The second of back to back Bassmaster Elite Series events took place this past weekend at the Harris Chain of Lakes in central Florida. It was a fun week at my favourite lake in Florida but it was another mediocre finish to start the season. Fortunately I landed on the […]
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The Bassmaster Elite Series season started this past weekend at the St. John’s River in Florida but it was not the best start to the season for me. It was the fourth year in a row that the season opened at this venue and I kind of rode the struggle […]
Similar to how perch were sometimes disrespected by anglers when I was growing up, the same could be said about burbot. I can remember fishing as a kid and there were times when somebody caught a burbot and it was left on the ice, “for the fox”, I can remember […]
The 2022 Bassmaster Elite Series season kicks off next week at the St. John’s River in Florida. It’s the fourth year in a row that the St. John’s is hosting the kick-off event to the season. After finishing in July last year, it’s been a long off-season and I can […]
In last week’s column I mentioned that back in the late 90’s I used to absorb any fishing information that I could from fishing magazines, which was where I learned about new tactics and techniques for catching fish. One of the tactics that really stands out to me that I […]
When I was a kid there was almost nothing I wanted to get my hands on more than fishing magazines. My Grandpa had saved a bunch of old magazines from the 70’s and 80’s and I used to pour over those issues, reading many of them multiple times. I also […]
My job as a bass tournament angler brings me all over North America and I get to meet a lot of people from the southern United States, where the majority of our events happen. I see many of my southern friends posting on social media when they see a snowflake […]
Along with the New Year comes one of the longest standing traditions for ice anglers in Northwest Ontario, the start of a new lake trout season. I have spent New Year’s Day on the ice many times over the years but with the brutal cold temperatures we’ve had over the […]
The past couple of years will probably not go down as our most memorable for fun reasons but as 2022 welcomes us, we should all have some hope that we will eventually get back to normal living at some point. Fortunately, fishing is a safe activity for everybody and we […]
In this column over the past couple of years I have mentioned that we are seeing more and more bigger perch mixed in to our walleye catch while ice fishing on Lake of the Woods. It could be happening on other waterbodies as well but I notice it frequently on […]
In last week’s column I talked about how I got my start as a fishing guide, essentially pestering Roger Clinton from Ash Rapids Camp to give me a job until he finally did. Obviously, there is more to being a fishing guide than simply going fishing for the day. The […]
One of the questions that I’m asked most in my travels and via social media is “how do I get to fish for a living?” Growing up, I consider myself really lucky that I was introduced to and given access to fishing and the outdoors at a young age. I […]
