In years past, the editors of the newspapers that run The Livewell have asked me to write a Christmas gift idea column. I’ve done it a bunch of times over the years and to be honest it’s a tough one to do without sounding too repetitive. The fact is, I […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
One of the perks to my job in the fishing community is that I get to go fishing in some interesting places that I probably would never experience had I chosen a different path. Fishing new places is fun and last week I had a chance to go saltwater fishing […]
Have you ever had a lake that you drive by frequently on the side of the road or the highway and wondered which species of fish live in it, if any? If you like to fish, you can probably think of a body of water that you know nothing about […]
Over the weekend I was sliding through some social media and saw a video of a couple of people bragging about being the first to be fishing out on the ice. It struck me as being kind of dumb, for lack of a better word. I know it’s been cold […]
For the third year in a row it looks like we’re going to get another early freeze up across Northwest Ontario. A string of cold nights last week set the stage for the shallow lakes and bays to freeze up with another blast of cold weather this week. I wrapped […]
One of the perks to my job is that I get to visit a lot of places. I really enjoy getting to fish new bodies of water and see different parts of North America. That being said, the time away from home and all the driving that I do during […]
One of the reasons that I enjoy fishing so much is because of where I live. We’re blessed here in Sunset Country with so many great fishing opportunities for a variety of species. While bass fishing is my favourite activity on the water I do fish for everything that swims […]
Over the past couple of months, I have used the Aqua-Vu underwater camera on my boat quite a lot. It was mostly for prefishing purposes in preparation for some of the bass tournaments that I was competing in but it was also used to entertain a few kids that I […]
After being away from Northwest Ontario for much of September I returned home last week to different conditions both in the woods and on area waters than we’ve seen in quite some time. I always pay attention to the weather around home when I’m gone so I was aware that […]
The final event of the Bassmaster Elite Series season is taking place this week at Lake St. Clair on the Michigan/Ontario border, just north of Detroit. It is the Angler of the Year Championship, a three-day tournament featuring the top 50 anglers in points after the nine event regular season. […]
After a long season that started way back in February, the final Bassmaster Elite Series regular season event took place this past weekend in Oklahoma on Tenkiller Lake and it was the toughest test that anglers faced all year. We were supposed to fish Oklahoma’s Fort Gibson Lake back in […]
Bass fishing takes up a good chunk of my time, especially later in the summer and into fall when we have tournaments going on just about every weekend. I really enjoy competing in these tournaments as many readers who follow this column already know. That being said, I am pretty […]
