The Canadian Angle

In episode 1, Jay Siemens takes a hands-on approach to find out where his bait comes from. Starting by netting some spring suckers, he then follows up by putting that sucker meat to use as bait and learning the art of trapping leeches with commercial trapper Scott Green. The whole process comes full circle by heading out on Lake of the Woods with Samantha Wallin in search of Lake of the Wood's prized possession, the golden Walleye.

The Canadian Shield is checkered with thousands of lakes, many of which rarely get fished. In this episode Jay Siemens is dropped off by float plane to one of these many remote gems. With no prior knowledge of the lake Jay must break down the lake in 24 hours and see what sort of fishing success he can find.