All Things Fishing Sep 3, 2016
I recall that my passion for fishing started at an early age, when groups of us would head down to the local pond to fish for trout, or chubs or suckers, or whatever would bite. We’d use those red and white floats and worms, eventually getting really tricky by adding in some corn, with hopes of catching… […]
All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Aug 28, 2016
Our family makes an annual trip to Tomiko Lake Lodge, which is in the area of Crystal Falls / Sturgeon Falls, between North Bay and Sudbury. On this year’s trip I accepted an invitation to do some fishing with a couple friends who live up in the local area. Since I like fishing, like the outdoors, […]
All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Aug 16, 2016
Recently my brother and I took what we called a “scouting trip” to the French River, in preparation for two other trips we have planned to the area: our annual August “couples trip”, followed by my annual “Father / Sons / Friends” trip in September. Our scouting trip would be our first time fishing this […]
All Things Fishing, Equipment & Gear Jul 30, 2016
It’s always fun to catch fish with a new lure, and this was the case during my visit to Shekak Lake with White River Air in the spring of this year. With a spring trip you are expecting cold weather and cold water, which means we were anticipating having to slow things down in order to […]
All Things Fishing, Equipment & Gear Jul 17, 2016
I love to fish, and I love to eat fresh fish as well. I’m also an advocate of a responsible harvest of fish, which means respecting the open and closed seasons, slot sizes if applicable, and common sense when it comes to deciding to keep a fish or not. On my recent trip to […]
Trip Reports Jul 14, 2016
I’ve fished some bodies of waters for almost 3 decades, and I while I enjoy it, there is also something special about getting out onto a new body of water, and just trying to figure it out. That’s the situation I found myself in recently when I was travelling, and was given the opportunity to […]
All Things Fishing, Equipment & Gear, Trip Reports Jun 10, 2016
Opening weekend for Walleye and Pike was the 3rd Saturday in May for the area where Shekak Lake is located, and our group would be there the very next day, as the first anglers on the lake for the year.
All Things Fishing, Equipment & Gear Apr 3, 2016
Like many of you, I keep an eye out for both lures that have been around for a while but I’ve never tried, and for brand new lures to the market. A couple years ago I was excited to try two new products from Rapala, the BX Minnow and the Scatter Rap. I’ve written before […]
All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Jan 2, 2016
This year our annual Father / Son / Friends fishing trip took place a bit later, it was the first weekend of October. A series of scheduling conflicts left us with few choices, but we at least found a common date. We’ve fished later in the season before, and had some of the worst weather […]
Trip Reports Aug 26, 2015
Writing this post is long overdue, but also a wonderful walk down memory lane to the most impactful fishing adventure I’ve been on to date: my very first fly in fishing trip to celebrate my fathers 70th birthday. Dad had been taking his sons on an annual fishing trip for over 3 decades, so we knew how special […]