Author: Hooked Magazine

The landscape is brown, the rivers are brown and even my silver Tacoma is now mostly brown. The ice is off and about three hours from now we will be rolling into our destination where everything will still be brown. Joel’s Place:  I arrive at Joel’s just after four in the morning, his gear is piled beside an open garage; a case of PBR, a rod that has three of four pieces together, fly boxes and a pair of slippers. He stumbles out of a sliding door with two armfuls of gear and says he will be ready in five.…

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https://youtu.be/vaS2sDXRtUY Located on the Hudson Bay coast in Manitoba’s far north, Nanuk Polar Bear Lodge offers one of the most exclusive fly fishing trips in the wildest of places. With sole access to an assortment of truly untouched rivers, which are home to trophy sea-run and native brook trout, Nanuk presents an open door to an unparalleled walk and wade experience. While hooking up on trophy trout, you can easily spoil yourself with Nanuk’s renowned subarctic landscape. The opportunities to view polar bears in the wild, up close and personal, are without exaggeration, one of the best in the world.…

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According to anglers from all around the globe, Manitoba has the absolute best trophy channel catfish fishery in the world. Anglers and guides in the province are concerned that might change as commercial fisherman show increasing interest in selling catfish in a free market system which was introduced this past year by the provincial government. To address that problem, the government had implemented a regulation early in the new year that made it illegal to commercially harvest catfish. That didn’t sit well with the 43 commercial fishers that right now sell smoked catfish.  These fishers have asked the government to…

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Trail End Camp is only 2 hours from Winnipeg by car. Trail End is situated on Manitoba’s Winnipeg River, which is more like a lake with its islands, bays and inlets. An easy drive-to destination, it offers first-rate angling for northern pike, walleye and smallmouth bass. There is a rare sense of privacy for a drive-to resort, and the 30 mile stretch of river offers wilderness and seclusion usually associated with a fly-in lodge. Set out on your own adventure or relax in the hands of an experienced guide and enjoy a shore lunch over an open fire. You can…

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Photo by Destination BC/Blake Jorgenson There are few family pastimes as timeless as fishing. The sport is especially revered in British Columbia, a province crisscrossed with some of the best fishing spots in the world. The Cariboo Chilcotin Coast region, sprawling from the Pacific Coast all the way to the Cariboo Mountains near the province’s eastern border, bears some of B.C.’s most bountiful destinations for family fishing getaways. From the shores of Lac des Roches on the popular “Fishing Highway” to the mountainous majesty of Crooked Lake, the Cariboo Chilcotin Coast is the perfect backdrop for your next angling trip.…

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QLake Lodge on Quesnel Lake is a drive-to, world-class fishing experience rivalling any fly-in resort. It is the only lodge on the chain of lakes: Quesnel, Happy and Manigitogan, and offers access to trophy walleye, smallmouth bass and northern pike. The lack of pressure on the lake makes for an outstanding fishery and relaxing solitude. They offer various DIY cabin packages and camping options. https://youtu.be/fUQ0Y7jbpEA Originally posted at HuntFishManitoba

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Close to 150 SnoBears descended on Lake Winnipeg this past week. It was part of the Annual SnoBear Migration event held out of the Lakeview Hotel in Gimli. Participants in the event included Bob and Wayne Izumi, as well as Kevin Stobbe and Don Lamont from Hooked. The event also included a mini tournament on the ice in support of youth fishing. Over the course of the three days of the Migration there were a lot of trophy walleye caught. Bob Izumi landed one of the larger fish at almost 30 inches, while SnoBear president Ron Balzer caught one just…

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The weather was cool as we wended our way by snowmachine across the Winnipeg River from Trail End Camp.  We were headed out into the Whiteshell Provincial Park, a winter playground. I was fishing with Vance Hrechkosy, whom I have known for a number of years. Vance just started guiding for Eagle Nest Lodge after I left there in 1986 after three years. A few years later Vance and Maureen bought and expanded Trail End Camp to become one of the best drive-to operations in the province. I usually make it out to this part of the world about once every…

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Located in the Boreal forest of Manitoba, Jackson’s Lodge & Outposts spans 3 provincial parks, Atikaki, Nopiming, and Whiteshell. The family run business spans three decades and includes an air charter service, Adventure Air. Jackson’s offers twenty fly-in fishing options ranging from fully modern cabins to the full service American plan at Amphibian Lake. Easy float plane access from Lac du Bonnet gets you to your fishing destination in as little as 20 minutes. Great customer service and attention to detail keeps anglers coming back year after year. Trophy monster pike and walleye as well as smallmouth bass and lake trout…

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