Best Gord Pyzer Podcasts (2025)

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#32 || Paul Radomski: "Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark" (Part 2) 1:07:47

7d ago1:07:47

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Send us a text What makes walleyes masters of low light, why do they seemingly vanish from some lakes but thrive in others, and what really drives their boom-and-bust cycles? In this eye-opening episode of Doc Talks Fishing, we sit down with fisheries scientist Paul Radomski, author of Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark to dive deep into the fas…

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#31 || Nelson Bergh: The Science Behind Stocking Trout (And How to Outsmart Them) 58:50

21d ago58:50

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Send us a text Ever wonder what REALLY happens before trout hit your favorite lake? We went behind the scenes with Nelson Bergh, head of Saskatchewan's massive fish hatchery, to uncover the secrets of trout stocking-from hand-picked genetics to survival rates, wariness, and why some fish grow into giants while others vanish. Learn how hatchery scie…

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#30 || Evan Versteeg: The Astonishing Brainpower of Lake Trout 1:07:21

1M ago1:07:21

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Send us a text Did you know that a lake trout's brain actually grows in the winter? That's right-when the water gets cold, these incredible fish devote more energy to their brains, enhancing their cognitive abilities for complex reasoning. This astonishing discovery challenges everything we thought we knew about fish behaviour! In this mind-blowing…

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#29 || Gianni Nevieri: Winter Walleye Smarts - Science Meets Ice Fishing 1:20:39

2M ago1:20:39

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Send us a text Lake Winnipeg’s legendary greenbacks are a different breed. Unlike their structure-hugging cousins in Shield-type lakes, these giants roam the vast, featureless expanse in search of pelagic baitfish. In our last episode, Dr. Paul Cooley revealed the science behind their winter habits, but now we’re taking it to the next level—putting…

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#28 || Dr. Paul Cooley: Cracking the Code for Winter Walleye Success 1:28:46

2M ago1:28:46

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Send us a text Ever wondered what walleyes are really doing beneath the ice on relatively shallow, featureless, prairie-type lakes? Join us on this week’s episode of Doc Talks Fishing, as we unravel the mysteries of winter walleye behaviour with renowned fisheries biologist, Dr. Paul Cooley. Dr. Cooley shares groundbreaking insights from his cuttin…

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#27 || Scott Smithers: Unlock the Secrets to Catching More and Bigger Panfish with OMNR Biologist 1:15:18

3M ago1:15:18

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Send us a text Ever wondered what it takes to consistently reel in slab crappies, trophy bluegills, and vibrant pumpkinseeds? In this must-listen episode of Doc Talks Fishing, we sit down with Scott Smithers, a leading biologist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and a panfish management expert. Scott dives deep into the fascinating wor…

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#26 || Liam, Gord and Dr. Chris Therrien: From Science to Success - Mastering Winter Lake Trout 1:04:50

3M ago1:04:50

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Send us a text Are you ready to catch more and bigger lake trout under the ice this winter? We're diving this week into Dr. Christian Therrien's groundbreaking research on lake trout habits and habitat. From their seasonal movements in the winter time to their feeding patterns, we unpack the science behind what makes these incredible fish tick. But…

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#25 || Jeff Matity: Pike On Ice - Habitat, Prey and a Game-Changing Technique 1:27:28

4M ago1:27:28

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Send us a text We’re thrilled to welcome back Saskatchewan-based biologist Jeff Matity who has spent years studying northern pike. In this fascinating episode, Matity unpacks the winter habits of pike, revealing how these apex predators use a surprising variety of habitats —they’re not all in the weeds— under the ice. You’ll learn why pike are draw…

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#24 || Jamieson Atkinson: Predators, Log Booms and Bottlenecks - BC Salmon Under Siege 1:19:44

4M ago1:19:44

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Send us a text Dive into the intricate world of British Columbia's salmon with our latest episode featuring Jamieson Atkinson, Program Manager at the Aquatic Research and Restoration Centre, British Columbia Conservation Foundation. Jamieson shares cutting-edge research into the "survival bottlenecks" that are keeping salmon stocks dangerously low.…

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#23 || Nick Baccante: Walleyes Under the Ice - Unlocking Winter Secrets 1:25:36

4M ago1:25:36

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Send us a text Are you ready to revolutionize your ice fishing game? This week on Doc Talks Fishing, we're drilling beneath the frozen surface to uncover the fascinating world of walleyes during the cold winter months. Our guest is none other than Nick Baccante, the former senior scientist with Ontario's legendary Walleye Research Unit. Nick has sp…

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#22 || Rebecca Spring: From Microns to Monsters - The Science Behind Trophy Fish 52:45

5M ago52:45

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Send us a text Rebecca Spring jokingly calls herself the "Bug Lady," but as an aquatic taxonomist, she's much more than that. She's a scientist who unravels the complex food web that supports everything alive in the water-from microscopic plankton to the big fish we love to catch. What makes Rebecca even cooler? She's also an avid angler and hunter…

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#21 || Dr. Nigel Lester: "Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark" 1:05:34

5M ago1:05:34

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Send us a text Dr. Nigel Lester, has spent much of his life studying the life history of walleyes as a research scientist with the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry and a professor with Trent University and the University of Toronto. Co-author of one of the most groundbreaking studies ever undertaken, Dr. Lester and his team looked…

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#20 || Dr. Heidi Swanson: Turnover – What It Means and How It Affects Fish 1:01:21

6M ago1:01:21

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Send us a text Twice a year—spring and fall—lake turnover disrupts the waters and drives anglers crazy. To help us make sense of this phenomenon, we’re joined by Dr. Heidi Swanson, a distinguished fisheries scientist and the inaugural Jarislowsky Chair at Wilfrid Laurier University. Heidi is also the adjunct professor at the University of Waterloo,…

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#19 || Dr. Bruce Tufts: Do Fish Scents Really Work? 1:11:58

6M ago1:11:58

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Send us a text Dr. Bruce Tufts is a comparative fish physiologist at Queen’s University where he specializes in fish olfactory senses. On this week’s podcast, Bruce explains how fish use their keen senses of smell and taste. Using hundreds of captive fish, Bruce and his team undertook countless feeding trials to isolate the specific molecules that …

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#18 || Dr. David Philipp: A Once in a Lifetime Smallmouth Bass Discovery 58:36

7M ago58:36

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Send us a text Dr. David Philipp is renowned for his work with smallmouth bass - especially their reproductive ecology. But the Director of the Fisheries Genetics Lab at the Illinois Natural History Society, adjunct professor at the University of Illinois and Chair of the Fisheries Conservation Foundation encountered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunit…

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#17 || Danny Swainson: Are Steelhead Doomed? 1:06:55

7M ago1:06:55

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Send us a text Biologist Danny Swainson says steelhead on the west coast have so many nutrients available to them once they hit the ocean that they can grow to 15 pounds in three or four years. But something is happening to them once they enter salt water and it is frightening. Are steelhead different from the rainbow trout in the rivers? What are …

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#16 || Brian Chan: Triploid Trout - Are They the Future of Stocking? 52:20

8M ago52:20

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Send us a text Renown biologist, Brian Chan has spent years managing the trout fisheries in British Columbia. You'll be amazed listening to Brian explain how the province produces triploid female rainbow and brook trout that grow twice as large and live twice as long as diploids. There is a reason the trout fishing spotlight is shining so brightly …

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#15 || Steve Quinn: The Lateral Line, A Fish's Sixth Sense 55:24

8M ago55:24

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Send us a text Biologist Steve Quinn has a foot in the world of fisheries science and fishing itself. The longtime bass editor of In-Fisherman Magazine has authored numerous research reports and served in various capacities for the American Fisheries Society. Steve joins Liam and Gord on this week's podcast to reveal how fish use their lateral line…

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#14 || Christian Therrien: How Ciscoes Change the Life History of Predators 1:12:20

9M ago1:12:20

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Send us a text Ciscoes —also known as lake herring and tulibees— are so favoured by walleye, lake trout, northern pike, bass and muskies that they seem to have a target painted on their backs. Absolutely every predator fish devours them every opportunity they get. Dr. Chris Therrien —who is known as The Cisco Kid— sits down with Gord and Liam on th…

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#13 || Dr. Sean Landsman: Magnificent, Mysterious, Magical Muskies 1:25:45

9M ago1:25:45

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Send us a text Renowned muskie scientist, Dr. Sean Landsman tells Liam and Gord on this week's podcast that he has observed muskies doing some mighty strange things. Using bio-loggers equipped with pressure sensors, Landsman says he is surprised at the number of muskies that frequent deeper water, lay on the bottom of the lake and suspend in the wa…

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#12 || Becca Perry: Set Your Sights on Whitefish 59:26

10M ago59:26

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Send us a text Few fish baffle anglers more than lake whitefish. They're found in countless numbers of lakes, often offering up staggering populations of big hard fighting delicious fish. But in other than a few well-known lakes in the winter, whitefish remain an enigma. Rebecca Perry is an instructor at Saskatchewan Polytechnic, who has studied la…

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#11 || Barry Corbett: Tracking Bass Throughout the Seasons 1:10:31

10M ago1:10:31

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Send us a text Imagine surgically implanting radio tags inside 38 smallmouth bass and then tracking them on a daily basis for up to five years. The details you would learn about their habits and habitats would astound you. Well, that is what OMNR biologist Barry Corbett did on one million acre Lake of the Woods, in one of the most monumental bass t…

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#10 || Dr. Paul Cooley: The Incredible Walleye / Shiner Connection 1:07:35

11M ago1:07:35

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Send us a text Any day now, an amazing pre-summer peak walleye pattern is going to explode. And it is based on something few anglers understand — the shiner spawn. Dr. Paul Cooley is the fisheries scientist who discovered the phenomenon on massive Lake Winnipeg — but it happens in every lake where walleyes eat shiners — and he tells the boys where …

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#9 || Baccante, Whetter and Pyzer: Walleye Tactics, Tricks and Presentations 1:09:30

11M ago1:09:30

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Send us a text Nick Baccante, the Senior Research Biologist in Ontario's renown Walleye Research Unit, recently shared some amazing early season science secrets. This week, Gord and Liam take Nick's walleye words of wisdom and show you how to prepare a foolproof game plan to put more and bigger fish in the boat. Jump in with the boys and learn how …

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#8 || Tom Brooke Jr.: The Allure of Crayfish 1:11:35

11M ago1:11:35

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Send us a text There are 669 different species of crayfish, including 400 varieties in North America. And every fish finds them finger licking good. Especially, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleyes, yellow perch and trout. Liam and Gord spend an hour brainstorming with crayfish biologist, Tom Brooke Jr., discovering what is happening on the b…

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#7 || Bev Ritchie: The Walleye / Mayfly Miracle 58:33

12M ago58:33

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Send us a text If you fish for walleyes (bass, trout, pike, perch, even muskies) you won't believe what you're going to learn from biologist, Bev Ritchie, who discovered that the magnificent hexigenia limbata hatch so heavily in even numbered years - like this year — that the walleyes go berserk devouring them. There are as many as 120 mayfly nymph…

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#6 || Nick Baccante: Spring Walleyes 1:13:02

1y ago1:13:02

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Send us a text Nick Baccante helped write the book on walleyes, studying the popular sport fish as the lead Research Biologist in Ontario’s esteemed, Walleye Research Unit and as the Fish and Wildlife Section Head, for the Peace Region in British Columbia. Nick joins Liam and Gord on this week’s podcast as they talk about early season walleye behav…

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#5 || Dr. Bruce Tufts: Why Big Fish Matter 1:00:35

1y ago1:00:35

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Send us a text Liam and Gord sit down this week with Dr. Bruce Tufts, who heads up the prestigious Freshwater Fisheries Conservation Lab at Queen’s University. Tufts explains why big walleye, bass, trout, northern pike and muskies are the rock stars of the fishing world. A 12-pound female walleye, for example, lays exponentially more eggs than thre…

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#4 || Rob Swainson: Saving Brook Trout 1:15:46

1y ago1:15:46

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Send us a text If we’re lucky we get the chance, once or twice in our life, to cross paths with someone who changes the course of history. In Rob Swainson’s case, it is the celebrated brook trout fishery associated with Lake Nipigon, the Nipigon River and the north shore of Lake Superior. Gord and Liam interview the man this week, who wouldn’t acce…

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#3 || Chris Therrien: The Incredible World of Lake Trout 1:09:53

1y ago1:09:53

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Send us a text Gord and Liam sit down this week with renown lake trout scientist, (Dr.) Chris Therrien, who has spent years studying the habits and habitat of lake trout. Chris shocks the boys explaining how cold water loving lake trout will venture to feed into the last place you'd ever expect to catch them — hot shoreline water in the middle of s…

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#2 || Kamden Glade: What do Muskies Eat? 1:07:24

1y ago1:07:24

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Send us a text Unbelievable ... amazing .... mind-boggling. Choose whatever superlative you want to use and it is appropriate for this week's guest, Kamden Glade, who works for the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Kamden studied the diets of muskies (northern pike, walleye and largemouth bass) using gastric lavage - the same technique emp…

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#1 || Jeff Matity: The Fascinations of Burbot 1:08:15

1y ago1:08:15

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Send us a text This week Gord and Liam sit down with biologist, Jeff Matity to discuss the amazing underwater world of burbot. Did you know that burbot communicate with each other when they spawn? And that the non-breeders guard and protect the spawning grounds against intruders. We also examine the ways you can use this cutting-edge science to inc…

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Gord Pyzer Podcasts

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Doc Talks Fishing Podcast

Liam Whetter & Gord Pyzer

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#32 || Paul Radomski: "Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark" (Part 2) 1:07:47

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#31 || Nelson Bergh: The Science Behind Stocking Trout (And How to Outsmart Them) 58:50

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#30 || Evan Versteeg: The Astonishing Brainpower of Lake Trout 1:07:21

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#29 || Gianni Nevieri: Winter Walleye Smarts - Science Meets Ice Fishing 1:20:39

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#28 || Dr. Paul Cooley: Cracking the Code for Winter Walleye Success 1:28:46

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#27 || Scott Smithers: Unlock the Secrets to Catching More and Bigger Panfish with OMNR Biologist 1:15:18

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#26 || Liam, Gord and Dr. Chris Therrien: From Science to Success - Mastering Winter Lake Trout 1:04:50

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#25 || Jeff Matity: Pike On Ice - Habitat, Prey and a Game-Changing Technique 1:27:28

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#24 || Jamieson Atkinson: Predators, Log Booms and Bottlenecks - BC Salmon Under Siege 1:19:44

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#23 || Nick Baccante: Walleyes Under the Ice - Unlocking Winter Secrets 1:25:36

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#22 || Rebecca Spring: From Microns to Monsters - The Science Behind Trophy Fish 52:45

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#21 || Dr. Nigel Lester: "Walleye: A Beautiful Fish of the Dark" 1:05:34

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#20 || Dr. Heidi Swanson: Turnover – What It Means and How It Affects Fish 1:01:21

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#19 || Dr. Bruce Tufts: Do Fish Scents Really Work? 1:11:58

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#18 || Dr. David Philipp: A Once in a Lifetime Smallmouth Bass Discovery 58:36

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#17 || Danny Swainson: Are Steelhead Doomed? 1:06:55

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#16 || Brian Chan: Triploid Trout - Are They the Future of Stocking? 52:20

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#15 || Steve Quinn: The Lateral Line, A Fish's Sixth Sense 55:24

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#14 || Christian Therrien: How Ciscoes Change the Life History of Predators 1:12:20

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#13 || Dr. Sean Landsman: Magnificent, Mysterious, Magical Muskies 1:25:45

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#12 || Becca Perry: Set Your Sights on Whitefish 59:26

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#11 || Barry Corbett: Tracking Bass Throughout the Seasons 1:10:31

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#10 || Dr. Paul Cooley: The Incredible Walleye / Shiner Connection 1:07:35

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#9 || Baccante, Whetter and Pyzer: Walleye Tactics, Tricks and Presentations 1:09:30

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#8 || Tom Brooke Jr.: The Allure of Crayfish 1:11:35

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#7 || Bev Ritchie: The Walleye / Mayfly Miracle 58:33

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#6 || Nick Baccante: Spring Walleyes 1:13:02

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#5 || Dr. Bruce Tufts: Why Big Fish Matter 1:00:35

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#4 || Rob Swainson: Saving Brook Trout 1:15:46

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#3 || Chris Therrien: The Incredible World of Lake Trout 1:09:53

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#2 || Kamden Glade: What do Muskies Eat? 1:07:24

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#1 || Jeff Matity: The Fascinations of Burbot 1:08:15

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