In 2009, sheet metal mechanic, Steve Niedzwiecki, turned his passions into reality using steadfast belief in himself and his vision by investing everything in a once-obscure run-down Canadian fishing lodge. After ten years, the now-former lodge owner and co-host of The Fish'n Canada Show is here to share stories of inspiration, relationships and the many struggles that turned his monumental gamble into one of the most legendary lodges in the country. From anglers to entrepreneurs, athletes to conservationists; you never know who is going to stop by the lodge.
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Signup to Generate a PitchIn 2009, sheet metal mechanic, Steve Niedzwiecki, turned his passions into reality using steadfast belief in himself and his vision by investing everything in a once-obscure run-down Canadian fishing lodge.
Recent episodes include "Episode 155: A Lodge Owner’s Final Thank You To The North" (30 September 2026, 31 minutes), "Episode 154: What Happens When You Stop Chasing Perfect" (26 August 2026, 51 minutes), and "Episode 153: Sell The Experience" (19 August 2026, 112 minutes).
Diaries of a Lodge Owner publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 68 minutes across 156 episodes.
Booking probability for Diaries of a Lodge Owner is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Diaries of a Lodge Owner requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Diaries of a Lodge Owner's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Diaries of a Lodge Owner are Hotels & Lodging and Fitness, Golf & Recreation. Diaries of a Lodge Owner has a sports audience.
Diaries of a Lodge Owner is a sports show with 156 episodes published.
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Episode #155
The hardest part of life in the North isn’t the weather, the long days, or even the problems that show up at the dock when you’re already running flat out. It’s realizing you can’t hold on to every season forever. This...
Episode #154
A lure that pops, walks the dog, and then dives a few feet under the surface sounds like marketing, until you hear how it was actually built. My guest Steve Waters takes us from a kid carving a jitterbug-style bait out...
Episode #153
A great business can fail for a painfully simple reason: the owner forgets what they are actually selling. Sitting on the island on the Upper French River, we talk with Michael Scates about the moment that made that...
Episode #152
One violent headshake, one flash of a giant’s eyeballs, and then the hook comes flying back at us. That’s the kind of moment that turns a regular day on the water into a permanent memory, and it’s where this chapter of...
Episode #151
A muskie over 50 inches on a rod that holds about 30 feet of line sounds like the start of a disaster, but for me it becomes one of those rare nights that never stops replaying. I’m sitting alone with a handful of...
Episode #150
The hardest part of emergency calls isn’t always the chaos you can see. Sometimes it’s standing beside a wife, a son, or a loved one who’s begging you to fix the unfixable. Fire Chief Mike Sutton joins us for a raw...
Episode #149
The dog days of summer aren’t just hot weather, they’re the point in the season when a fishing lodge gets squeezed from every direction. When the heat hangs on, the days feel endless, and the finish line is still weeks...
Episode #148
The fastest way into a fishing guide career is not a perfect resume, it is getting yourself into the right lodge and proving you belong there. Around the table at Two Rivers Lodge, we sit down with three working guides...
Episode #147
A fishing guide’s job is not just finding fish. It’s reading people, managing pressure, and turning a tough bite into a day your guests will still talk about on the drive home. Around the table at Two Rivers Lodge, we...
Episode #146
You can own a lodge, hire great guides, and still feel your confidence wobble the moment you step onto a dock where nobody cares about your past. At Two Rivers Lodge, I’m back in the boat as a working guide, staring at...
Episode #145
Lodge season does not “start” so much as it hits you all at once. Early June brings that first real wave of guests, the scramble to reopen cabins and docks, and the reality that Mother Nature controls the schedule...
Episode #144
He wasn’t flashy. He didn’t say a whole lot. But he always had my back and that kind of fatherhood changes everything. After losing my dad just days ago, I sit down for a raw, personal reflection on grief, gratitude...
Episode #143
A thousand-foot gill net can hold a whole day’s worth of truth about a fishery and Paige Drew has lived that reality on Lake Superior. We sit down with Paige and Caleb Johnson, two newly minted guides at Two Rivers...
Episode #142
Spring at a Northern Ontario fishing lodge can feel like two different worlds at once. We’re watching flood water threaten roads and docks around the French River and Lake Nipissing, while up near Kenora the ice is...
Episode #141
The best ice seasons are not always the ones with the most chaos, they are the ones that run smooth from first hut to last pullout. We’re back with Donny Crowder of Hotbox Huts to debrief a Lake Simcoe winter that...
Episode #140
Your body already knows how to come back to centre. The problem is we rarely give it the right signal, long enough, often enough, to override modern stress. We talk with Spencer DeLeal, president of Art of Living...
Episode #139
Spring up north doesn’t arrive politely. It shows up when the ice starts talking, when a route that was open yesterday is suddenly blocked by a drifting plate, and when a lodge owner has to decide whether “maybe we can...
Episode #138
One mistake can end a survival challenge. One accident can erase weeks of memory. One loss can change the shape of a whole family. We’re joined by Joe Robinet, a Canadian bushcraft and camping creator who helped define...
Episode #137
The season doesn’t start when the first guests arrive. It starts when you look at snowpack, water height, and a dock system that can swing by feet, then decide how you’re going to make it safe, simple, and fast for...
Episode #136
What if your walleye box held the key to your next muskie? We sit down with veteran multi‑species guide Patrick Tryon to unpack a hard‑won breakthrough: when walleyes get picky, the jig colour they favour often maps...
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