Welcome to The First Cast Radio Show Website!

The First Cast Radio Show is airing its eighth season in 2009. The new shows began airing every Saturday and Sunday morning on CKBW. Show times are approximately 7:20 AM each Saturday and 9:15 AM each Sunday morning following the weather. CKBW serves the southern half of Nova Scotia through 98.1 FM, 94.5 FM Queens County and 93.1 FM Shelburne County. CKBW, the BEST Variety!

Proud to be Nova Scotian and proud to be the South Shore source for your angling information and enjoyment. At the First Cast we cover our local fisheries, news, tournaments and all things fishing along the South Shore. We also feature select interviews with fishery officials, members of our local clubs covering all species, various guests sharing information to help us fish better and safer plus weekly profiles of our youth anglers along the South Shore. 

Listen Online!

You can click below to listen to each of our 2009 shows as they are aired throughout the season. You can listen in either RealAudio or Windows Media formats, just click the appropriate link to automatically stream the show. As new 2009 shows become available, they will be added to this page for your listening. You can also click over to www.ckbw.ca and listen live on-line, listen to our shows or other CKBW programming at will free of charge.

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2009 First Cast Promo

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2009 Radio Ad for Shimano Symetre Series Reels - Real Audio - Windows Media

Show #1 welcomes everyone back for another great season of The First Cast. We feature an interview with Kevin Veinotte and we discuss some opening show fun as well as the upcoming "Fishing for a Cure" event.
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Show #2 has Mark offering some safety reminders and tips for early season fishing. John Wiles joins us to speak about the Fishing for a Cure event on May 9th. The Power Pro Canada profile features Danny Ross of Bakers Settlement.

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Show #3 has some more early season discussions about fishing and the past winter / current high water. The Power Pro Canada profile features Kailie MacQuarrie from Conqerall Bank.

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Show #4 talks about trailers, some basic maintenance and an in-depth discussion with Steve Quigley from Valley Tire about the often overlooked trailer tire. The Power Pro Canada profile features Tatiana Stabenow from West Dublin.

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Show #5 shares some fishing tips from Mark as well as a detailed description of the upcoming "Fishing for a Cure" event. The Power Pro Canada profile features Jennifer Maloney of Pleasantville. 

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Show #6 has Ben Woo of the upcoming Berkley B1 tournament, Ben stops by to discuss the details of this large scale Canadian tournament. The Power Pro Canada profile features Nick Slauenwhite of Hebbville.

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Show #7 thanks all of the sponsors and volunteers who assisted us at the recent "Fishing for a Cure" event. Carroll Randall also stops by and discusses the upcoming LRSA kids fishing derby to be held May 23rd at the MARC. The Power Pro Canada profile features Ryan Matthews.

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For show #8  has Carroll Randall in the studio again, we discuss special projects and activities of the LaHave River Salmon Association. The Power Pro Canada profile features Dylan Rutledge of Grand Lake.

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Show #9 has Al McNeil of NSDAF joining us in the studio to talk about the NS Sportfishing weekend and we feature some local events taking place. The Power Pro Canada profile features Chantel Rafuse of Pleasantville.

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Show #10 discusses the free sportfishing weekend here in Nova Scotia. We also give you a few tips on fishing the plastic stick type baits. Our Power Pro Canada profile features Danika Meisner.

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Show #11 features our efforts of taking out local classrooms fishing. We feature a montage of  kids speaking about their fun from the three schools covered in 2009 -Hebbville Academy,  JC Wickwire and Hillcrest Academy. The Power Pro Canada profile features all 80 kids as each and everyone was given a free rod and reel combo.

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Show #12 shares some rigging tips on tube baits. We also talk about starting bass fishing this year during the time that trout become harder to catch during the warmer months. Our Power Pro Canada profile features Nicole Lohnes.

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Show #13 features John Wiles and Mark talking about the recent successes of Mark and Millage Weare fishing in the Berkley B1 Canadian Open bass tournament. The Power Pro Canada profile features Mikayla MacNutt of Caledonia.

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Show #14 updates a recent SSBM tournament as well as offers some tips on how to rig up and fish one of these bass tournaments. The Power Pro Canada profile features Olivia Zinck of Pleasantville.

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Show #15 features an interview with Darrell Benham and we discuss the upcoming Lockeport Sea Derby. There was no entry this week for the Power Pro Canada profile.

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Show #16 updates a recent SSBM tournament, speaks about a few upcoming shows and reviews some of the fishing thus far along the South Shore. The Power Pro Canada profile features Dylan Smith of Greenfield.

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Show #17 offers some tips and information on fishing rods and some fishing lines. The Power Pro Canada profile features Jordis Smith of Greenfield.

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Show #18 discusses some effects of weather on bass fishing. Our Power Pro Canada profile features July Rain Freeman.

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Show #19 talks about the pros and cons of shore fishing and boat fishing both. Our Power Pro Canada profile features Ira Lee Freeman from Waterville.

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Show #20 updates the recent Lockeport Sea Derby results and shares a little shark fishing information. The Power Pro Canada profile features Kayla Giles of Lawrencetown.

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Show #21 talks about our native fisheries versus the non-native fisheries and the role we need to play in keeping the various species under control. The Power Pro Canada profile features Connor Wile of Hebbs Cross.

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Show #22 talks about the second trout season and some September trout regulations. The Power Pro Canada profile features Paul Gerhardt of  Bayport.

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Show #23 features interviews with Inland Fisheries staff and other officials, the topic was the recent successful and important workshop / fishing event with smallmouth bass anglers and government officials.

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Show #24 has Mike McNeil joining us from the McGowan Lake fish hatchery, we talk about their work and some trout issues from 2009. Our Power Pro Canada profile features Porter Beck from West Clifford.

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Show #25 has John MacMillan joining us from NSDAF, we speak in detail about trout fishing and management here in Nova Scotia with focus on The Nova Scotia Freshwater Fisheries Research Co-operative. The Power Pro Canada features Spencer Oickle.

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Show #26 has Mark, Kevin Veinotte of Veinotte's Gone Fishing and John Wiles of CKBW wrapping up the year with some fun conversation and laughs. The Power Pro Canada profile features Lorenzo Barkhouse.

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