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...
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...
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...
FALL’S FIVE FOOTERS FOR FAMILY & FRIENDS

FALL’S FIVE FOOTERS FOR FAMILY & FRIENDS

Have long had a fascination with sturgeon… This fall accompanied by family and friends we made a few trips. A feeling it would go over well introducing others, it certainly did. Our first round we stayed two days. Myself, Mike and Steve fished late day one. The...
HOME SIZZLIN’ GAR, GREYS & SKIS.

HOME SIZZLIN’ GAR, GREYS & SKIS.

. One thing with an ever evolving schedule is that some seasons fish by happenstance will just fall out of rotation. Picking some spring and summer species to target while home in the valley, it has always been a given that gar and lakers are going to be at the top of...
CHASING A WILD LIFE.

CHASING A WILD LIFE.

. The huskies were barking and yelping to themselves, “now where does this fella think he’s going?” On the outskirts of town, back up north in Coral Harbour, I set out on one of the few walks my time from work permitted. Earbuds shuffling through...