Why You Should Keep Small Fish
Despite much of the fishing media providing instructions and gear recommendations focused on catching big fish, those of us who enjoy eating what we catch should perhaps be focused on the smaller variety. Although big fish make for easier filleting and larger meals, the impact of these fish being removed from their populations, as well […]
How to Read a Fishfinder – Side Scanning Sonar (Part 2)
In part 1 of this How to Read a Fishfinder series, we talked about the traditional (CHIRP) function of modern-day units and, of course, our recommendations as to how to use that particular screen. In this part 2, we are moving on to the side-scanning screens that show the angler a plethora of information, in […]
Do Pike and Muskie Attack Humans?
As a young kid in southern Ontario, few fish occupied my mind more than Pike and Muskie. On one hand, as a young angler, catching a fish measuring nearly as long as myself was the stuff of dreams. On the other, as someone who just as frequently liked to swim in the lakes that these […]
How to Use Wood to Find Largemouth Bass
If you want to know how to find Largemouth Bass, you need to be familiar with the types of cover the species most often utilizes. When it comes to cover in the world of bass, wood ranks high on the list. In fact, it’s right up there with submerged weeds, lily pads and rocks. Basically, […]
Are Bass the Perfect Tournament Species?
This week’s episode of Outdoor Journal Radio was all about bass fishing and opened with an interesting study that shows why bass might be one of the only species in freshwater that can reliably, and ethically, support a tournament industry. Why Bass Survive Tournaments Rolling with the Punches: One of the most unique things that […]
Where Bass Live and Eat – (BasSmart – Part 2)
BasSmart: Part 2 Where Bass Live and Eat In Part 1 we talked primarily about Largemouth Bass behaviour. Now we are going to drill deep into their habitat and the locations—basically, everything you need to know to track down Mr. LMB. Good Weeds Green weeds emit oxygen, which in turn promotes new life in the […]
Largemouth Bass Fishing 101 – (BasSmart – Part 1)
BasSmart: Part 1 The Keys to Successful Bass Fishing (For the purposes of this blog, when I refer to bass, I am referring to Largemouth Bass only.) If you listen to some of the so-called experts, you might think you’ll need a bachelor’s degree in biology if you ever hope to hook up with a […]
Top 10 Weed Types for Fishing
Sponsored by Garmin Throughout our hundred plus years of combined fishing time, along with an influx of information given to us by friends and fishing experts, we feel we’ve come up with a pretty good idea as to which weeds attract fish and are the best to try and conquer. The following is a top […]
Using the Mayfly Hatch to Catch More Spring Walleye
The conventional anglers’ relationship with the Mayfly is much different than we see in the fly fishing world, often viewed as more of a nuisance than any real sign of great fishing to come. Despite this unfavourable reputation, the role that this ancient insect plays in our fisheries is substantial and the often-overlooked subsurface impact […]
How Mental Health Connects to Fishing
Stress is a word that we often hear in conversations with our friends and family. Whether it is the hectic schedules we keep, family pressures, financial commitments or work-related deadlines, we all face stress in one form or another each day. Most of us work in artificial environments where almost all the light we see […]