[2] His father, Joe Izumi, founded Canada's first bass fishing tournament on Rondeau Bay.
[2] His family, originally from Vancouver Island, were displaced to Canada's Japanese internment camps following the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.
Izumi had been hired to do seminars before that time, and the thought of a television show intrigued him.
[5][7] Izumi and his brother, Wayne, founded conservation organisation Fishing Forever.
The organisation is a funding agency for conservation efforts and fisheries projects across Ontario.