The last week of July is a week that I look forward to as much as any throughout the entire year since I started fishing the Fort Frances Canadian Bass Championship back in 2000. That first year my buddy Pat James and I got into the tournament off the waiting […]
Jeff Gustafson – Livewell
It’s that time of year again for bass anglers across Sunset Country—tournament time. Although the bass season is open year-round, it is a catch-and-release season essentially until July 1, which is the reason there are no tournaments earlier in the year. But from now through the end of September, there […]
Across Northwestern Ontario, we have a lot of anglers who love to fish for the biggest fish in our lakes. Muskies also attract many anglers to Sunset Country because we have some of the top waters in the world for both numbers of fish and truly big fish. In fact, […]
Since we’re finally ice-free across Sunset Country, anglers are able to get out in the boat to catch some fish. After a long winter, it’s a welcome activity for many of us. Since I’ve been on the road for most of the past month, I’ve not been fishing much around […]
There certainly are some benefits to being self-employed and working within the fishing industry. Along with my wife, August, we get to go on some awesome trips—mostly fishing-related in some way or another. Over the winter, Shelley Bujold and Jack Dawson from CJBN in Kenora reached out to B.C. Tourism […]
The 24th-annual Sturgeon Bay Open bass tournament took place this past weekend in eastern Wisconsin on Lake Michigan and it was well-attended by Sunset Country anglers. A big event much like the KBI and FFCBC, the Sturgeon Bay Open attracts teams from across the U.S. Midwest and Canada because of […]
Although it certainly doesn’t happen every day, if you fish enough, chances are you’ll eventually catch a tagged fish. The tags—typically small yellow plastic pieces that are attached to the dorsal fin area of the fish—are used by natural resource agencies to measure the health and age structure of a […]
Now that things are starting to finally thaw out and the end of the school year is in sight, it’s prime time for students who like to be outdoors to find a good summer job. When I was in high school and university, I worked at a number of resorts […]
For all the anglers out there, this time of year always offers up a bit of a breather. Sure, you can find a place to walk out on the ice to fish for lake trout, or search for those first bits of open water and get a boat wet. But […]
With the warmer weather that finally showed up this past weekend across Sunset Country, it finally feels like spring is just around the corner. The snow took a pretty good hit these past few days and it actually was nice to be outside after many months of nasty winter weather. […]
The fourth FLW Tour event of the six-event season took place this past weekend at Beaver Lake in Rogers, Ark. After a tough start to the season for me, with triple-digit finishes at the first two events, I was looking to start some sort of streak of finishing in the […]
Heading into the third FLW Tour stop of the season this past weekend at the Sam Rayburn Reservoir in Texas, I have to admit I was feeling a little bit of pressure to put up a good finish. My results in the first two events were not good—finishing in the […]
