Fish Schtick Podcast Episode 39 – Jim Hudson

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Guest Intro

Jim Hudson is the man behind the Learn 2 Fish Fishing Schools – you heard about those a couple weeks ago on our episode with Pete Maina. He’s also the man behind the Ice Roads “On Ice” Clinics – we talked about those during our Ice Fishing Spectacular. If you saw our Ice Fishing 301 video, you saw Jim talking about new products from the Clam Corporation. When he’s not running one of these schools, he’s guiding on Chequamegon Bay and the Apostle Islands on Lake Superior out of Bayfield, Wisconsin. They’re chasing lake trout surpassing 30 pounds, walleyes well over 10, and smallmouth bass over 5 are not uncommon. Jim is on the water when it’s 90 degrees in August and 20 below in January, so there’s a lot to learn from him.

Brian / Moldy Chum News

Holy moly it’s been an awesome week on the Chum!

Mikey’s giant Nile perch.
DJD on The River Why

Do fish feel pain? – let’s talk about this in our conservation segment today

Teeg / Recycled Fish News

Fly Fishing Film Tour Omaha – good times
Grandmasters Cup – growing!
Road Trip with a Mission & End of the Line – May 23
Songs from the Tackle Box – About a month from your hands

Around the world of fishing in 120 seconds – May 14, 2010

Good News – Ohio DNR managed to catch six guys poaching smallmouth bass on Lake Erie. They were 141 bass over their legal limit. DNR took all three of their bass boats, gear and all the fish. These guys are likely to lose all their gear, boats, pay thousands of dollars – plus get jail time. Throw the book at ‘em!

Bad News – Saratoga County, New York – Didymo, or Rock Snot, makes its way into another watershed. Kayaderosseras Creek is snotty. If you’ve been in it, wash and dry those boats, boots and waders before you go anywhere else.

In the Gulf – The Deepwater Horizon blowout will go down as one of the worst environmental disasters in US History. It grows more shocking and tragic by the day, but if you’ve got a trip planned to the Gulf, don’t call it off yet. Over 90% of the Gulf of Mexico is still open to fishing – and they need your tourism dollars.

On your TV – David Letterman talked fishing this week with Michael Keaton – they chatted about the Pirates of the Flats series on ESPN. Good press for our friends at Bonefish and Tarpon Trust.

Lake Delton, Wisconsin – The First Annual Youth Fishing Jamboree is set for June 5th to celebrate the restoration of the lake and fisheries. The event has a youth fisheries biologist theme. While kids fish, they catch, measure, record and release all fish caught. As ‘‘youth fisheries biologist apprentices’’ they’re taking actual fish species surveys on clipboards for the DNR.

Colorado – Officials will be checking boats at over 200 locations for invasive species this year. That’s vigilance.

North Carolina – Tons of FREE youth fishing events going on across the state now through early June. Recycled Fish is at some of them. Prizes include lifetime fishing licenses!

This week’s Recycled Fish Stewardship Tip: Don’t print – SAVE IN THE CLOUD. There are online storage options that let you share documents without printing them. Less printing means more trees and more water, and more clean water at that.

More fishing hoopla at MoldyChum.com  – Stewardship Tips and more at RecycledFish.org.

Guest Intro / Interview

Jim Hudson has the distinct pleasure of having a wife who is a professional photographer. It’s not enough that he catches a lot of fish, and a lot of big fish, but he gets documentary evidence of it in some stunning photos. Jim and Hannah Hudson have used social media to build a following – success on the water and great photos help. But Jim’s passion is also helping others learn to catch more and bigger fish, so we’re glad to have him on today’s Fish Schtick to do that.

Let’s hear how your spring has gone – I know you’ve caught some big fish.

Tell us about the places you’re fishing and what you’re after up there.

We talked a lot over the past few months about Ice Roads and then last week the Learn 2 Fish schools. What are they?

You’ve gotten some big names – tell us about the fish-celebs who fish with you at these schools.

What are some of your favorite memories from past schools?

If someone wants to get in on an upcoming school, how do they do that?

Find Jim on the Web:

http://www.fishchequamegonbay.com/

Lrn2Fish, the World’s Foremost Authority on Fishing Education

Conservation

Jim – what are some of the main issues facing Lake Superior?
What do you think, do fish feel pain, and does it matter?

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