Fishing the Midwest with Bob Jensen, a thirteen week, thirty minute television series, received the first place award in the Association of Great Lakes Outdoor Writers(AGLOW) Excellence in Craft Award for the Television-Fishing category at the 2005 AGLOW conference held recently in Alexandria, Minnesota. AGLOW is the largest and most prestigious outdoor communicator association in the Midwest, and one of the largest and most prestigious outdoor communicator organizations in North America.

This is the fifth year in a row that Fishing the Midwest has been recognized by AGLOW. In 2001 Fishing the Midwest was awarded first and third place in this contest, in 2002 Fishing the Midwest was awarded first and second place, in 2003 Fishing the Midwest was awarded second place, and in 2004 Fishing the Midwest took third place in this competition featuring many of the most popular outdoor programs on the air.

“Catching Blue Sky/Let’s Go Fishing” was the award-winning episode for Fishing the Midwest in 2005. This episode featured walleye and musky fishing in northern Wisconsin with fishing guide Patrick Sheahan. The episode included magnificent autumn colors and a ten pound walleye in the first segment of the show, and “Let’s Go Fishing”, an organization that makes it possible for senior citizens to go fishing more often in the second segment.

Bob Jensen, the Host and Executive Producer of Fishing the Midwest recently stated, “We sincerely appreciate the awards and the recognition that those awards create, but winning awards isn’t our focus. Our goal is to create television shows that our viewers will find informative and entertaining, and will help those viewers enjoy their fishing even more. Brian Dellis, Don Koshiol, and Bill Coit from Lifetouch Media are the guys who shoot and edit our shows. They create a product that anglers want to watch, and every now and then, is recognized with an award. Fishing the Midwest ratings are exceptionally high when compared to other outdoor shows. Those high ratings are attributed to our regional flavor and extremely high production standards”.

Fishing the Midwest with Bob Jensen is nationally recognized as one of the leaders in fishing education and entertainment in the field of outdoor communications. In addition to an award-winning television series, Bob Jensen produces a syndicated weekly fishing column, an outdoor radio show, and is the featured speaker at fishing seminars. Fishing the Midwest with Bob Jensen is sponsored by the most progressive fishing equipment and marine suppliers in the world.