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Canada’s Queen Charlotte Lodge – Star of Reality Show

On February 5, 2010 cast over to the World Fishing Network for an exciting line twist to the reality show genre. Queen Charlotte Lodge will host the first season of WFN’s The Lodge reality TV show. To help us catch a glimpse of what the show is about, producer and creator of ‘The Lodge’, Gary Cooper, [...]

Father and Son Success On Mary Lake

Jacob and his father scored big while ice fishing on Mary Lake this week! Both anglers were excited to pull out two of Mary Lake’s popular sport fish: A Northern Pike and Lake Trout. I was checking around for local ice fishing updates when I heard that Jacob had hooked into these fish. They were fishing [...]

Photo: Curtain Call On Vernon Lake

Just doing a little ‘housecleaning’ on some blog posts and pictures that never got posted. I think a weather front was moving in as the clouds and the ‘pending’ darkness enveloped an island in the black region of the photo. We were returning back from fishing the islands in front of Camp Tawingo.

Largest Uganda Cape Buffalo in 35 Years

A photo of the largest cape buffalo taken in Uganda since Idi Amin was ousted from power and one of the very best taken in East Africa in recent years. It was a solitary and hard bossed old bull with horns almost 49 inches wide.The buffalo was taken at Lake Kacheera just south of Lake Mburo [...]

Journal of a Recovering Soft Water Angler

With a pending ice fishing season looming, how can a soft water angler survive until ice out? Do not fear anglers of the open water. There is hope. I have been tracking my progress while dealing with the SWW (soft water withdrawal) syndrome below. Week 1 Having just spotted the first ice hut on Mary Lake, [...]

DU: 30 Tips For Duck Hunters

Ducks Unlimited published a great web article that shares 30 ways you can improve your duck hunting odds for next season. The article written by, Keith Sutton, is worth checking out. His recommendations are simple and straight forward. For example, his first tip is: “Duck caller reeds sometimes freeze or stick in frigid weather. Prevent gum-ups by [...]

Stalked Hunter

The eerie howls of a tracking coyote or wolf started just after I scared the forest-cloaked deer off it’s hidden bed. It was slightly unnerving and part of me wondered if the second hunter would have better luck than me. It seemed pointless to stay where I was (with all the howling in the [...]

Ontario MNR’s New Minister and Departments

21 January 2010

The Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters reports that the Ontario MNR has a new Minister at the helm. The new Minister also ushers in a major change to the Ontario MNR’s Fish and Wildlife Division. An OFAH press release states, As part of the provincial cabinet shuffle announced Monday, Linda Jeffrey, M.P.P. for Brampton-Springdale, [...]

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WFN Vid: Manabu Kurita’s Record Largemouth Bass

13 January 2010

In case you have not seen or heard about this world record bucketmouth – watch this:

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Looking For A New Pike Fly?

13 January 2010

I came across this video segment about an easy to tie pike fly last night. It looks simple enough for me to tie and lethal enough to make me look good catching some of Muskoka’s numerous pike. Big pike on the fly from Johnny Saunderson on Vimeo.

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2010 Fishing Reg. Changes TO FMZ 6 and 9

25 December 2009

Changes to fisheries regulations in provincial Fisheries Management Zones (FMZ) 6 and 9 are on the horizon for 2010. Anglers in FMZ 6 will soon be able to take advantage of extended fishing opportunities, while in FMZ 9, the zone’s advisory council is working to restore native fisheries in Black Bay, and early in the [...]

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Get Your Free Ad Yet?

20 December 2009

It’s not too late to place your free 125 x 125 as on Muskoka Outdoors’ sidebar! If your interested follow this link to find out how you can take advantage of my free, no obligation offer. I would like to thank (and welcome) Lake Champlain International, Outdoors Magazine and Burlington Boatyard for being the first organizations [...]

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WFN’s Green Prize Pack Contest

07 December 2009

Tell our friends at the World Fishing Network how you plan on “Being More Green” on or off the water next year. Keep your suggestion to under 200 words and you may get selected to win one of their WFN prize packs. Ten (10) Grand Prizes are available to be won, each of which consists of [...]

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