In the fall, bass tend to move into the backwaters and chase baitfish. If you find shad all the way back in the backwater area, this is a prime area to start looking for fall bass as they start their “feeding frenzy” to fatten up for the upcoming winter months. […]
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While the Muskies are having success on the gridiron again this season, the team has struggled to find opponents to play exhibition games against in recent weeks. With Dryden and Kenora dropping their NorWOSSA football programs this season due to the troubled contract talks between the Keewatin-Patricia District School Board […]
Some of the finest walleye fishing of the year takes place during the fall. The trick is to find the best action, and to match your presentation to the mood of the fish. Fall walleye fishing can be extremely unpredictable but most sources will say that usually the poorest weather […]
Joe Pritchett and Hiram Archibald of Sioux Narrows teamed up to capture top honours–and the $2,500 first prize–at this year’s “Bassin’ for Bucks” tournament there last weekend. Their three-day total of 45.64 pounds was less than a pound better than the 44.86-pound haul by the Thunder Bay team of Glenn […]
The Muskies went into last Friday’s contest against the Oak Park Raiders prepared to take on one of the top teams in Manitoba. And they literally ran away with a convincing 22-14 victory over a talented Oak Park team that had outscored its league opponents by a 103-6 margin in […]
After looking as though the new “AA” Midget rep team would not hit the ice here, it was saved in a last-minute move at Monday night’s meeting of the local minor hockey association board. Without a coach, the Midget program looked to be a distant memory before it even got […]
Due to the uncertainty of high school sports in the Keewatin-Patricia board this year, NorWOSSA has been forced to create a modified schedule that will combine “A” and “AA” programs for the first time. The Muskies will join Atikokan, Rainy River, Whitefish Bay, Pelican Falls, and Thomas Aquinas (Kenora) in […]
With two games in just five days to open the season, Muskie “B” head coach Rob Tysz admitted he knew his young team would go through some growing pains. And as the scores of their first two games would indicate, the young and largely inexperienced team has had its share […]
As first reported in the Aug. 20 edition of the Daily Bulletin, Fort Frances is interested in hosting next spring’s all-Ontario hockey championships should Dryden decide to pull out. Fort High vice-principal Ian Simpson was enthusiastic about a meeting last week with the Muskie Blueline Club. “Right now, we are […]
Eight members of the Junior Conservation Club and their parents took to the local sportsmen’s club gun range at Frog Creek to get a taste of target practice. Willie Anderson, who volunteered his time to instruct along with Doug Langtry, said they brought the youngsters to the range to show […]
Heading into his first season with the Windsor Lancers volleyball team last year, Steve Robertson knew full well he wouldn’t see a whole lot of court time as a rookie on a major university team. “Rookies never see any action on the court in their first year, and then they […]
Heading into last Friday’s tilt in International Falls, the Muskies knew they would have their hands full with the Broncos’ vaunted running attack. And that’s exactly what happened–especially in the first half–as the host Broncos ran their way to a comfortable 28-7 victory over the black-and-gold. The Broncos wasted little […]
