It was a busy weekend across the Sunset Country region for tournament anglers with two bass tournaments and a walleye tournament taking place. Bass tournaments were held at Shoal Lake and Lake Despair, while the Kenora Walleye Open happened on Lake of the Woods. It’s a short season for the […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
Over the past few weeks that I spent in Alabama, one of the things that I have been telling people is that I think I would rather have six months of winter than six months of the summer heat that they get in the southern United States. Having just spent […]
When the schedule for our Bassmaster tournaments came out last year and I saw that I had two tournaments in Alabama in June, with a week off in between, I wasn’t all that excited. It is as hot as it gets down here this time of year and I love […]
The sixth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series took place this past weekend on the Tennessee River, at Wheeler Lake. Wheeler does not have the tournament history or big bass reputation that other Tennessee River lakes do like Guntersville, Pickwick, Chickamauga or Kentucky but it’s a similar body of water […]
After spending most of the winter in the southern U.S., it’s been really nice to be home the past few weeks to enjoy the awesome early season fishing opportunities that we have across the Sunset Country region. It’s the best time of year as our lakes start to warm up […]
The lake whitefish is one of the most common fish species across Northwest Ontario. Many of our lakes host them but they do a pretty good job at evading anglers. One of the most popular fish for commercial fisherman, whitefish are excellent eating. While they are more common to catch […]
Over the past several years I have preached about using soft plastics for walleye fishing. Today, as live bait becomes more inconvenient (it still works great) because of regulations, it’s sometimes easier to just hit the lake with a handful of plastic baits and not have to worry about keeping […]
After spending the winter in the southern U.S., chasing my fishing pursuits, it was nice to get home last week and catch the opening weekend of walleye fishing across Northwest Ontario. Growing up, like many of you, the third weekend in May usually revolved around trying to catch a few […]
The fifth stop of the Bassmaster Elite Series took place this past weekend at Lake Murray, South Carolina. It was a return visit to this lake for the second year in a row, though it was a month later than when we were there last year. I didn’t have a […]
Growing up, 8-pound monofilament line was all I really used. In my teen years, braided line started showing up and while I didn’t jump on the wagon as soon as it was available, within a couple of years I was spooling all of my spinning rods up with it and […]
Most of the ice across the Sunset Country region should be gone this week so that means anglers who have waited through another long winter can get back in the boat and do some fishing. We are fortunate that in northwestern Ontario, we always have fishing seasons available throughout the […]
The second of back-to-back Bassmaster Elite Series bass tournaments in Florida took place last week at the St. John’s River and the event did not go well for me. In six years competing on the tour, this one ended up being the worst finish of my career, eventually landing in […]
