Host – Backwater Outdoors Radio -Johnny “D” has been in the field, hardwoods, and backwaters for over 30 years. He is a native central New Yorker, where he grew up in the Finger Lakes Region with a rod and gun. Johnny cut his teeth hunting rabbits, squirrels and pheasants then graduated to ducks and geese in the grain fields off Cayuga Lake and in the backwaters of Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge in the heart of the Finger Lakes region of the Atlantic Flyway. His extensive resume of Hunting and Fishing consists of waterfowl (his true love of the sport …with a well trained retriever) upland bird, turkey, deer, hog and Gator. He has lived in the Midwest and now resides in Florida. Johnny has fished well over 40 years in farm ponds to the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. He has operated small craft with either an outboard or a surface drive mud motor to twin screws on larger saltwater fishing vessels and his boating experience is extensive. Some of Johnny’s travels have taken him hunting and fishing in Canada and 11 states in the US. Johnny is married to Linda of 22 years and have three phenomenal sons… Nick, Mike and Vince. Nick is the producer of Backwater Outdoors Radio. Before children, Johnny and Linda ran the HRC (Hunting Retriever Club) circuit thru-out the Midwest and were also licensed judges for hunts. They have trained three different Labrador Retrievers for the field and home, Brandi, Cassie and now Meg. Johnny knows he is truly blessed to have such a wonderful family where God has given him a great loving wife, three healthy, productive boys and a life full of the GREAT OUTDOORS. “It don’t get no better than that!”
