The WILD COUNTRY CREW

What do you get when you combine a confessed river rat, a confirmed salmon addict, a certified casting instructor/rod geek, a jack-of-all-trades ringleader and a healthy dose of humor and attitude? The Northwest Wild Country in-studio crew, that's what.

They're the voices you hear coming out of your radio every week, and your official tour guides to the best fishing, hunting and outdoors opportunities in the wildest of all wild places: the Northwest Wild Country. Think of our in-studio crew as your gateway to the mainline of outdoors adrenalin that courses through the rivers, lakes, streams, salt chuck, marshes, ridges and fields of the Pacific Northwest. With over 140 years of outdoors experience among them - and a list of sources a country mile long - they'll either have the answers to your questions, or, know somebody who does.

Joel Shangle - Host

The host and creator of Northwest Wild Country, our ringleader lists a fishing, hunting and adventure resume that reads like an itinerary from "The Amazing Race": Dorado and sailfish on Hannibal Bank in Panama; largemouth bass in the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico; northern pike and lake trout in the McKenzie Range of the Yukon Territory; Atlantic salmon in the Valley of the Kings in southern Ireland; bonefish and tarpon out of Key West. The list goes on and on. more...

Tom Nelson, co-host

The definitive "multi-tool player", Tom Nelson's booming baritone is equally comfortable with phrases ranging from "poikilothermic" to "cut-plug herring". That's what you expect from a professional salmon and steelhead guide who just happens to hold a fisheries biology degree from the University of Washington. You want biological theory? Talk to Nelly the biologist. You want down-and-dirty fishing technique advice? Talk to Nelly the outfitter. more...

Bill Herzog, co-host

One of the most well-known outdoors writers on the West Coast, Herzog's sphere of influences runs the gamut from A to Z, and back again. As a matter of fact, he may be the only man on the planet who can quote Roderick Haig Brown, Rob Halford and Dick Weber in the same context. With a vocal grab-bag that ranges from Krusty the Clown to Joe Pesci to Bullwinkle the Moose, we're never sure which one of the voices will escape from Zog's head, but we know this: it'll be funny, it'll be clever, and it'll be interesting. more...

Mike Perusse, Co-host

The latest edition to the Wild Country studio team, Mike Perusse hits the studio with a 20-ounce Rockstar in each hand, headphones in a Crown Royal bag, and 25 years of on-the-water experience on some of the most famous salmon and steelhead fisheries in the world. With a list of fishing buddies and sources that filters through virtually every fishery from northern California to southeast Alaska, Mikey P. knows what's happening 24/7 … even before it happens. more...