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Streamside

Streamside - Highlights

Press-Kit For Stations

Series 1500  |  Series 1600  |  Series 1700Series 1800

Custom rods furnished by Damon Rod Works, Potsdam, NY


1801 - Grand Slam Reunion at Beauchene
 

It’s the annual reunion at Quebec’s La Reserve Beauchene! Longtime friends Lew Barkley and John Clark join Don Meissner as they celebrate the 50th birthday of John’s Lyman wooden boat, while Lew goes for the “grand slam” of pike, smallmouth bass, whitefish, lake trout and walleye. A reunion filled with many memories and lots of laughs.
La Reserve Beauchene
, C.P1910, Temiscaming, QE J0Z 3R0 (888) 627-3865
or (819) 627-3865
 
fax: (819) 627-3043

1802 - A First Time for Everything
A trip to New York’s Long Island Sound finds Don Meissner teaching Sheryl Felegey how to fish for the first time. A quick learner, Sheryl finds the striped bass challenging to catch, but fun to reel in.
For further information on salt water fishing: (631) 444-0439
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/marine/swfishin.htm

1803 - First Smallmouth
Colin Moore, Executive Editor of Outdoor Life magazine, joins Don Meissner as guide William Clute takes them for a memorable day of smallmouth bass fishing on New York’s St. Regis River.
Mohawk Trails Guide Service, P.O. Box 813, Hogansburg, NY 13655, (518) 358-4373

1804 - Canadian Customs
Don Meissner invites guide and provincial game warden Cathy Labonte on a portage to Quebec’s Lac Greg, where they fish for lake trout from an Adirondack guide boat on a spectacular spring day.
La Reserve Beauchene, C.P1910, Temiscaming, QE J0Z 3R0 (888) 627-3865
or (819) 627-3865  fax: (819) 627-3043

1805 - Bass Fest at Tooley Pond
DEC Forester John Gibbs takes host Don Meissner to a formerly private lake in the Adirondacks, where they experience a spectacular largemouth bass fishery. Also, William Gordon of the NYSDEC shows Don how they use electrofishing techniques to record fish counts.
Lures provided by Case Plastics, Inc.

For more information on the Tooley Pond Tract, contact:
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Bureau of Public Lands
6739 US Highway 11
Potsdam, NY 13676
(315) 265-3090

For general information:
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Region 6 Headquarters
State Office Building
Watertown, NY 13601
(315) 785-2263

 

1806 - Got Those Long Island Blues
But host Don Meissner isn't sad! He and his guest, DEC Marine Biologist Byron Young, spend an early evening beachside on Long Island Sound where they come upon a school of marauding bluefish just off shore. A calm tide and hungry bluefish make for some exciting top water fishing.
For further information on salt water fishing: (631) 444-0439
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/marine/swfishin.htm

1807 - Spinning Tales with Lew 
Long-time friend and viewer favorite Lew Barkley join host Don Meissner for a day of spin-casting and spinning tales on a remote lake of Northern Quebec.
La Reserve Beauchene, C.P1910, Temiscaming, QE J0Z 3R0 (888) 627-3865
or (819) 627-3865  fax: (819) 627-3043

1808 - Unlucky Weather at Lucky Star
Outdoor Life magazine’s Executive Editor Colin Moore is Don Meissner’s guest at the Lucky Star Ranch in upstate New York. The weather doesn’t co-operate, but the fish certainly do.

1809 - Enduring Friends
Don Meissner and NCAA championship wrestling coach John Clark fish for lake trout at Little Lac Beauchene, while John tells of his cross-country bicycle trek across Canada.
La Reserve Beauchene, C.P1910, Temiscaming, QE J0Z 3R0 (888) 627-3865
or (819) 627-3865  fax: (819) 627-3043

1810 - Flint’s on Fire
Scientist and guide Steve Flint is Don Meissner’s guest as they fish for bass among the splendors of a tributary to the St. Lawrence River in upstate New York.
Mohawk Trails Guide Service, P.O. Box 813, Hogansburg, NY 13655, (518) 358-4373

1811 - Sheryl on a Fly Rod
Don Meissner shows first-timer Sheryl Felegey how to fly fish on New York’s Long Island Sound with captain Joe Blados at the controls. Though the fishing is tough, and the waters are rough, Don and Sheryl debunk the myth that fly-fishing is too complicated for beginners to just “pick up.”
For further information on salt water fishing: (631) 444-0439
www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dfwmr/marine/swfishin.htm
Guide Service provided by: Capt. Joe Blados, Maverick Charters, 55 Old Shipyard Lane Southold, NY 11971, (631) 765-3670 Flyfishing & light tackle – specializing in striped bass, bluefish, false albacore

1812 - Akwesasne Treasures 
Bass fishing guide and native Mohawk William Clute takes host Don Meissner for a journey for smallmouth bass along a river that runs through a Native American reservation in upstate New York.
Mohawk Trails Guide Service, P.O. Box 813, Hogansburg, NY 13655, (518) 358-4373

1813 - The Explosive Pike of Berthelot
This week sixteen-year-old Shawn Koch takes Don to a special hidden cove in northern Quebec. And what a cove it is! Huge northern pike explode from the calm weed beds in what is sure to be one of Don's most memorable adventures north of the border. This fast and furious episode of Streamside is destined to be classic for years to come.
Pavillon Lac Berthelot, C.P. 297, Senneterre, QE J0Y 2M0
Summer phone number: (819) 737-4684
, Winter phone number: (802) 524-9486


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