Around 200 bass anglers from nine nations converged in Fredericton, New Brunswick over the past week to participate in the Pan-American Black Bass Championship, taking place on the Saint John River that flows through the province. Canada, the United States, China, Puerto Rico, Columbia, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, Wolastoqey […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
Continuing the busy month of September for bass anglers, the Shoal Lake Last Chance tournament took place over the weekend. Although it is not one of the bigger events, this tournament is one of the longest running in the region and one that I look forward to every year. I […]
It will be a busy couple of weeks in the fishing community around Nestor Falls as they are hosting tournaments a couple of weekends in a row, with the Crow Lake Classic bass tournament taking place this past weekend and the Nestor Falls Musky Cup coming up this weekend. I […]
The 28th annual Bassin’ for Bucks tournament took place over the weekend on Lake of the Woods, in Sioux Narrows and as always, it was a well-attended and well-run event. Anglers were greeted with three days of beautiful weather, which made for a fantastic weekend. This time of year, we […]
September is a busy month for bass anglers with multiple tournaments taking place across the region during what I think is the best time of year to fish for bass. Starting this weekend with the 28th annual Bassin’ for Bucks tournament in Sioux Narrows, there is a tournament every weekend […]
The twentieth version of the International Falls Bass Championship took place this past weekend on Rainy Lake. The two-day tournament had a full field of 60 teams, competing on both the lake and the Rainy River. In the early years of this tournament, teams would fish one day on the […]
The final stop of the 2024 Bassmaster Elite Series took place this past weekend at the St. Lawrence River, out of Waddington, New York. It was the second of back-to-back tournament out in New York on one of the best smallmouth bass fisheries in the world. Heading out to these […]
While the Kenora Bass International was going on at Lake of the Woods, I have been out in New York for the last two Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments of the season at Lake Champlain and the St. Lawrence River. The first event at Champlain just wrapped up over the weekend […]
The original bass tournament in Northwestern Ontario is set to kick off on Thursday when a full field of 150 teams will blast off for the Kenora Bass International. Started in 1988, the KBI is probably one of the longest standing open tournaments in North America. For the first time […]
My childhood memories of going blueberry picking are generally pretty good. Dad used to take my siblings and I a few times each summer, usually somewhere north of Kenora, and we would go for the day, picking berries and maybe getting in a little bit of swimming or fishing somewhere […]
It was nearly a perfect weekend of weather for area bass anglers competing on Lake of the Woods and Rainy Lake, where the Bronzeback Classic and Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship took place in Kenora and Fort Frances respectively. It was my 23rd time fishing the FFCBC, which is always […]
Back in July of 2000, a Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship tournament organizer contacted me about a week before the tournament to let me know that a spot had opened up if I could make it. We had been on the waiting list to get in and luckily, we got […]
