A new book by Henry Waszczuk

Amazing Adventures from the Fish'n Guy

A lifetime of expeditions — from Canadian lakes to equatorial flats — told by one of fishing television’s most travelled hosts.

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The Book

Stories you cannot film in a single take.

Behind every episode was a longer story — weather that would not break, lodges at the edge of the map, fish that still live in memory. This is that book.

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Amazing Adventures from the Fish'n Guy

Henry Waszczuk has spent more than thirty-five years taking viewers fishing. From the co-founding of Canadian Sportfishing to award-winning series such as Fishing the Flats and Fins & Skins Classic Adventures, he has hosted and produced thousands of episodes across freshwater and saltwater.

This collection gathers the adventures that shaped the Fish'n Guy — remote seaplane camps, bonefish on gin-clear flats, peacock bass in the Amazon, and the Canadian waters that started it all. It is part travel journal, part fishing memoir, and part thank-you to the guides, crews, and friends who made the miles worthwhile.

  • True expeditions. Destinations that defined a career on camera and off.
  • People and places. Lodges, guides, and the moments television never had time to tell.
  • A conservation heart. Written by a pioneer of catch-and-release angling on Canadian television.
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Inside the pages

Adventures from the edge of the map.

A handful of the waters that still tug at Henry — the kind of places that turn a fishing trip into a story you tell for the rest of your life.

01

The Bahamas

Gin-clear flats

Bonefish, permit, and tarpon over water so bright it looks invented. Island hopping, poling skiffs, and the quiet concentration of sight-fishing.

02

Christmas Island

Equatorial thunder

Where giant trevally crash the reef like freight trains. One of the most electric hook-ups an angler can ask for — still on Henry’s short list decades later.

03

Belize

The barrier reef

Jungle meeting saltwater. Permit that refuse to eat, tarpon that explode, and a coastline that rewards patience as much as skill.

04

Costa Rica

Both oceans, one country

Guanacaste and the Gulf of Papagayo — cubera, marlin, sailfish, and the Pacific energy that kept drawing the cameras back.

05

Canada

Home water

From coast to coast — the lakes, rivers, and fly-in camps that built Canadian Sportfishing and never stopped feeling like the beginning.

06

The Amazon

A river of stories

Peacock bass, fanged payara, fruit-eating fish, and a shore lunch of piranha. A week that still answers the question: favourite adventure?

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The Fish'n Guy

The Author

From Grey Cup Sundays to seaplane Mondays.

Henry Waszczuk was born in Peterborough, England, and arrived in Canada at the age of two. A standout at Eastdale Collegiate in Oshawa, he earned a football scholarship to Kent State University, then a first-round call from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

He played ten CFL seasons at centre (1975–1984), earning multiple All-Star honours, two Grey Cup appearances, the Tom Pate Memorial Award, and a place on the Tiger-Cats’ all-time Dream Team. On the side he taught high school science in Hamilton.

In 1985 he co-founded Canadian Sportfishing and helped bring fishing television to a national audience — Canadian Sportfishing, Extreme Fishing, Sportfishing Adventures. Later, through Fins Media Group, he hosted Fishing the Flats and Fins & Skins Classic Adventures on TSN and FOX Sports. He has co-authored eight sportfishing books, published travel magazines, and pioneered catch-and-release techniques still used by anglers today.

Inducted into the Oshawa Sports Hall of Fame in 1989, Henry remains a sought-after speaker, conservation advocate, and the man viewers still call the Fish'n Guy.

The Journey

A life measured in miles and casts.

  1. 1950

    England to Canada

    Born in Peterborough, England. Moves to Canada at two — Oshawa becomes home.

  2. 1975

    Hamilton Tiger-Cats

    First-round draft. Ten seasons, All-Star honours, two Grey Cups, Tom Pate Memorial Award.

  3. 1985

    Canadian Sportfishing

    Co-founds a multimedia company and takes fishing to national television.

  4. 1989

    Oshawa Hall of Fame

    Inducted for a career that already stretched from the gridiron to the water.

  5. 2000

    Fins Media Group

    Fishing the Flats and Fins & Skins Classic Adventures air across North America.

  6. Today

    The memoir

    Amazing Adventures from the Fish'n Guy gathers the stories behind thirty-plus countries.

From the water

Lines that stay with you.

There are so many adventures that have touched my soul. The fish are only half the story.

Henry Waszczuk

A great destination is the adventure itself — the water, the people, the lodge, and the fish that made you stay one more day.

The Fish'n Guy

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Bring the adventure home.

Amazing Adventures from the Fish'n Guy is written for anglers, travellers, and anyone who has ever looked at a far shoreline and wondered what was biting on the other side.

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Contact

Drop Henry a line.

Speaking inquiries, media, signed copies, or a note from a fellow angler — send a message and the Fish'n Guy crew will get back to you.

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