The last few weeks have been all about the Chinook Salmon. Last year I missed the spawn, so this year I prepared early and followed the complete spawn. The human made creek at the Rotary Eco Garden for Conservation and Recreation in Cornwall was completed in 1997. The creek runs off of the old Cornwall canal and into the St Lawrence River. Dr. Brian Hickey a research
The Fall Pike bite has been good lately. This past weekend I was out fishing Bass and I had Pike bite my lure off more than a few times. I was using a Senko for Bass, but the pike were more into it, The Pike are into anything right now. Tonight was a perfect night to go out and get some redemption. The weather was over cast with a cool east wind. There was brief periods of rain,
Fall fishing is officially in full swing and the count down is on, at least for us up in the North. This time of year the fishing can be challenging with the change of season. Fall is a great time of year , but once November starts to creep up and the temperatures begin to plummet it can make for a really tough day on the water. To be honest in my neck of the woods, once
Day two of the 2011 Berkley B1 was awesome. The top ten all had twenty pounds or more going into today. Could the anglers duplicate day one and deliver more Lake St. Francis monsters. Lots of hardware up for grabs along with the two Evinrude 250 hp motors, a $60,000 package. Jason Gramada and Nicolas Gendron occupied the hot seat for most of day one. They were the day one leaders with a
Day one of the Berkley B1 was a huge success. Lake St. Francis didn't disappoint, the top ten teams all had twenty pounds or more. This year there are anglers from Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New York, and New Brunswick. The B1 is the biggest two day tournament in Canada and draws the top tournament anglers in Canada. The top 72 teams from today qualify to compete on day two. The cut
Eric plus others trying for that smallmouth
Eric doesn't want to give up
a new found friend on the short pier
everyones still trying for that bass
JP talks about the gear setup you need to target redfish in shallow waters.
Live Target has released a wake bait that looks exactly like a mullet for saltwater anglers to use while targeting inshore species like redfish and snook.
Bill Boyce talks about the great features available in Tuf-Line's braided lines.
just a short video of me pulling a nice cat into shore. she played hard to get but i knew she come around
Here is a little video trailer i put together on my IMovie
In this episode the anglers fought wind, rain, waves and long hours in an attempt to take home part of the $70,000.00 in cash and prizes. This short snippet will show some of their toils and triumphs... Stay tuned in the 4th quarter of this year all the exciting action for the 2012 season will air in HD on WFN.
JP goes over the gear you need to be successful while using the strolling technique.
Mark Zona goes over the features that made the G-Loomis GL2 the top freshwater rod at ICAST 2011.
all three fishing but Eric caught a sunfish, and as luck would have it eric caught a bass but the cameras batteries died, harley and her dad didn't have any luck so Eric did catch 1 bass and 3 sunfish
All 3 fishing at the pond hoping to catch something before it gets covered
The small pond in town, as the weather gets warmer the alge comes up and by mid summer the pond will be covered totally
A quick video from Twin Valley Alberta in the Jackson Coosa
JP showcases the new features of the redesigned, technique-specific Shimano Crucial rod and Citica reel.
Live Target has released some new baits that look like young brown and rainbow trout.
Cutt and rainbow trout....lots of them in a few hrs. Ice fly I tied tipped with Meal worm! First time with go pro hero2 and iMovie. Enjoy
lots of thumps and hits but no hook ups, even 2 blowups on erics popr lure
eric and uncle on the newly built long pier
eric at beaverdam using a popr lure
Perch is a main food source for many species in the Northern States and Canadian lakes. Live Target has released a new perch jerkbait that will drive these fish crazy.
JP explains how to best use the "walk the dog" topwater technique.
Chad Hoover and friends take advantage of the favorable solunar times and fish for some hungry bass.
SOME PHOTOS OF THE ST LAWRENCE RIVER CHINOOK SALMON SPAWN
OCT, 2011
LOTS OF RAIN
A LITTLE FISHING
DAY TWO
DAY ONE
OUT WITH CHONGER
OTTAWA BASS TOURNAMENT
FISHING WITH DAVE CHONG
THE FINAL
LAKE ST FRANCIS
COOL NORTH WINDS, A GOOD DAY THOUGH
FUN TIMES
CRAPPY WEATHER
FISHING
A NICE RELAXING NIGHT FISHING WITH MY WIFE.
GOOD FISHING THIS MORNING
AFTERNOON FISHING
WENT OUT FOR A SEADOO RIDE TONIGHT AND DID A LITTLE TOUR OF THE LAKE AND I SNUCK A FEW CASTS IN TOO.
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL LAKE THIS IS. CRAZY DROP OFFS, IT GOES FROM 3 FEET TO 30 FEET TO 100 FEET JUST LIKE THAT.
GOOD STORM FISHING
BATTLED MOTHER NATURE, BUT THE FISHING WAS GOOD.
A MUTLI- SPECIES NIGHT
A WINDY ONE
HAD A DECENT WEEKEND
I grew up on the St Lawrence River, when we weren't fishing, we were out in the ponds catching anything that would move. I always had to be outdoors. twenty five years later and nothing has changed.
