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Roger Cormier displays a beautiful golden walleye caught on his Canadian fishing adventure. Photo: Josh Burlet
Gary Rognrud displays an average walleye hooked by the group on their fishing adventure in Ontario. Photo: Roger Cormier
The cabin at Wabakimi Lake Outpost is situated on a picturesque wooded point. Photo: Roger Cormier
Narrow channels with modest current are common on northwest Ontario lakes. Here, Rob Gray and Gary Rognrud motor between the north and south basins of Wabakimi Lake. Photo: Roger Cormier

Rusty Myers Fly-in Fishing Adventure

Heading north for an Ontario fishing adventure A fly-in fishing adventure I’ve looked forward to for many years finally became […]

Erin Gate shows off a trophy Lake of the Woods walleye.
Author Lee Haasch’s wife Lisa landed walleye after walleye at Lake of the Woods.
Professional guide extraordinaire, Mike Gate hefts a 50-plus-inch muskie. The waters of Lake of the Woods offer terrific muskie fishing.
Sharing fishing stories with other guests and enjoying fresh Canadian walleyes and Wisconsin pork cooked over an open campfire on the Lake of the Woods beach was a fantastic way to top off our stay.

Lake of the Woods: Nonstop Fishing Action

Crossing Lake of the Woods off the bucket list Nestor Falls, Ontario is a short hour and a half drive […]

Call the resort owner in advance of your trip of a lifetime to make sure you have the correct baits and colors, and make a pre-trip shopping list.
Match the rods and reels to the species you are after and make sure they are in good working order. Also pack extra line to respool for your trip of a lifetime.
Websites provide vast amounts of information and are a good place to begin planning your trip of a lifetime.

Destination Canada: Trip of a Lifetime

Get ready now for that trip of a lifetime Life is the journey, not the end result. So you’ve heard […]

An angler fishing Prairie Song Farm in northeast Iowa. Note the sloped banks and recently-burned prairie grass starting to regrow after the annual spring burning.
A ‘lunker’ structure for stream restoration with rock on top along the South Fork of the Root River in southeast Minnesota. This picture was taken in September 2016 after a summer that saw periods of double-digit rainfall totals and major flooding. Note that the structure withstood the force of the flooding. The sloped banks prevented any erosion issues that can be problematic throughout the Driftless. Photo: Oak Brook Trout Unlimited Chapter
Illustration: Oak Brook Trout Unlimited Chapter
East Indian Creek in southeast Minnesota. This stream restoration project was completed in 2016 by the Hiawatha Chapter of Trout Unlimited. Major rains and major flooding wreaked havoc on the project’s woody debris design.
Note the wood-stabilized banks are well above the waterline and exposed.
Illustration of toe wood methodology, using sod mats applied to bank. Illustration: USDA

Driftless Trout Stream Restoration

What are the best practices for trout stream restoration? Stream restoration is a major player in the health of all […]

B.C. Milam, one of the greatest reel makers, fishes with his product that was 60 years old then and still worked smoothly.

John Milam, Early Reel Maker

Fishing history of early fishing reel creators We are fortunate that outdoor sports writers produced many articles on early fishing […]

Clunn stunned the bass fishing world when he won a BASS Elite Series tournament in 2016 on Florida’s St. John’s River at age 69. Photos: B.A.S.S.
Clunn’s pro career started in 1972 and continues at a high level today. He has joked that, with all the Baby Boomers, he might have the sport’s largest fan base—and he might be right. Photos: B.A.S.S.
Rick Clunn has been hooking huge bass his entire life. Here, he displays two fine catches of the day.
Rick Clunn with one of his trophy bass from his 2016 BASS Elite Series Tournament win.

In His Own Words: Rick Clunn

Rick Clunn: From Rock Bottom to Bass Tournament Superstar To any bass angler who fished at any level in the […]

Muskie fishing has momentum in and around Chicago, but the future hinges on carefully handling and quickly releasing your catch.
Joel Michel, of Racine, Wis. caught and released this plump 49.5-incher from the Fox Chain in spring, 2006. This was one of the first truly large specimens I saw near the Chicago fishing scene.
This is a whopper muskie for forest preserve district standards, and quality for anywhere within the muskies range. Found on Facebook, this estimated 30-pound fish was boated by a client of Micah Langkamp’s, a Hayward-based muskie guide who also operates in northern Illinois from the late fall through the early spring months. Source / Langkamp’s Fishing Guide Service
Rob Miller, IL DNR with 46-inch muskie from Heidecke Lake, 2016. The largest fish, a gravid female, weighed in just shy of 30 pounds. Source / Illinois DNR
Little is known about this catch from Shabbona Lake in DeKalb County, Illinois. Source / MuskieFIRST

Chicago Muskie Chronicle

Esox fishing around the Windy City is for real Chicago Muskie fishing is finally coming of age. Most anglers observe […]

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