Ice Fishing in Canada

Wintertime in Canada usually means a slow down in fishing related activities.  You might decide to go to one of the few outdoor shows to help you get through cabin fever,  or if you are a fly fisherman/tyer you might decide to replenish your empty fly box, or you can head out for the hardwater season [...]

Fishing: More to ice than the cold

You go to the bait store for minnows, hit the lake and drive on a plowed road, unload your gear and walk into a fish house with holes drilled and the heat on. This scenario plays out on a daily basis across the state during the winter as fishing enthusiasts utilize services provided by resorts, [...]

Canadian Pike Fishing

If уου һаνе never bееח οח one οf those canadian pike fishing trips οr vacations tһеח уου јυѕt don’t know wһаt уου аrе missing. Tһе ɡrеаt canadian outdoors, tһе Canadians Rockies, tһе wind blowing аחԁ tһе monster northern pike caught іח уουr fishing rod (tһаt wουƖԁ bе ɡrеаt, rіɡһt?) Well, аƖƖ οf tһіѕ саח become [...]

Ice Fishing

Fishing becomes an entirely new sport when winter arrives in Algoma Country. Ice fishing is a way of life in the north; quiet frozen lakes await visitors ready to relax and socialize among fellow anglers. Fishermen can be assured of a fishing experience like no other: a hole drilled through thick ice, a warm ice [...]

River Fishing Tips – Rainbow Trout

Although many anglers attempt to catch rainbow trout in lakes which have been “stocked” by their local conservation agency, catching stocked “rainbows” in a lake has never really seemed like trout fishing to me. Of course catching rainbow trout in a lake that has been stocked is obviously “fishing”, but to me catching trout is [...]

Outdoors: Lake still offers nice fishing shot

With the inland game fish season now closed, die-hard walleye anglers don’t have a lot of options to fish between now and opening day in May. But many of them find a cure for their walleye addiction by heading north along the Minnesota/Canada border, specifically Lake of the Woods, where the walleye season remains open [...]

Ice Fishermen getting the message

Ice Fishermen have been getting the message    since   Manitoba Conservation confiscated 12 ice fishing shacks from the Red River north of Selkirk  last weekend   because there were no names or contact information on them.. Conservation officer Andre Desrosiers  told Let’s talk Fishin on CJOB  Wednesday night  all the shacks they’ve checked this week have been [...]

Ice fishing tips and tricks

Ice fishing can be an enjoyable outing for you or the whole family but to make it successful there are a few ice fishing tips and tricks you should know. If you are a newcomer to ice fishing there are lots of ways you can improve your knowledge to make your ice fishing trip all [...]

Dip Netting, Seining, and Minnow Trapping

An angling license is required while dip netting, seining, or minnow trapping. In most waters these activities are allowed at any time of the year. Check for closures on specific waters in the divisional sections of this guide. Species that may be kept include suckers, carp, burbot, bullheads, tullibee, chub, shiners, darters, dace, fathead minnow, [...]

Fishing below Croton Dam

After a short drive up the shoreline, I spent the next morning fishing with Capt. Ralph Fairbanks whose 30-footer, The Hunter, is berthed in Manistee. Ralph’s an old friend and one of the finest skippers on the coast, and we’d spent many a day the past few years researching the habits of salmon and lake [...]

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