{"id":56,"date":"2020-12-20T22:16:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-21T03:16:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gordellis.com\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2021-06-18T17:04:38","modified_gmt":"2021-06-18T21:04:38","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gordellis.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"56\" class=\"elementor elementor-56\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-12d7e8f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"12d7e8f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-34b61d0\" data-id=\"34b61d0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae08a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ae08a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am a life-long resident of Thunder Bay, Ontario and love the outdoor opportunities found here. My earliest memories are of fishing brook trout in small creeks with my Dad. I\u2019ve managed to make a career out of my interest in the outdoors, and my love of sharing stories and information about the natural environment we fish, hunt, camp and recreate in.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m the senior editor of Ontario Out of Doors magazine and have been writing for the OOD since 1992. I a write a regular column called \u201cCanadian Trails\u201d for the Northern Wild magazine in Minnesota. I\u2019m also a frequent contributor to Sentier Chasse Peche magazine in Quebec. My interest in music lead to a regular column in Thunder Bay\u2019s arts and culture magazine the Walleye.\u00a0 Over a 30 plus year career I\u2019ve written several thousand feature, columns, book chapters and web-based stories.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019ve a had a long career in broadcasting, working primarily with CBC radio in Thunder Bay as a reporter, newsreader and outdoor columnist. Some of the biggest stories of my career have been broken via CBC radio.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doing fishing and outdoor seminars is something I really enjoy and I\u2019ve done hundreds over the years. Recently, those seminars have included virtual online sessions for small groups and corporations.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My guiding career began in 2013 and focuses primarily on the Nipigon watershed. I\u2019ve guided several hundred trips since then and love seeing someone catch their personal best brook trout, walleye lake trout or pike.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m married to Cheryl and have two boys, Devin and Austin.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my spare time, I play guitar and sing with two Thunder Bay bands.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-31354c2\" data-id=\"31354c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef77d5c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ef77d5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gord-Ellis-with-a-Lake-Superior-brook-trout-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-372\" alt=\"Gord Ellis with a Lake Superior brook trout\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gord-Ellis-with-a-Lake-Superior-brook-trout-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gord-Ellis-with-a-Lake-Superior-brook-trout-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gord-Ellis-with-a-Lake-Superior-brook-trout-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gord-Ellis-with-a-Lake-Superior-brook-trout-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Gord-Ellis-with-a-Lake-Superior-brook-trout-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e052418 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e052418\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Young-Gordie-and-some-McVicar-Creek-brook-trout-1024x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-361\" alt=\"Young Gordie and some McVicar Creek brook trout\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Young-Gordie-and-some-McVicar-Creek-brook-trout-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Young-Gordie-and-some-McVicar-Creek-brook-trout-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Young-Gordie-and-some-McVicar-Creek-brook-trout-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Young-Gordie-and-some-McVicar-Creek-brook-trout-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/gordellis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Young-Gordie-and-some-McVicar-Creek-brook-trout.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a life-long resident of Thunder Bay, Ontario and love the outdoor opportunities found here. 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