Lake Simcoe Early Season Bass Fishing
About two weeks after the Bass opener in Southern Ontario, Steve Niedzwiecki and I decided to do a little fishncanada.com and Fish’n Canada YouTube work and, since the forecast was dead flat and calm for the following day, we picked Lake Simcoe as our playground. Lake Simcoe is a beast of a lake, but it’s […]
Fishing Hook In Deep
BRING ON THE PAIN As time passes during an angler’s life, the adage of “the more you do, the better you get” is absolutely correct (at least in my opinion). Time on the water equals experience. Through this time, safety and caution also become a learned behaviour. An example might be tripping in the boat […]
Scuba Divers, Fisherman and Farm Boys…
While I am happy to identify as the Chief tank filler at Dive Source Scuba or occasionally, the “Scuba Guy” with my friends at Fish’n Canada, I actually grew up as a “dirt between my toes” kinda farm kid, working on our families apple farm & roadside market. Although work and family came first, I […]
Algonquin Park Routes Less Traveled
Outdoor enthusiasts are becoming more and more desperate to get away from the crowds and find their own Garden of Eden. Of course, the problem is that the numbers of campers and anglers that are trying to escape where other campers and anglers go, has increased two-fold in the past few years, and it can […]
A Real Fishing Trip
Trout fishing was my religion growing up. My dad introduced me to wilderness travel by taking me fishing—and it was always for trout. He brought me up in a traditional sense—to always work hard, be honest to others and know that the only valid fish to catch is a trout. Why? Trout are hard to […]
The Point Au Baril 180
For my second Fish’n Canada trip of the 2019 season, I headed up to Pointe Au Baril Ontario, just north of Parry Sound, during the last week of May. I learned a lesson on this trip, one which I will share with you now. IT PAYS TO KNOW THE REGS I am usually “pretty much” […]
Walleye Fishing Spring Opener
So far, the spring season of 2019 has been a wild one with water levels at an all-time high in some locations. It’s happening from north to south. From what I’ve heard, the reason for all this high water is that Ontario doesn’t want to flood Montreal (don’t tell that to Leaf fans). By being […]
Lake Scugog Carp
To fish all of Ontario, with its vast amount of water and freshwater fish species, would take about ten lifetimes to complete. So, the realistic thing to do is to take it location by location and species by species. For example, Lake Scugog is known as a warm, shallow waterbody synonymous with species like Bass, […]
Digital Age: A Fish Out of Water
In a digital age where social media clips, tweets, posts, likes, and pins are as plentiful as scales on a Spanish Mackerel, literally, anyone can become a fishing YouTube superstar. Who needs mainstream broadcasters anymore? Who needs to mortgage Aunt Silvia’s summer home to buy a cinema-quality camera? And more importantly who needs to go […]
Nik Goes to the World Carp Classic Junior Event
Last summer I was thrilled to be able to help my Grandpa and the Fish’n Canada crew as they presented the inaugural Fish’n Canada Carp Cup—a qualifier for the massive World Carp Classic tournament that’s held annually in Europe. Shortly after our event, my Grandpa met up with his old friend Ross Honey. Ross is the […]