Author: Sarah Henuset

Cracking the Code: Revisiting Challenging Waters There’s something special about the Duck Mountains. Tucked into the rugged beauty of Manitoba’s Parkland region, East Blue Lake is the kind of place that keeps calling anglers back. Especially when the prize is a massive rainbow trout. With its striking blue-tinted clarity, staggering depths of over 180ft, and the possibility of hooking a provincial-record rainbow, East Blue is a very different fishery compared to the shallow, nutrient-rich, stained prairie pothole lakes most Manitoba anglers are familiar with. Success here requires a change in tactics and a willingness to adapt. A couple falls ago,…

Mud, Grit, and Giants — Unlocking Delta Marsh’s Hidden Monsters When anglers talk about Manitoba, the same names always top the list: walleye, northern pike, lake trout. And while those species rightfully earn their fame, tucked away at the southern edge of Lake Manitoba lies a fishery that tells a very different story. Welcome to Delta Marsh—where the water is murky, the shoreline is wild, and the fish? They’re strange, overlooked, and sometimes downright massive. This open water season, multi-species anglers Sarah Henuset and Brinna Tough set out to chase Manitoba’s most underrated trophy fish. While most chase familiar names, these two proved that…

There’s something about ice fishing for big Northern Pike that gets the adrenaline pumping like nothing else. The frozen lake stretches endlessly before me, the wind biting at my face as I scan my spread of tip-ups across the ice. Silence hangs in the air, broken only by the groan of shifting ice beneath my boots. And then—snap! A flag pops. The line spins wildly. It’s go time.  For me, it’s never just been about the fish. It’s the entire experience—the icy grind, the patience, and the moments of calm broken by sudden, heart-pounding action. The kind of moments that…