Groundfish Ice Fishing on the Saguenay River

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – Nov. 1, 2011) – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announces that the groundfish ice fishing season on the Saguenay River will open on January 21, 2012, and close on March 4, 2012. For the safety of those participating in ice fishing, DFO emphasizes that access to fishing sites is conditional on [...]

Ice Fishing Safety Tips

Attach a long cord to your sled. Not only does this make the sled easier to pull but should someone fall through the ice you can push the sled to them holding onto the line. Carry two picks – spikes protruding from wooden hand holds – to help pull your way out if you should [...]

Ice Fishing Pike

Oxygen equals fish… Too often while ice fishing pike, anglers head to the same location they had success in the spring and summer. While the pike may be at these locations for part of the winter, they most likely won’t be there for long. Pike are often on the move during the winter months as [...]

Check Hooks and Line for Damage When Fishing

Perhaps the most common error anglers mistake is to use old, weak line. “Old” is a relative term. The line you used just yesterday may already be badly worn, particularly if your rod guides are scored and rough, if you’ve been casting among weeds or rocks that abrade the line, or if you’ve stretched the [...]

Manitoba Fishing Vacation Rentals

If уου аrе serious аbουt fishing, tһеח уου һаνе tο experience fishing lodgings. Manitoba fishing lodgings offer fishing 24 hours a day, a trip уου wіƖƖ never forget. Manitoba Fishing Lodgings Manitoba іѕ a province tһаt іѕ located іח tһе middle οf Canada, north οf tһе Midwestern United States. Tһе name Manitoba іѕ аח Anglicized [...]

The “Ice Fishing Capital of Canada”- in our own backyard!: Ice Fishing Lake Manitoba Narrows

What do you reckon of when you hear the words “Ice Fishing”? For many people ice fishing  brings to mind a winter pursuit enjoyed by those in cottage country far away from the huge city.  I thought the same, until yesterday when I had the chance to learn more about an ice fishing festival in our [...]

Ice Fishing In Lac Du Bonnet – Great Fun For All Age Groups

As no surprise that more and more people are pitching little know spots for this specialized holiday activity and here’s where Ice fishing in Lac du Bonnet, Manitoba, situated nearly 111 kilometers, or 70 miles north-east from the capital city of Winnipeg, offers. Lac Du Bonnet gets its quaint name from the shape of the [...]

Conservation officials seize ice fishing shacks

Manitoba Conservation officials seized 11 ice fishing shacks from the Red River on Wednesday morning. It’s part of a plan to help keep the river clean once spring arrives, officials say. Every ice shack must have a name, address and phone number written on it so conservation officials can identify the owner if they have [...]

Illegal ice fishing shacks hauled off Red River

Manitoba Conservation officers have seized and removed a dozen ice fishing shacks parked on the Red River as part of a provincial crackdown. The seizures began Saturday near the city of Selkirk north of Winnipeg as part of a winter check for infractions of provincial statutes. Officials said the shacks were seized and towed away [...]

Province confiscating unidentified ice-fishing shacks

MANITOBA Conservation has landed the big one — a dozen ice-fishing huts on the Red River without owner identification. André Desrosiers, a natural resource officer based in Selkirk, said that after more than eight years of trying to persuade ice fishers to legibly scrawl their names and addresses near the door of their ice huts, [...]

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