Don Lamont has been a full time professional angler for close to 40 years, hosting and producing the award winning “The Complete Angler” television series for fifteen of those. Don has received several awards for his commitment to public education and the future of recreational fishing in Canada. Those include a Canadian Recreational Fisheries Award and a Manitoba Tourism Award for his promotion of Manitoba and western Canada. In 2004 he was a finalist at the Tourism Industry Association of Canada National Award for Tourism Excellence, presented by The Globe and Mail. Don has been a regular fishing columnist in the Winnipeg Free Press since 1992 and is currently editor of Hooked Magazine. You can catch his podcast on the Hooked website or at your favourite music provider. He recently published a book of his fishing adventures which you can find at donlamont.com