Using worms as bait is often scoffed at by most anglers now a days, but this tried and true bait still works to catch the lunkers.......

This article contains critical information regarding water clarity and how it relates to catching elusive small and largemouth bass. It is broken down into sections based on visibility and what tactics to use.......

Detailed information on the recent re-discovery of blue walleye, not to be confused with it's extinct counter part, the blue pike, as well as a theory/explanation as to why/what makes the walleye blue.......

Trolling spinner baits allows you to quickly probe prime locations, such as weed-flats and break lines, searching for actively feeding fish to enticing neutral ones to strike.......

Detailed description that attempts to help dispel some of the more common bowhunting myths, ranging from whether or not a tuned bow is accurate to if mechanical broadheads work, among others.......

Easy guide to setting up slip bobbers. also gives a brief descripton of various slip-bobbing techniques, as well as what kind of equipment you should be using to maximize your effectiveness.......

Fishing with glow-jigs and crankbaits works extremely well in stained/turbid waters. This article explains why as well as gives you a few recommendations as to what to use.......

Local sports writer/fisherman, Gord Ellis, discusses various tips, tricks and techniques to angling Northern Pike with a wide variety of spoons. He also makes a few excellent suggestions on which lures you should purchase.......

When I started fishing for muskies, I spent countless hours casting big bucktails, jerkbaits and top-water plugs over shallow weed flats without so much as a promising follow. It was suggested to me that I try trolling.........

Local hunter tells the story of how he came across an over-sized buck while out hunting a friends farm land, deep in the heart of the Patricia Region.......

by Irene Williams
Book Abstract:    "Many people have suggested that "The Last Resort" would make an excellent movie. When I suggested that to my husband, Jim, he thought that Bette Milder would play Mum's part well. Lonnie Anderson could play me and he would play himself! I didn't go for that idea but who knows...
All kidding aside, a big "Thanks Mum" to our mother for the many sacrifices she made for us daily. If we could all have mothers like ours, the world would be a special place."
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by Irene Williams
Book Abstract:    "...He had written to Arthur asking him if he would like to run his hunting and fishing lodge at Wine Lake. I asked Arthur what kind of lodge that was. He said it was cabins out in the wild where hunters and fishers could stay during hunting and fishing season. Well, it didn't sound very exciting to me so when Arthur asked me to go with him, I said no. It was only Indians that lived in places like that. I suppose I shouldn't have said that but I did. I was very surprised when Arthur agreed to go without me. That meant that I would have to get in the wood, water, see to the garbage and do the shopping. It was the water that I didn't like getting. I had to go up the lane, cross a field and get the water from a well. It was hard work and I hated it. I couldn't believe that Arthur would go and leave me alone..."
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