Backroads celebrates the outdoor life-style with an emphasis on unique characters all over the world.
We’re going to wild water starting with an adventure to Wollaston Lake in northern Saskatchewan, next on to Lake Michigan for king salmon and later an ice fishing extravaganza in famed, Lake of the Woods.
Today we head to fishing waters on the East Coast in search of famed game fish of the Atlantic, strikers. Next, we roam the lakes of Northern Maine for smallmouth. Later we head to the outer banks of North Carolina in search of yellow fin tuna and striped bass.
Today is a show that Ron has never wanted to do, remembering Raven, his three labrador sidekicks and all stars of the show. They never said a word, but they accomplished a legacy.
We meet a few folks who give back more than they take from the outdoors. Citizen conservationists, such as the leader of Pheasants Forever and a fella named Arnie we call the wood duck man for a good reason and later a hunter who worked to preserve wildlife that we dont hunt.
Ron joins his daughter Laura on Minnesotas Crow Wing River for a fishing contest. Later its on to the Root River and St. Croix River.
A history lesson about wild turkeys and how the bird was restored in the state of Minnesota.
Were headed beyond our borders. First stop, Cabo Mexico, where not all the action is on a sunny beach. Next, its off to Costa Rica to catch tarpon and more. Later were casting for giant largemouth bass in Mexicos El Salto.
If you want to catch big lake trout or big northern pike come to Kasba Lake, Northwest Territories.
The outdoors offers a wide range of pursuits including wild surfing on a wild Lake Superior, next if you go to Alaska it’s possible to wade rivers to tangle with king salmon and later we’ll meet a lake detective.
Today on Backroads it’s turkey time. We begin with a turkey hunt in Alabama and later Mississippi. Next it’s on to Florida and lastly it’s turkeys in paradise, aloha!
Today on Backroads stories about passing it on by introducing young folks to the outdoors you love. We begin with a song from the Okee Dokee Brothers, later kids and cops fish together and Laura Schara remembers her first turkey hunt.
Today on Backroads youll meet some outdoor folks that you already know, such as Lee & Tiffany of deer hunting fame, later a fishing nut named Larry Anderson shows us around, and trick shooters the Gould Brothers perform magic with a shotgun.
We take a look at art in the outdoors, starting with one of the best, the late Terry Redlin, next we’ll hang out with a duck stamp winner Jim Hautman, later you’ll meet a blind shed artist and then artist Jim Hansel who also can barely see.