Outdoor Journal Radio: The Podcast
by Outdoor Journal Radio Podcast Network · 249 episodes
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Drawing from their experience as two of Canada’s most prominent outdoor personalities, hosts Angelo Viola and Peter Bowman explore the environmental topics, issues, and events that matter to the everyday outdoorsman. Joined by a wide variety of guests, ODJ Radio seeks to answer the questions and tell the stories of all those who enjoy being outside. Your stories, your questions, on your schedule
Latest episodes
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Episode 244: What’s Really Happening to BC’s Wild Salmon?
Some salmon populations are showing signs of recovery. Others remain in serious trouble. What’s actually happening on Canada’s West Coast?This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Ang an…
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1 h 18
Episode 243: Fertile Grass Carp in Ontario? How Worried Should We Be...
Two fertile grass carp were caught in Ontario’s Welland River. How worried should anglers be, and what do those captures actually tell us?This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Ang an…
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Episode 242: Would You Drive Two Days for Fishing Like This?
For more than five years, this fishing lodge sat empty. Animals moved into the cabins, trees took over the property, and a once-thriving destination fell into disrepair. Now, Ang a…
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Episode 241: Saving Animals Shouldn’t Be This Dangerous
Crocodile surgery, a close call with a rabid dog, and a veterinary clinic shaking as bombs land nearby. Saving animals has taken Dr. Cliff Redford a long way from his practice in M…
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Episode 240: Does Catching Big Fish Require a Boat?
You don't need a boat to make great fishing memories, and you might be driving past water worth fishing.This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Ang and Pete head back to the bank to ta…
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Episode 239: Why Fall Is the Best Time for BIG Walleye
Are you putting your boat away before the best walleye fishing of the year?This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Ang and Pete break down their approach to fall walleye fishing after…
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Episode 238: Why Sea Lamprey Keep Coming Back (FISH TALK W/ THE DOC)
The forest is burning, but what’s happening beneath the water? This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Ang and Pete welcome back Dr. Steven Cooke to explore how wildfires affect fish—a…
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Episode 237: We Were Only Allowed ONE Type of Bait
This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Pete is away, leaving Ang behind the desk with Nik and Dean to break down one of the most unusual Fish’n Canada shoots of the season.During a re…
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Episode 236: LIVE From the AMAZON: Hunting GIANT Peacock Bass
This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, we’re going somewhere we’ve never gone before... LIVE into the Amazon.Ang and Pete are joined by Brazilian anglers Bruno Fernandez and Thiago Fa…
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1 h 27
Episode 235: Can Hunting Save Our Connection to Nature?
One cousin grew up in the city. The other grew up hunting, fishing and living off the land. Together, Joel and Ryan Primus created Finding Nowhere, a raw Canadian adventure series…
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Episode 234: Is a 16-Foot Boat Safe on the Great Lakes?
How small is too small for the Great Lakes?This week, Ang and Pete answer a listener who wants to take his 16-foot aluminum boat onto Lake Ontario and Georgian Bay. The crew gives…
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1 h 14
Episode 233: Do Fishing Lures Actually Need to Look Real?
Why do bass crush lures that look absolutely nothing like anything they would naturally eat?This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Pete and Angelo are joined once again by Fish’n Cana…
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Episode 232: 191 Wildfires. 2,800 Evacuations. What’s Happening in Ontario?
Nearly 200 wildfires. Thousands forced from their homes. Fishing camps already lost. Water bombers being grounded because people keep flying drones into active fire zones.Ontario’s…
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Episode 231: Is ICAST Dying? What We Saw in 2026
Angelo is joined by Nik and Dean Taylor to break down everything they saw at ICAST 2026, and the future of the fishing industry might not be looking as healthy as everyone thinks.T…
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Episode 230: Saving Animals From War, Abuse, and the Streets
This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Ang and Pete are joined by Canadian veterinarian, world traveller, author, and animal rescue volunteer Dr. Cliff Redford, better known as Dr. Cl…
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1 h 22
Episode 229: The Truth About Blue Walleye (Fish Talk With The Doc)
This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, Ang and Pete are joined once again by Dr. Steven Cooke, the Fish Doc, to answer some of the strangest questions in fishing.After a recent trip w…
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Episode 228: We Gave Beginners the Ultimate Fishing Test
This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, the boys are back from La Réserve Beauchêne, one of Quebec’s most unique private fishing destinations.With 50,000 acres, dozens of lakes, luxury…
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Episode 227: The LOST Fish’n Canada Episodes
This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, the boys head back to Northern Ontario for a wild recap of their trip to Red Pine Lodge on Ivanhoe Lake, just outside of Timmins.What started as…
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Episode 226: A Canadian Seafood Company Sold MUSKIE?
An Ontario seafood company has pleaded guilty to attempting to sell an angler-caught muskie, receiving a fine of just $2,000. Was the punishment enough, and how does a protected sp…
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Episode 225: Your "Smallmouth" Might Not Be a Smallmouth
Is there really more than one species of smallmouth bass? This week on Outdoor Journal Radio, the crew dives into groundbreaking research suggesting the fish we all know may actual…