2025! HONOURING THE FISHING STORY.

2025! HONOURING THE FISHING STORY.

How do we honour this time we have? Friend recently said, “the stories we tell about ourselves are important.” Yeah, sure! Maybe that is how?! My father said years ago as well, “you have to toot your own horn Drew, can’t expect others to do it for you.” Simply put,...
TO BE MINDFUL OF MUSKIES…

TO BE MINDFUL OF MUSKIES…

An early September full moon, the calendar had been marked up with ink months in advance to signal the arriving muskie season. After a summer whirlwind of fishing and work gone by, there was hope enough fuel would remain for what is always the toughest physical and...
SERVING UP A LITTLE SPRING-BOK-JOY.

SERVING UP A LITTLE SPRING-BOK-JOY.

It has been some time since sitting down to write for the site, surely not once these past 20 years had there been such a drought of motivation. Leaving it so bloody long there is plenty to catch up on. Nunavut, Mexico, Nipigon and finally what’s been happening with...
IN THE LIGHT OF 2024.

IN THE LIGHT OF 2024.

It’s all planned out in the winter. I think for all of us fishing begins before each year in our thoughts. Slow afternoons in the office or long dark nights under lamp light, sitting with a calendar, pen and several different colored high-lighters I will considerately...
A FALL MUSKIE CHALLENGE.

A FALL MUSKIE CHALLENGE.

Posted online in September. “Goals for the next 7 weeks. 1. Boat 2 muskies over 50-inches a week. 2. Boat 2 muskies over 50-inches a week. 3. Boat 2 muskies over 50-inches a week.” A FALL MUSKIE CHALLENGE. . So yeah… how do you face seven weeks of muskie fishing...
A CANADIAN RECORD GAR RELEASE???

A CANADIAN RECORD GAR RELEASE???

“Canadian gar record is 21.2 lbs. The more I think about it, we very likely released the record today. Maybe not but it’s close!” From Chrish Crete on Messenger… June 2024. My reply… “I thought 21.3 lbs. yesterday, probably because...