Lake Trout: The Perfect Winter Fish
Not all species of fish are active during the winter season. In fact, certain popular game fish, such as smallmouth and largemouth bass, are all...
Gord Ellis
Making an Ice Fishing Game Plan
Ice fishing, by its nature, requires an angler to think a bit more carefully about making a game plan. For starters, the water you want...
Memorable Deer Hunts
This month, my good editor tasked me with picking out some of my most memorable deer hunts. This is no easy feat. Looking over four decades...
Can Artificial Beat Live Bait?
As a young man growing up in Thunder Bay, the pursuit of fish was an all encompassing passion. Brook trout were favoured, but steelhead and...
Time for Last Ice Walleye
As the days get longer, and the sun’s warmth melts away the snow, many anglers start thinking about open water. This is only natural, as there...
Gimme Shelter on Ice
The northwestern Ontario ice fishing world I grew up in had no ice shacks. It’s fair to say there weren’t even ice fishing tents. If...
Snowshoe Memories
One of my most vivid winter childhood memories includes a pair of snowshoes. I’m not sure exactly how old I was, but I was old enough...
All About Fly Fishing
Fairly recently, on a cold winter night, my wife was watching television as I tapped away on my laptop in the other room. “Come see...