Being a tournament angler, I spend a lot of time on the water practicing and looking for new water trying to gain an advantage over my fellow competitors. This often leads to traveling all over the lake to find those secret spots. One thing I have figured out over the years is there is no secret spot. If you think you have one, you are just kidding yourself as someone else
When I first started to see the advertisements on WFN about the WFN Ambassadors program I though what a cool idea. This programs allows the everyday angler an avenue to share their fishing and outdoors experiences on a predominant website for all to see. I went through the process and registered online. I had thoughts of doing regular weekly posts on my fishing experiences as
Originally for Southwestern Ontario, specifically the village of Ayr Mike started out fishing the Nith river wading for smallmouth bass and bank fishing for Carp. He also spent a lot of time outside of Ayr in a small, not so well known lake catching largemouth bass. In high school Mike was introduced into fly and float fishing as well as learnt the art of fly tying. This resulted in many trips to all the trout and salmon creeks and streams in Ontario. After graduating from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Electrical Engingeering in 1999, Mike's first job brought him to the Ottawa valley where he currently reside. It didn't take long to realize the wealth of fishing opportunity this part of Ontario has. Trading in his fly and float rods for spinning and casting rods, Mike got hooked on the great Walleye, Pike, Musky, and Bass opportunities. In 2000 Mike started fishing bass tournaments with his wife Jennifer in the Renegade Bass Tournament Series and has continued to fish with them since and he is on the volunteer executive. With a couple of wins in the entry level Renegade Bass silver series and some top 10s Mike is still looking for the major win in the series. Even though you never fish a tournament without trying or expecting to win, Mike competes for the pure enjoyment of being on the water. Fishing is a great sport but it is best if you can share it with others. Mike and Jenn have been blessed with two great children; Jordan and Justin and their real joy of fishing can be seen when they take the kid's out on the water.
