Who Appears On The Fishing Line?
For loyal "Fishing Line" listeners, the
following list comes as no surprise as you have followed the show and the wide array of
guests and topics each week since we debuted on the airwaves May 6, 1995. I would only
hope your fishing success has improved dramatically and I thank each and every one of you
for tuning in each week.
For those who have just found us on the airwaves (AM radio) or on the internet, all the
information on the shows, is contained within this web site and hopefully that is how you
traveled to this page.
Following is the list of all the guests, subjects and topics we have covered in our 3rd
and 4th seasons on the air. If you happen to see a guest, subject or topic that interests
you, audio tapes of "The Fishing Line" radio show may be purchased by sending a
check or money order made out to Rich Johnson for $9.95, which covers
your shipping & handling charges.
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"The Fishing Line"
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1998 RADIO SHOW GUESTS:
January:
- 1/3: No Guest
- 1/10: Women in Fishing: Lyla Foggia publisher
of Women’s Reel News
- 1/17: Winter Trout Fishing: Gil Bergen, Park
Manager Connetquot Park
- 1/24: What’s New for 98’ in Boats & Motors:
Lenny Rudow/Boating Magazine, Dave Church/Si-Tex Marine & Jim Luterri/Suffolk Marine
- 1/31: Live Remote from Outdoor Expo/Nassau Coliseum
February:
- 2/7: Remote NYMTTA Boat Show/Nassau Coliseum
with guests: Dennis Smeigal/president NYMTA, Ralph Votta, Rich Janis,Woody Jones
- 2/14: Save Our Streams Program: Julie Middleton
of Isaac Walton League
- 2/21: Replacing & Anylizing Drags: Dawn
Bunker of Smooth Drag Systems
- 2/28: Niss Fly Fishing School: Clarence Ware of
Caleb Smith State Park
March:
- 3/7: Remote from NYSF Show & Auction in Freeport;
- 3/14: "Hooked on Reading...Fishing"
Mike Ventura, principal Cannan Elementary
- 3/21: Flounder Opener:
- 3/28: Remote Fred Chall Marine Supply: Jim
& Ralph Giordano/Bernie's B&T
April:
- 4/4: Diesel Engines & Filters: Mike DeLillo/Walker Engineering:
- 4/11: Is the Government Regulating us to Death? George Reiger,
Conservation Editor/Field & Stream Magazine & Boat Insurance Tips/Al
Mott Marine Insurance:
- 4/18: Capt. Paul Giangreco/Fisherman II Charter Boat: Montauk Action
- 4/25: Painting the Facts on Boat Paints!: Jim Seidel/Interlux Paints
May:
- 5/2: Fishing Western LI Sound: Capt. Steve Jagoda/Molly
Roze Charters
- 5/9: South Shore Shark Fishing: Capt. Gary
Blackler/Wavelength Charters
- 5/16:
- 5/23: Long Island Sound Fluke: Capt. James
Schneider/Capt. James
- 5/30: Flycasting Flats for Stripers: Capt. David
Blinken:North Flats Guiding
June
- 6/6: Summer Ocean Bottom Fishing: Capt. Al Lindroth of
Capt. Al party boat
- 6/13: Fisheries Management: Gordon Colvin & Byron Young of NYDEC/LI
- 6/20: Insect Repellents & Deet: Boyd Bush of Tender Corp.,
Littleton, NH
- 6/27: Long Island's North Fork Fishing:Capt. Bob Wassuta/WeGo Fishing
B&T Southold
July:
- 7/4: No Guest
- 7/11: 13th Annual Chris Larkin Memorial Fishing Tournament/ Live on Location
from Hudson Point Fishing Station
- 7/18: Joe Pfister of Seeker Rods in California & Mark MacLeod of 9er Lures
of Massachusetts
- 7/25: Jim Donofrio/Recreational Fishing Alliance & Steve Sloan/Fisheries
Defense Fund
August: The ABC's of Fishing
Month
August is Berkley month for the Consumer
Berkley Month: Each week we will bring you a segment on the new products
from Berkley, Abu-Garcia, Fenwick and Red Wolfe Tackle.
- 8/1: Barry Day: Field Promotion Manager /secrets of the right
fishing line
- 8/8: Clay Norris: Products Manager/Choosing the right fishing rods
(we gave away a pair of $100 rods on this show)
- 8/22: Dave Ohlaug: Abu-Garcia/ The in's & outs of the
Ambassadeur Reels & the new Anti-backlash rees) We'll give one of these away!
- 8/29: John Prochnow: Berkley Power Baits! Tune in, we'll give away
a bunch of these!
September:
- 9/5: John DeCufa/Jack's B&T: and the WICC
Wimm Mr. McSwigin
- 9/12: Dale
Barnes/ Product Manager Fenwick
- 9/19: Montauk Surf Fishing: Kathy Kronuck/Johnny's B&T
- 9/26: Boat Show Giveaways
October:
- 10/3: Rick Tafuro/Tobay Boat Show: Ticket Giveaways
- 10/10: Greg kozlowski of DEC: Kids Fishing Festival
- 10/17: No Guests just reports
- 10/24: Remote from NYSF Fall Show guests inlcude Pat Augustine/NYSF, Mike
Nicoletti/Causeway B&T/ Steve Petri/Petri Fish/John Mantione/Pres. NYFTTA
- 10/31: Fishing Reports
November:
- 11/7: Fishing Shad Bait Umbrella
Rigs: Mark MacLeod of 9er Lures
- 11/14: Salty Fly Fishing: Lou Tabory
- 11/21: Offshore Codfishing trips: Capt.
Gillespie of the Capt Lou Fleet
- 11/28: Closing of the Fluke Fishing? Steve Sloan &
Capt. Bob Wasstua
December:
- 12/5: Steve Sloan: Fisheries Defense Fund
- 12/12: Fishing Reports and Christmas Music Trivia Giveaways
- 12/19: Tackle Giveaways
- 12/26: More Giveaways
1997 GUESTS:
January:
- 1/4: Collecting Antique Tackle: Frank Pintauro
- 1/11: Sheepshead Bay: Capt. George Richford & Bay
Improvement Group on
- 1/18: What’s New for 97’ in Boats & Motors:
Capt. John Raguso
- 1/25: 1997 Outdoor Hunting & Fishing Expo: Bill &
Jim/Premiere Expo
February:
- 2/1: Live remote from Outdoor Expo
- 2/8: Blackfish Dilemma: with William Wise/Chairman Marine
Resource Advisory Council:
- 2/15: No Guest John Cacciola/Glen Cove was scheduled
- 2/22: How to Buy a Used or New Boat: Frank Hunter/Marine Sales
March:
- 3/1: Fisheries Management and Auction: Pat Augustine/NYSFF
- 3/8: Remote from NYSFF Show & Auction
- 3/15: Captree Flounder: Capt. Nick Manzari & Capt. George
Bartenback
- 3/22: Fred Chall Remote in Freeport
- 3/29: Federal Fisheries Management: Jim Donofrio/RFA
April:
- 4/5: Round Robin Calls to Tackle Shops for reports
- 4/12: Sheepshead Bay 1/2 Day Fishing: with Capt. George
Aswad/Sea Queen II
- 4/19: Donated Show for NYSFF & Capt. Fred Keiser/Scamp V Chartersof Captree
- 4/26: Steve Sloan as fill in.
May:
- 5/3: North Fork Fluke & Squid: Capt. Bob Wassuta/WeFo
Fishing B&T Southold
- 5/10: Montauk Action & Edgewater: Bill Wallace & Rich
Jensen/Star Island Yacht Club
- 5/17: Capt. Gene Becker/Pisces Charters
- 5/24: Port Jeff action / Porgies & Blues: Capt. Bruce
Cash/Port Jeff Fleet
- 5/31: Remote from Freeport Festival: Don & Jeff Schnaars
Garans B&T
June:
- 6/7: Black Bass Special: Mike Nicoletti & Pat Xiques
Causeway B&T
- 6/14: Remote Hudson Anglers Shark Tournament
- 6/21: Computer Fishing Logs: Jeff Gammons of Fishbase Software
- 6/28: No guest/Fishing Reports
July:
- 7/5: No Guests/Fishing Reports from shops
- 7/12: Remote from Hudson Point for Chris Larkin Tourney
- 7/19: Fly Fishing for Weakfish-Great South Bay: Don
Avondolio/Camp-Site Sport
- 7/26: Artificial Reefs & other DEC Projects: Steve
Heins/DEC Reef Specialist
August:
- 8/2: Shark & Tuna Management: Steve Sloan/Capt. Joe
McBride
- 8/8: Party Boat Bluefishing: Capt. Anthony Gilespie Star
Stream II
- 8/15: North Shore Bluefishing & WICC Tourney: John
DeCufa/John Cacciola
- 8/22: Party Boat Ocean Bottom Fishing: Capt. Al Lindroth/Capt.
Al
- 8/30: Surf Fishing with Tins & Metals: Ralph Votta/Charlie
Graves
September:
- 9/6: Point Lookout Day
- 9/13: Family Boating & Tobay Show: Glen Mazzella/Glenn
Marine
- 9/20: Chris Larkin Auction Winners
- 9/27: No Guest/Surf Fishing
October:
- 10/4: Fire Island Area Fishing: Tony Contarino/Burnett’s
B&T
- 10/11: North Shore Blackfishing and Striped Bass: Capt. James
Schneider/Capt. James
- 10/18: Bluefin Tuna Management & Washington: Steve Sloan
- 10/25: MRAC Proposals to DEC on Fishery Management: Bill Wise
November:
- 11/1: Dom Santillo/Fred Chall Marine
- 11/8: Codfishing: Anthony Gilespie/Star Stream II
- 11/15: DEC Law Enforcement: Capt. Rich Otterstadt
- 11/22: No Guest
- 11/27: Thanksgiving Day Special Broadcast
December:
- 2/6: Computer Fishing Logs: Jeff Gammons/Fishbase Software
- 12/13: Family and Generations Fishing: Charlie
Backmann/Beckmann’s B&T
