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
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.