THE STURGEONEERS.

THE STURGEONEERS.

If you read the muskie write-up you’d have had fair warning this was coming. Two friends, Stevie Z and Clive made different long distance trips to the valley this past fall to try their luck muskie fishing. But, before getting to the toothy beasts I decided to drag...
MATTERS OF MUSKIE.

MATTERS OF MUSKIE.

Woke today to the first big snowfall. November 12th, 2019. Bambalam is only just, just, just, parked in the garage still wanting out. It has been six days and cabin fever is already setting in. A fast fall gone by, if this boat is away for good now that will surely be...
THE LUND TILLER ADVANTAGE.

THE LUND TILLER ADVANTAGE.

Our boat no sooner reached the end of the Niagara River at Lake Ontario when it became quickly evident we were in over our heads. The strong meeting of the river and lake currents plus the winds converging at “The Bar,” waves built high enough that we were falling in...
LOVING ALL THAT YOU GAR.

LOVING ALL THAT YOU GAR.

Past two years for gar fishing have been a bit odd. This season due to record ice-out flood levels the Ottawa River closed to boating in early spring, this would cut into some quality time usually spent on the water. Once the river finally opened, I remember having...
SEASON ENDINGS BIG FISH BENDINGS.

SEASON ENDINGS BIG FISH BENDINGS.

It’s a frosty Saturday morning end of November. Sitting here in Kimmirut Nunavut on Baffin Island, the Arctic bay ice below my apartment window is receding with the falling tide. It’s a beautiful site, inspiring, and so feeling motivated I figured the right time to...
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...