Red Pine Lodge, Lady Evelyn Lake, Ontario!

First and foremost when I travel for fishing that is exactly what is most important to me, the fish and the quality and quantity of fish I am catching. My most recent adventure was to Lady Evelyn Lake in Northern Ontario, just south of New Liskeard.




Getting to the lake is fairly easy, you meet the crew at Mowat’s Landing and they take it from there. The journey begins with a short barge trip to a dam, then you portage over the dam to Lady Evelyn Lake; from there it is about a 25 minute boat ride to the lodge.

The lake is not catch and release; you are allowed to keep a limit of fish. We were at the lodge from July 24-28th, and we mostly caught walleye, with a few bass and one pike thrown in the mix. The walleye were all caught deep in 18-23 feet of water, right on drop offs. The only thing we used to catch them was a worm and a jig. Chartreuse, pink and unpainted jigs worked best for us.

It was a fun trip; we caught some nice walleye and had lots of fun.

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Salmon Express

When thinking of fishing there are many things that pop into a persons mind, the quiet lake, the beauty that nature has to offer, the chance to get away from the city; but Torontonians need not travel far at all. Lake Ontario has some prime salmon and trout fishing and you can access it right from one of the many ports in the city.


There are numerous charters and boat launches that give anglers the opportunity to fish with all the amenities of the city. I recently did a charter out of Port Credit on the Salmon Express with four other people. It was a full day trip; we left port at 6:30 a.m. and returned at 6:00 p.m. we were fed twice while on board a BBQ lunch and a roasted chicken dinner. It was sometimes hard to get a bite in though, every time we went to sit down and eat a fish would hit the lines.

When fishing for salmon it is important to focus on temperature and not on structure; the Chinooks seem to prefer the 50 degree mark. We were using spoons and downriggers. Downriggers are a must when it comes to fishing salmon out on Lake Ontario, you want to go to the right depth that offers the right temperature and you want your lure to stay there.

The Salmon Express did a great job, we got on tonnes of fish; the food was awesome and the people were a joy to be out on the water with. I would highly recommend them to anyone who is interested in doing a charter out on Lake Ontario.

http://www.salmonexpress.com/

Wrought Iron European Mount!

When you hunt as much as I do, and mount everything you kill; you quickly run out of room. I have decided to go with European mounts from now on. They look awesome, and take up a lot less space. Everyone who knows me knows I do not trust anyone else but Advanced Wildlife Designs with my trophies. This is last years Saskatchewan whitetail, they did a European mount with it and then had a custom wrought iron piece made to fit my skull. It looks amazing, this is the reason I get all my work done there. I have never been disappointed, they go above and beyond on all the work they do, and the quality shines through each time.




http://www.advancedtaxidermy.com/

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Don and Jay Thompson , they tipped the scale at last weekends Tri Lakes Bassmasters two day tournament on the second day with a 20 plus pound bag. Jay and Don are sponsored by Bassaholics Lifestyle Apparel and Kawartha Lakes Outdoors in Bobcaygeon, Ontario.

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Sea Bass!

These sea bass or rock bass are found off the Queen Charlotte Islands and are a lot of fun. They swim in schools so when you hook one, another one is not far behind. For a small fish they put up a very nice fight. They have very tough skin, but are made up of a delicious solid white meat.

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Langara Fishing Lodge!

With it being my tenth trip to the Queen Charlotte Islands I had high expectations, after all no one takes a five hour flight, a 2 and a half hour flight and a 30 minute helicopter ride to catch small fish. Unfortunately this was the case this year.


Small fish everywhere, out of a trip with 68 people on it, there were only two Tyees (salmon over 30 pounds) caught, one 31 pounds and the other 36 pounds. The first year I went out there about 60% of the fish caught were Tyees and those numbers have been going down every year.

There were lots of Coho’s caught, but even a small King was hard to come by at times. The fishery is definitely suffering, the halibut limits have also been dropped three, two years ago to currently two.

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