Circling Great Lakes chinook salmon
Part of the fun in fishing for Great Lakes chinook salmon is the mystery of finding out where they are on any given day.
Roof cave-in prompts crowdfunding
A crowdfunding campaign is raising funds to aid the Sydenham Sportsmen’s Association after excessive snow caused a roof cave-in.
Record weigh-in at Salmon Spectacular
A record 3,500 pounds of salmon were weighed in at this year’s 36th annual McDonald’s Owen Sound Salmon Spectacular.
Giving salmon a hand
If the level of enthusiasm volunteers/anglers have for salmon matches this species’ perseverance to survive, we will see an exciting fishery.
Getting lucky breaks
The ones that got away can dominate conversations about angling and hunting. But, there are also times when you catch a break.
Chinook wins first Great Salmon Hunt for Toronto angler
Philip Payne, winner of The Great Salmon Hunt 2020, nets cash and prizes with the 32.4-lb chinook salmon he landed.
Big-water salmon savvy
August is the month that anglers will be plying western Lake Ontario for coho and chinook salmon. The fish, now approaching their top weights, are starting to school and home in on the parent streams where they were stocked.
Boating fussy chinooks with cut bait
Sometimes, cut bait is the only answer.
Get more trout and salmon action
It’s opening day of trout season, the last Saturday in April, on Ontario’s tributaries. For the first time in over 40 years, I’m not on a river, but I am fishing, from a boat, only a few hundred yards out from Jordan Harbour on western Lake Ontario....