Don Dziedzina, the host and producer of Illinois Outdoors has been involved in the outdoors industry for nearly 35 years. Starting as an outdoor writer in 1984, he has grown to be more involved in the outdoors by hosting outdoor radio and television shows and communicating with anglers and hunters from across the country with his websites, IllinoisOutdoors.com and FishingLineRadio.com.

 

As an outdoor writer, Don has published columns in eleven weekly newspapers, three monthly outdoor magazines, and one bi-weekly outdoor newspaper. Don was awarded the Illinois Outdoor Writer of the Year Award in 2005 and 2006. In 2005 he also won the Reader’s Choice Award from Midwest Outdoors Magazine. The Illinois Press Association awarded Don with 1st Place in a writer’s competition for a sports column on deer hunting in southern Illinois.

 

In 1995, Don began to produce and host the Illinois Outdoors Television Show. This show is taped on the water and in the field featuring the great outdoor opportunities that can be enjoyed in Illinois. This show has been on the air every week since 1995 on several different television stations in the Chicago market and is currently reaching nearly seven million households.

 

In May of 2006, Don joined the long running outdoor radio team of Ray Ludkevicz and Jim DaRosa on The Fishing Line and Outdoors Radio Show that broadcasts live every week on four radio stations in northern Illinois. In 2008 the show celebrates its 25th year of weekly broadcasting.

 

An avid angler and one who also enjoys hunting, Don loves to share his experiences with others in his numerous columns, TV and radio shows, and through his websites, seminars, and public appearances.

 

Don often says at the end of the show something that he believes to be so true, “Great fishing is not that far away.”