Dave Maynard

Dave Maynard is the colorful host of Fishing Across America on the Outdoor Channel.  He grew up in the Florida Keys and learned to fish about the same time as he learned to walk. If his mom couldn’t find him, it was a good bet that his fishing rod was missing, too. Dave’s love of sport fishing began with his catching snapper, grouper, sharks and barracuda on the mangrove flats of Biscayne Bay.

Marriage brought Dave to Colorado where he learned the subtle art of fly fishing for skittish trout. After years of building homes, office buildings and hotels, Dave finally decided he was too serious about real estate and not serious enough about fishing. He entered a regional bass tournament and started meeting all kinds of fishing enthusiasts. One day in an airport, he met Jim Jones, a producer for Fishing Across America and invited him to fish for trout in Wyoming. A few months later they were pulling rainbows from Horse Creek and swapping stories (lies) about past catches. As their friendship developed, Jim asked Dave if he would be interested in hosting Fishing Across America.

Now Dave is happily building less and fishing more all over the world. This past season found him in Sweden, Mississippi, Mexico, Louisiana and Wyoming. Dave feels he can easily lie about all kinds of fish from anywhere on the planet.

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