I'm an obsessed angler who writes about fishing.

My syndicated fishing/travel/outdoors/conservation column runs in newspapers across the Pacific Northwest under the name CaughtOvgard. You can subscribe directly to my column for $1 per month at www.patreon.com/caughtovgard or read free content on my blog at www.caughtovgard.com.

As an angler, I'm on a #SpeciesQuest, trying to catch, photograph, and release as many species of fish as I can. I'm currently No. 6 all-time with 1100 species caught.

I also hold the Fishing Big Year Record with 416 species caught on hook and line in 2021.