by A Bunker | Apr 14, 2009 | ICE FISHING
The new moon of January 28th came and a rare, warm, daytime high of -10C was expected, decided then to venture out for the first fish of the 09 year. . . Much of the way was trailblazing. The river in parts froze terribly, especially around Kwetabohagan. The shallow...
by A Bunker | Nov 7, 2008 | WARCANOE JOURNALS
Left off reporting somewhere abouts mid September…. Been an absolutely strange autumn this year and it seems that winter is now upon us. Kickin’ it at home in the Moose it was same old same old. Summer holidays long past, the days were getting shorter,...
by A Bunker | Sep 15, 2008 | WARCANOE JOURNALS
It was aboard the Polar Bear Express headed for home when the summer Holidays came to their end. A solid month off broken down into 14 days of fishing, 9 days of travel and 7 days of rest, all of it left me pretty much in need of a vacation. On the train north I was...
by A Bunker | Sep 1, 2008 | TRAVEL
A decade ago my buddy Pat stood at the Beardmore launch on Lake Nipigon looking out at 14 foot rollers crashing the eastern shoreline. Having driven with tinny in tow from Ottawa I could only imagine the defeated feeling when his dreams of catching mammoth lake trout...
by A Bunker | Aug 20, 2008 | TRAVEL
For Larry Willett. . 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...