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.
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. |
