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Patrick Campeau

Patrick Campeau is the only full time professional fisherman in Quebec specializing in promotion and education . He is recognized as being a leader and a resource person in the industry . Patrick was named a 2014 Canadian Angler Hall of Fame inductee . In 2016 , he will celebrate a 30 year career as a fulltime professional fisherman . Patrick has a radio segment called Expo Nature which is broadcast every day on 55 radio stations across Quebec .

Todd Longley

As a young kid growing up on the mean streets of Winnipeg , Todd would hop on the bus with a rusty tackle box and go to Lockport to fish . In 1999 he started a guiding service called CITYCATS . He guides mostly on the Red River in Selkirk , Manitoba for channel cats and walleye . In the winter he guides for walleye through the ice on Lake Winnipeg . Todd is big on getting youth out fishing so , with help from some good friends , he started Generation Next Angler , an event that gets the whole family out fishing . Not long after that the urban fishing derby was formed to get inner-city families out shore fishing at the Forks in Winnipeg . This year he ’ s organizing a first of its kind fishing derby in Manitoba called Keeping It Reel . It ’ s a fishing derby for handicap children and their families .

Wes David

Wes spends a minimum of 125 days on the water each year fishing , filming , photo shoots , and researching information for magazines , and conservation efforts . He competes in walleye tournaments in Alberta , Saskatchewan and the U . S , each year and puts on thousands of kilometers traveling to fishing tournaments throughout Canada and the U . S , charity events , appearances , seminars , and speaking to youth organizations . During 2015 , Wes fished in most of the Canadian provinces and some U . S . states including the Hawaiian Islands for a variety of saltwater fish . He ’ s currently a pro staff member and sponsored by Bass Pro Shops , Tracker Boats , Len Thompson Lures , & Lyman Lures . In 2009 , he founded the Airdrie Hunting & Fishing Association which has become the fastest growing hunting & fishing club / association in the western provinces .

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