A NUNAVUT NOMAD VII.  BLOODY KUG”LUCK”TUK

A NUNAVUT NOMAD VII. BLOODY KUG”LUCK”TUK

Red shirts hang outside many of the homes in Kugluktuk, Nunavut. A homegrown talent, the young actress Emerald MacDonald who starred in the movie “The Grizzlies,” was found murdered in a cabin out on the land, her murderer unknown and still hiding somewhere in this...
NIPIGON’S VIRTUES II.  LEAH’S RETURN.

NIPIGON’S VIRTUES II. LEAH’S RETURN.

Leah came along on the spring annual fishing trip, our daughter who lights up our world every day. And I can’t stop looking at the trip photos. Back in March I just threw it out there. “Kiddo, you wanna go to Nipigon with your mom and I this year?” “YEAH BOOMER!” She...
WEIGHING HEAVY ON SPRING FISH.

WEIGHING HEAVY ON SPRING FISH.

The fishing seemed a bit of a tricky run this spring with all that’s been going on. Returning from the arctic after spending time in Qikitaarjuaq, a strong urge had taken hold to just get outdoors, on the water and start making a fresh season happen. While in the...
100 LARRY DAYS OF MUSKIE.

100 LARRY DAYS OF MUSKIE.

Len and I had been fishing an hour and twenty minutes our first time on the St. Lawrence River when I caught a 56 inch muskie. Seven years, exactly one hundred days, thousands of miles and countless cranks of the reel, what have I learned since? And furthermore, what...
THE FISHING 20/20 ON 2020.

THE FISHING 20/20 ON 2020.

Our family lived on an ice road or boat-to only island for eight years. Before that, I worked a year and half on a secluded fly-in Reserve in Northern Ontario. The past seven years, I have been jetting away to some of the most remote communities in Canada to stay and...