A plea from advocates for Manitoba fish and wildlife populations Dear Mr. or Ms. Future Premier, let us introduce ourselves. We are the Manitoba Outdoor Community, a group of anglers, hunters and trappers that numbers more than 250,000 individuals. We are passionate and treasure our time outdoors. We are tireless advocates for fish and wildlife populations — and when it comes to working to ensure healthy habitats and sustainable wild-animal populations, we put our time and money where our collective mouths are. Our passions run deep and this causes us to spend too much money on our outdoor pursuits, generating…
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Ottawa is investigating unspecified allegations against the president of the Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp., who has been replaced on a temporary basis by his predecessor. Source: Fish corp. boss faces allegations
By Tyson Sommerville While in Colombia, South America, my girlfriend Erin and I went to Guatapé, a small, very pretty lakeside town in Eastern Antioquia, about one and half hours from Medellín. Our main reason for the visit being La Piedra, which was essentially a very big rock that had a staircase up the side! The town is also near a very large man-made lake that flooded nearby land when the dam was built. When looking for a hostel I noticed one listed fishing as a nearby activity, which made our choice easy. The day we arrived we decided to…
With their marble like, reflective and light gathering eyes, walleye are made for the dark, and come sunset, they turn into a predator to be feared (if you’re a Dace). With the ability to see well in low to no light, they have a serious advantage over their prey when night falls, actively feeding all night long, making targeting them at night an effective tactic for ice anglers. Recently, my wife and I loaded up our two labs, ice gear, and headed out for a night to take advantage of nocturnal walleye. We headed to a local lake; well known…
“When a vision is fostered by a passionate community, success is the end result.” It’s easy to assume that when trout are stocked in a body of water, nature’s process will instantly take control and organically sustain a population from within. Similarly assumed, is that all water bodies are created equal. Lakes are randomly picked, trout are stocked, and the rest is history. For those who are unaware of the selection and management process of trophy trout lakes, the previous assumptions can often be far from the truth. In late-December, 2015, I had the privilege of accompanying the regional fisheries…
By Jason Mitchell The black Dacron line slid through my gloves as it sliced back and forth in the hole. Every time the fish came close to the bottom of the ice, the fish rolled and ran, the power untamed and unpredictable. There was no doubt that a big pike was on the end of the line, an assumption confirmed as a long shadow slid underneath the hole. As the fish rolled closer, water rose up and down in the hole, the telltale sign of serious water displacement. Big fish move water and this was a big fish. For so…
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