OTTAWA RIVER GAR RISES & SETS.

OTTAWA RIVER GAR RISES & SETS.

“See ‘em there! You see them right? Right there, those shadows near the shore?” That is how it begins with gar. To the untrained eye, many fish on many a days are overlooked, totally missed, but once a first time angler fully focuses their peepers on one of these...
NIPIGON FISH & COUPLES RETREAT.

NIPIGON FISH & COUPLES RETREAT.

She is sitting beside me in the passenger seat taking pictures of every road sign, bridge, tree and rock that she sees. Now and again she giggles then turns to jot something down in her note pad. Behind the wheel I’m getting annoyed cause every red light along...
MY LUND EXPERIENCE.

MY LUND EXPERIENCE.

No question how much I have loved fishing from a Lund tiller the past eight years. Anyone reading the odd story or following along has probably seen “The Bomber” a time or two. There has been no doubt in mind how awesome an all around multi-species boat I...
A NUNAVUT NOMAD III. TREE RIVER ROOTS.

A NUNAVUT NOMAD III. TREE RIVER ROOTS.

Mounted over the cabin’s fireplace rested two large brook trout, one of seven and the other eight pounds. John had told me they were caught on the same day many years ago, as he pointed out the window to the lake. They were fascinating to look at, painted in their...
LUNKERS OF THE FALL.

LUNKERS OF THE FALL.

An arctic blizzard is building. Sunday shoppers are picking the shelves clean of whatever pop and chips are left. There won’t be fresh groceries either, not for at least a few more days here in stormy Nunavut. Outside the Co-Op store a pick-up drives by, through...