Getting Started At The Island Lake Ice Fishing Derby
After three days of being sick with the flu, I decreed that we couldn’t go fishing anywhere that required a long walk out on the ice. To his credit, Darrell took the decree in...
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A Needed Farewell To Summer
Summer flew by faster than ever this year. Last week I finally realized that the leaves were changing, the temperature was dropping, and I hadn’t spent a relaxing evening on the water in far...
Get Ready For The Fall Pike Smashfest
When the leaves start changing colours and the temperatures start dropping, two thoughts run through my mind: “Is trout season really almost over?” and “Woohoo, toothy-critter time!” In the past three years, the end of...
The Joys And Follies Of Our Grand River Bass Derby Weekend
Charles Dickens once wrote, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…”. Although we didn’t quite reach those...
