Since I was a teenager, I have had the luxury of always using a flasher on the ice. It’s the most basic form of sonar technology that anglers can get and it’s fantastic for ice fishing. The returns are fast, meaning that you see your bait in real time. They […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
Since I started writing this column back in 2007, I typically try to write about seasonally relevant topics, mostly related to fishing but sometimes other outdoor activities as well. There are always fishing seasons open and it’s usually not to hard to find something to write about but I won’t […]
Some of my best ice fishing memories are from fishing over the holidays while I was still in high school. It was during that time when we first started using GPS and mapping to find our spots as well as sonar to watch our baits and find fish. The part […]
Being in the wilderness, in a quiet place and out of cell service has a great way of making a person feel good. For me, it’s stress-relieving and it’s the aspect of hunting that I enjoy the most. I love being out there and as all of our lives become […]
While the mild fall has been welcomed by most of us, it’s nice to see some colder weather creeping in this week, if for nothing more than to freeze everything up so we can enjoy some of our usual winter activities. For ice anglers, we’re getting more options each week […]
In last week’s column I wrote about the first week of the fishing adventure that Bryan Gustafson and I took over to Australia to compete some barramundi tournaments. Barramundi are one of Australia’s most popular fish species and the ABT tournament series were having a run of four events over […]
One of the best parts of my job in the fishing community is I get to meet a lot of people, many who share similar interests and many who are from all over the world. One of my fellow competitors on the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament circuit that I fish, […]
It was another good season for ruffed grouse hunters across Northwest Ontario. While I know that grouse are cyclical by nature, I can’t recall in the last number of years when the grouse numbers weren’t pretty solid. Even though the best part of the season has past us, grouse hunters […]
The last couple of Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments of the season took place in August, out in New York, at Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. Following those events, which were covered by Bassmaster Live as all of the Elite Series tournaments are, there was some outrage amongst viewers […]
After months of enjoying another open water fishing season, last week was the first since the spring that I didn’t spend any time in my boat. I have intentions of getting out on the water at least one last time to burn up some of the gas remaining in the […]
At this point of the season, sadly, open water fishing is nearing its end. After a nice month of October, we got hit with our first shot of winter last week and it’s not looking like we’re going to get any more significant warm-ups, but I’m staying optimistic. For the […]
In the summer of 2000, I got a phone call in mid-July from then tournament organizer Doug Cain, that I had a spot in the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship if I wanted it. The call happened only about a week before the tournament and I had never been on […]
