at the spruce dug out

Post Cards from the Yukon

AMI TV and I put our heads together and came up with an idea for a TV special called “Postcards from the Yukon”.
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Feel the Bite Fishing Videos and Accessible Media Inc.

Accessible Media Inc. broadcasts over cable TV and satellite…
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White-Tip Shark in Jupiter

Lance Glaser of Goldon Fishing Expeditions invited me to spend a day with him and several of his friends fishing the Near Shore just off Jupiter Island
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Inuvik Pike by the Midnight sun

In advance of Maestro and I heading to Inuvik NWT for a conference on boom and bust northern community economies, I gave a call to a mutual friend
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Carp on the Mighty St. Lawrence

The 3rd and final leg of my fishing adventure with Mile’s Hilton-Barber involved fishing for Carp on a section of the St. Lawrence River
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Mariko Izumi Carries on the Family’s TV Legacy

Mariko Izumi and husband Kevin Estrada join Lawrence Gunther on The Blue Fish Radio Show.
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Fishing Giant Bob Izumi on Fishing for a Living

Hear Bob reflect on how his meteoric fishing career came about on this second of a 2-part conversation with Lawrence Gunther on Blue Fish Radio
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Pan-American Bass Tournament Highlights with Bob Izumi

Hear Bob Izumi discuss how he Captained the Canadian team to victory during the 2019 first-ever Pan American Sportfishing Bass Championship part one of this 2-part episode
Lawrence icefishing with Wickett

Canadian Sportfishing Industry Association and the Pan-Am Games

Hear Mike Melnik, Managing Director of the CSIA in conversation with Lawrence Gunther about the Pan-Am Bass fishing tournament that recently took place out of Cornwall Ontario
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Dave Mercer Canada’s newest Member of the Fishing Hall of Fame

Each year Andy and Vida Pallotta host the Canadian Sport Fishing Hall of Fame Awards as part of their Toronto Spring Fishing and Boat Show.