How old is bob izumi

Of course, when it came time in the seminar to demonstrate the point I was making, I made my cast and the lure went flying out to the far flung reaches of the auditorium! I am still not sure who laughed longer or harder, Bob or the audience, who knew immediately what he had done. Another time, we were presenting a walleye seminar together and I was talking about where to find the fish after they lay their eggs in the spring.

It is a time when the fish typically pull back into adjacent shallow muddy coves and bays to recuperate. This is what I was thinking about this past Friday when Bob was walleye fishing with me on Lake of the Woods, recording an upcoming episode of his television show.

In typical Izumi fashion with son Darren behind the camera and wife Sandy directing the production it was a laugh-fest from the minute we started fishing until we wrapped up the day some 10 hours and 40 or 50 walleyes later. Bob, Darren, and Sandy had been on the road for 23 hours, driving the boat and trailer all the way up from southern Ontario. They only had time for five hours of sleep before they were on the water in the middle of a massive, windy cold front, shooting a television show.

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Photo credit: Dr. Jonathan Eto. Born in Chatham and raised by a single father in Blenheim, Izumi credits his father as the driving influence in life.

His love of fishing was fostered by his father, Joe, who often took him, his three siblings and neighbourhood kids fishing. Joe was devoted to Izumi, his brother and two sisters. But perhaps most passionately, Joe took his children to fishing derbies, which hooked Izumi on fishing. Izumi was 15 at the time, but still remembers it well. Photo courtesy: Bob Izumi. He was very generous, and died with nothing. The tournament ran for six years until his father died of a heart attack. He has now won more than 70 major fishing events, and amassed several Angler of the Year titles.

Perhaps his best run was from where he won three consecutive Canadian Opens and in he became the only Canadian to win the Triple Crown of fishing; the Canadian Open, the Classic Championship, and Angler of the Year title in a single season. A true family production, his brother Wayne, also inducted into the hall of fame in , is the executive producer.