Archive for January, 2010

You Haven’t Fished Until You’ve Fished in Canada

Canada is one of the most beautiful places to vacation; from some of the most beautiful scenery in the world to a very abundant fish and wildlife country. The Canadians take pride in their land and they are very helpful to the tourist who come to fish and hunt. If you love the outdoors, you’ll [...]

Similarities and differences in cisco and whitefish

I am slipping into a deep depression. It really began to set in when a fellow came up to me in Stewart’s and asked if a cisco and a whitefish were the same thing. However, my angst has nothing to do with fish; it is more related to the season and dogs. The first part [...]

Fishing-Just the Basics

I’ve been fishing for over 50 years and even more frequently in the last 10 years; during this time I have learned a lot of countless things about fishing in general. The most important is that you can never know it all. Even a novice can show an old timer a trick or two. Over [...]

Gimli Manitoba's Inventor's Huge Chainsaw May Slay Ice Jams

A lot of things don’t cut ice with fishing folk up here but local inventor Mike Olyarnick isn’t one of them. Olyarnick invents ice-boring and ice-cut­ting equipment that has made him the toast of net fishers and winter road builders on Lake Winnipeg. Now, he’s set his sights on Red River flood-fighting. The invention is [...]

Early Season Icefishing for Northern Pike

If you want to catch northern pike on early ice and you’ll definitely want to read this article. In this article I am going to discuss different tactics and baits for catching northern pike early in the winter. The first thing you’ll want to consider is what lake you’re going to fish on. The first [...]

What's With This Cold Weather? We Ask Some Scientists — They Tell Us to Grow a Pair

Ask a weather scientist why it’s so damn cold today and you’ll get two answers, both of them equally valid. The first is a scientific rationale involving high-pressure systems and advection and whatnot. And the second is that San Franciscans are wussies. We told you they were both valid. Let’s start with the science. Start [...]

Safe Snowmobiling

The roar of the engines, the sting of snow on your cheeks, the thrill of the air rushing past you: snowmobiling is an exhilarating sport. Manitoba is a snowmobiler’s paradise, where you are pretty well guaranteed to find snow anytime after December almost anywhere in the province. Snowmobiling involves thousands of enthusiasts looking for safe [...]

10 Winter Activities You Shouldn't Miss

Winter is no doubt the harshest season in Canada. The weather can drop below -40 degrees Celsius over night, and stay there for weeks. However, being stuck inside the comfort of your home can cause cabin fever in no time. The need to get outside, to do something fun, is very strong in this culture. [...]

Polar Bears and Global Warming

During the last two weeks, many news outlets have covered the fallout related to the electronic break-in and subsequent release of numerous private emails stored at the Climate Research Unit (CRU) at the University of East Anglia. The CRU is one of several storehouses of climatological information on global warming. According to those skeptical of [...]

Another Season of Ice Fishing is Upon Us!

Want to try your hand at ice fishing this year but need some answers? Many people I talk to over the course of year ask me what I do in the winter time. Ice fish of course, I tell them. Some give a look of amazement like that could possibly be fun! Not only is [...]

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