Podcast appearances and mentions of missouri river country

This week John Kruse heads to Montana's Missouri River Country in NE Montana to fish Fort Peck Reservoir with one of Montana's top walleye anglers, Jason Mundel.  Sue Dalby gives you a tour of the Fort Peck Interpretive Center, a truly impressive museum offering exhibits ranging from dinosaurs to fish native to the Missouri River.  Finally, if you are looking for a place to stay, head to the Cottonwood Inn & Suites in Glasgow.  Zach Burner will tell you more about this great base camp for your NE Montana adventures. www.missouririvermt.com  www.northwesternoutdoors.com 

This week host John Kruse talks to several guests including: 1.  Carla Hunsley with Montana's Missouri River Country about things to do this spring in NE Montana 2.  Trey Carskadon who previews the Central Oregon Sportsmen's Show 3.  Ed Iman who will tell you about the Walleye Willy Memorial Benefit and Fishing Derby coming up in The Dalles www.northwesternoutdoors.com 

This week on the Montana Outdoor Podcast, Downrigger and The Captain interview five VERY interesting people involved in Montana's legendary fishing tournament, the 2023 Montana Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament. Be sure to listen and you will get five very unique perspectives on one of the richest Walleye tournaments in the United States. Lisa Koski Co-Director of the tournament and Executive Director of the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, who co-sponsors and puts on the event, talks about what it takes to put on this major tournament. From coordinating the main event and all the other events surrounding it, to getting over 400 fishermen out fishing and back on time! Learn about how the National Guard helps get all those boats in and out of the water THAT FAST! Co-Director Todd Young who has been the co-MC and this year will be handling the MC duties solo, talks about some of his favorite memories as well as talking about what sets this Tournament apart from the many other tournaments around the Country.  Joe Herbold who is retiring as MC after many, many years of doing it, will share some great memories and he also talks about how this incredible event has influenced many young folks and inspired them to dream big.  Jason Eggebrecht has won this tournament more times than anyone who has ever competed, shares some of his strategies and memories of how he and his past partners were able to bring home the top prize of TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS! And of course, what would the Gov Cup be without the Gov himself? Montana Governor Greg Gianforte made a surprise visit to the Podcast and talked about what this huge event means to him and the Great State of Montana! It is truly a behind the scenes look that you will not get anywhere else! Make sure you listen to this one gang!!You can also click here to go to the Official Gov Cup website for lots more info and great pictures from past Gov Cup tournaments and see a list of the 200 teams that are competing in this year's event or click here to go to the Gov Cup Facebook Page to see what's happening there. And make sure you click here to check out the Glasgow Chamber of Commerce website you will learn lots about the incredible community of Glasgow, MT and lots of other things you can do and get involved in! There are also many other things you can see and do all around Northeast Montana. Click here to visit the Missouri River Country website, it is a GREAT resource with links to info about so many things to do and see! In fact, here is one of those links, click here to learn about Fort Peck, MT, the home of Fort Peck Reservoir!  But before you do ANYTHING listen to this incredible Podcast, you will learn things about this legendary event that YOU WILL NEVER FORGET!Remember to tune in to our live radio show, The Montana Outdoor Radio Show, every Saturday morning from 6:00AM to 8:00AM. The show airs on 30 radio stations all across the State of Montana. You can get a list of our affiliated radio stations on our website. You can also listen to recordings of past shows, get fishing and and hunting information and much more at that website or on our Facebook page. You can also watch our radio show there as well.

This week host John Kruse talks to -  1.  Carla Hunsley, Executive Director of Montana's Missouri River Country, about things to do outdoors this spring 2.  Bob Loomis is back for another extended Mack's Minute 3.  Eric Winther talks about some new changes to the Northern Pikeminnow Sport Reward Fishery Program 4.  Mark Yuasa explains why right now is the perfect time to harvest oysters out of Hood Canal in Washington www.northwesternoutdoors.com 

This weekend on Northwestern Outdoors Radio weCarla Hunsley, the Executive Director of Montana's Missouri River Country, previews the Montana Governor's Cup Walleye Tournament taking place in July at Fort Peck Reservoir.  Mark Holyoak with the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will tell you about a new online educational platform for big game hunters who want to improve in their craft called Outdoor Class.  In addition to this Bob Loomis with Mack's Lure has a suggestion on a dodger to use when kokanee fishing this summer and Jim McMillan invites you to America's largest sea caves, the Sea Lion Caves, located near Florence on the Oregon Coast.   http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com      

This week on Northwestern Outdoors Radio we'll tell you about four can't miss fishing and hunting destinations to visit in the greater northwest this fall.  Carla Hunsley, Executive Director of Montana's Missouri River Country, invites you to Eastern Montana to hunt pheasant, catch landlocked salmon, and more.  Bob Loomis and John Kruse share their favorite Eastern Washington lakes for Lahontan cutthroat trout and Sam Martin, the Mayor of Conconully in North Central Washington, invites you to his small town for a great cast & blast vacation!  Finally, if you are a waterfowler looking for the hunt of a lifetime, outdoors personality Scott Haugen is hosting a guided hunting trip to Alaska at the end of the month and has two late breaking guest openings.  After you hear Scott tell you about brant and sea duck hunting near Cold Bay, Alaska, you'll be wanting to head there too!  http://www.northwesternoutdoors.com    

World Footprints takes you on a unique journey as we explore the life and work of a paleontologist. We'll travel through Montana’s Missouri River Country to search for dinosaur bones and we'll spend time to pan for gold. First, we’ll go in search of Carl the Dinosaur with the help of Dave Trexler and Sue Frary of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station as they take us digging for dinosaur bones. We’ll introduce you to Brenda Koss, whose family-owned ranch has produced some major dinosaur fossils, including one discovered by her daughter Kennedy. Then it’s off to Zortman, an interesting gold rush era town nestled in Montana’s Little Rocky Mountains that’s filled with lot of character and characters alike, and we’ll learn about this quirky place from one of the town’s resident entrepreneurs, John Kalal.

World Footprints takes you on a unique journey as we explore the life and work of a paleontologist.   We'll travel through Montana’s Missouri River Country to search for dinosaur bones and we'll spend time to pan for gold.  First, we’ll go in search of Carl the Dinosaur with the help of Dave Trexler and Sue Frary of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station as they take us digging for dinosaur bones.  We’ll introduce you to Brenda Koss, whose family-owned ranch has produced some major dinosaur fossils, including one discovered by her daughter Kennedy.   Then it’s off to Zortman, an interesting gold rush era town nestled in Montana’s Little Rocky Mountains that’s filled with lot of character and characters alike, and we’ll learn about this quirky place from one of the town’s resident entrepreneurs, John Kalal.

World Footprints takes you on a unique journey as we explore the life and work of a paleontologist.   We'll travel through Montana’s Missouri River Country to search for dinosaur bones and we'll spend time to pan for gold.  First, we’ll go in search of Carl the Dinosaur with the help of Dave Trexler and Sue Frary of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station as they take us digging for dinosaur bones.  We’ll introduce you to Brenda Koss, whose family-owned ranch has produced some major dinosaur fossils, including one discovered by her daughter Kennedy.   Then it’s off to Zortman, an interesting gold rush era town nestled in Montana’s Little Rocky Mountains that’s filled with lot of character and characters alike, and we’ll learn about this quirky place from one of the town’s resident entrepreneurs, John Kalal.

We head to the Northeastern part of the state (Missouri River Country) to find a Montana treasure that you’ll not want to miss in the summertime!  Pat Etchart, President of the Board of the Fort Peck Arts Council joins us to discuss the Fort Peck Summer Theatre. Let's Go Road Trippin' Dia & Jewels www.montanaroadtripping.com

World Footprints takes you on an exciting journey through Montana’s Missouri River Country as we go digging for dinosaurs and gold.   First, we’ll go in search of Carl the Dinosaur with the help of Dave Trexler and Sue Frary of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station as they take us digging for dinosaur bones.  We’ll introduce you to Brenda Koss, whose family-owned ranch has produced some major dinosaur fossils, including one discovered by her daughter Kennedy.   Then it’s off to Zortman, an interesting gold rush era town nestled in Montana’s Little Rocky Mountains that’s filled with lot of character and characters alike, and we’ll learn about this quirky place from one of the town’s resident entrepreneurs, John Kalal.

World Footprints takes you on an exciting journey through Montana’s Missouri River Country as we go digging for dinosaurs and gold.   First, we’ll go in search of Carl the Dinosaur with the help of Dave Trexler and Sue Frary of the Great Plains Dinosaur Museum and Field Station as they take us digging for dinosaur bones.  We’ll introduce you to Brenda Koss, whose family-owned ranch has produced some major dinosaur fossils, including one discovered by her daughter Kennedy.   Then it’s off to Zortman, an interesting gold rush era town nestled in Montana’s Little Rocky Mountains that’s filled with lot of character and characters alike, and we’ll learn about this quirky place from one of the town’s resident entrepreneurs, John Kalal.