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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 […]

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 […]

Amanda Masters of Bass Pro Shops proudly displays one of the many trout she caught during the CFM media camp at Lake Taneycomo.
Fishing guide Billy Babler holds Ray Eye’s first trout of the trip to Lake Taneycomo, caught on a small, white Rebel stick bait.
Scott Sandusky of Arnold, Mo. caught this 28-pound, 8-ounce state record brown trout on Lake Taneycomo in the winter of 2009.
Lilleys’ Landing Resort and Marina in Branson, Missouri is the year-round spot to enjoy both the tourist sites and restful Ozarks waterfront along Lake Taneycomo.
Eye had an awesome time fishing Lake Taneycomo with longtime friend Billy Babler of Whiteriver Outfitters. For many years, Billy was one of Eye’s radio show fishing report guys.

Fishing Lake Taneycomo

Winter trout fishing on Lake Taneycomo is a great way to beat cabin fever Just below Table Rock Dam on […]

Majestic Crane Lake is a dream destination on the Boundary Waters.
The mechanical portage at Loon Falls pictured here allows boaters to leave the Crane Lake Chain, be transported over land into adjoining Loon Lake, and enjoy other lakes. On the far end of Loon Lake, Beatty Portage mechanically transports boats into spectacular Lac La Croix.

Crane Lake–Voyageur’s National Park

Crane Lake adventure–a multispecies destination Minnesota offers so many fantastic fisheries, it can be difficult to decide where to go. […]

When all else fails, a fly rod excels for catching massive Canadian pike like this Wollaston Lake, Saskatchewan giant.
A massive Canadian pike from Gods Lake, Manitoba that followed and totally totally engulfed a Bull Dawg at boatside

Massive Canadian Northern Pike: Mean and Mobile

Catching reel monsters All across Canada, a vast network of flowing water connects lakes, rivers and marshes ideal for spawning, […]

Cree Lake, in the heart of northern Saskatchewan, is a fly-in-only dream fishing destination.
Low-bush cranberries were easy to find right behind the lodge
Brandon Schreiber gets ready to take John Cleveland and Mike McGuire out on the pond.
Practicing catch and release with a big Cree Lake pike.
The water was so clear in Clinton Bay that you could watch the pike attack the spoons.
Mike McGuire with a big lake trout that pushed the 40-pound mark.
A fine selection of custom spoons painted for lake trout.

Bountiful Fall Fishing Cree Lake Lodge

Wild weather, wild pike and delicious wild berries at Cree Lake The province of Saskatchewan is one of my favorite […]

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