Mark Melnyk's Bio

PERSONAL STATS

Name: Mark Melnyk
Born: Fall 1974            
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario

PERSONAL STUFF

Marital Status: Wife, Jen
Children: Son, Will
Pets: Jen’s a Vet so it depends on the day
Hobbies: Fishing, Saltwater Aquarium (flipping/pitching practice)
Favourite movie: The Last Waltz
Favourite TV show: No time for TV
Favourite music (CD and/or musician): The Band
Favourite motto/quote: “I’ll sleep when I’m dead”
Did you ever think you were going to be a television host when you were a kid?: No way… never even thought of it until I was asked.

FISHING STATS

Years fishing: 32

FISHING STUFF

Favourite angler: My Grandpa – I’d love to have 1 more day on the water with him.
Favourite technique: chucking a Spinnerbait or topwater
Fishing strength: Stamina
Fishing weakness: The Jig
Highest point of career as an angler or TV fishing host: 1^st Tarpon on light line, midnight in downtown Miami – now that was cool… or catching an Arctic Grayling on a fly I tied – Nahanni River NWT.