BooDreaux
John “BooDreaux” Baumann John was born and raised
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where he spent most of his free
time primarily fishing ponds and lakes in the area until
his mid teens when his fishing began to expand to other
areas of the state, from Toledo Bend to the Atchafalaya
Basin, the oxbow lakes off the Mississippi River to the
marshes along the Louisiana coast, and going out brackish
and blue water fishing out of arguably one of the finest
areas is the world, Venice Louisiana. He has been fishing
continuously for over 40 years in many parts of the country.
John, long before being known as “BooDreaux”
began his outdoor radio career in 1994 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
on small 5000 Watt AM station WIBR at the urging of owner
Don Nelson. John was then serving on the Board
of Directors of Louisiana Bass Hatchery formed after the
devastation of the bass fishery by the effects of Hurricane
Andrew. The focus of the group was to restore, by
the cultivating of Florida Bass to repopulate the Atchafalaya
Basin and other areas after the massive fish kill, estimated
to be in excess of 10 million fish.
The show titled, Louisiana Outdoor Report which aired
on Friday afternoons, after a successful year the
show then moved to the number one country/western station
in the state, WYNK FM, where it ran for 2 years on Sunday
mornings from 5a to 7a.
In 1998, John moved to Central Florida where he hosted “Bubba
and BooDreaux’s Adventures in the Big Backyard”
on 540 AM on Saturdays, moving to 740 AM where
the show aired on Thursday afternoons along with co-host
Clay Townsend as “The Sportsman’s Almanac”
from early 1999 through early 2000.
The show then was picked up by WHTQ 96.5 FM on Sunday mornings
where it aired until the end of 2001 after the devastating
effects of the tragedy of 9/11.
Beginning in August of 2006 BooDreaux’s BoonDocques:
Florida Fishing and Hunting Adventures began airing on 740
the Team and remained there until the opportunity came to
move to ESPN Radio which began in October of 2007, every
Saturday morning.
He is also the host of the “Reel Outdoor’s with
BooDreaux” TV show which is a Bright House Networks
of Central Florida production.
BooDreaux is also the author of “Cajun-Creole Seafood
Delights” cookbook and the creator of BooDreaux’s
Cajun Rocket Fuel Hot Sauce.
Captain Mike Ortego
Captain Mike Ortego is the Florida Fisherman, and brings
to the show an extensive knowledge of inshore and nearshore
fisherman. During the summer, Captain Mike takes anglers
fishing in the Florida Keys, where he grew up. The rest
of the season, Captain Mike fishes Mosquito Lagoon, Indian
River and nearshore fishing in Cape Canaveral.
Steve Chapman
Steve was born and raised in Michigan, where he spent many
summers in Algonac. He would get up early, ride his bike
to pick up bait (worms) and then fish for Perch at the end
of the dock that belonged to neighbors. His father, David
Chapman, also enjoyed fishing, and the two would go fishing
for Bass, Walleye and anything that would hit his bait when
he was younger.
Around the age of 16, Steve's family moved to Central Florida
and a couple years later the fishing bug hit him in full
force. He went from fishing retention ponds in Lake Mary
for Bass, to wading many of the inshore waters on the East
Coast. Steve's passion for fishing led him to taking private
fly fishing lessons from renowned fly fisherman, Jon
Cave. In the last several years, Steve has been fly
fishing out West numerous times, the Florida Keys to many
times to count, North Georgia, British Columbia, and learning
the Mosquito Lagoon and Indian River in his 16' Waterman.
Steve believes in CPR. (Catch, Photo and Release)
Steve's graphic design is seen on many fishing guides
sites all over the country, and does advertisements, web
sites and many other things for numerous marine related
companies. He will also be the first person to tell you
where he thinks you should try fishing, either on a boat,
or wading. His knowledge of the area, and it's fishing is
extensive.
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