Underwater cameras can be a useful tool in an anglers arsenal but I don’t consider them a critical piece of gear; they are certainly nowhere near as indispensable as a flasher. In my opinion, underwater cameras have three main uses: scouting for structure, verifying fish species and studying fish behaviour,…
Do you have a flipover ice shelter or a tonneau cover on your truck? Have you wanted to build a smitty sled but didn’t quite know how to do it? I love the smitty sled and it has changed the way I ice fish by making it so easy to…
The time has come in Alberta’s north! There has been just enough cold weather over the last few weeks that we have just enough ice to safety explore smaller ponds. Ice safety is essential at first ice, on this trip I am travelling with a small group and we are…
A quality bumpboard for measuring your catch is, for some reason, hard to come by on this side of the county. For us tournament anglers, a good bumpboard is necessary but shipping one out west does ends up costing an arm and a leg! Luckily for us, great local companies,…
This season marks my 7th year of kayak fishing and over that time I’ve had the opportunity to try a plethora of kayak fishing accessories. When I started, kayak fishing was still fairly new in Canada and there wasn’t a ton of accessories available locally. So, a lot of my…
If you didn’t attend the Cold Lake Classic you seriously missed out! The final Alberta stop of the Western Canada Kayak Fishing Trail was held at French Bay on the infamous Cold Lake. It’s a long trek up to Cold Lake but it is worth the trip. Every year that…
With stock shortages and shipping delays being the new normal, everyone has turned to buying online. While buying online is convenient, it does have one big drawback – you aren’t able to try anything before you buy it. So, if you’re struggling with the question of which kayak fishing life…
The 2021 Western Canada Kayak Fishing Trail – Eastslope Classic kayak fishing tournament was a big success! I can’t thank everyone enough that helped to organize such a great event and a thank you to everyone that attended! It’s for the community that we host these events every year and…
Happy Canada Day! The heat has finally let off and I was comfortable enough to get out on the kayak. On Friday morning I was in the truck early to take advantage of the cool morning air. The weather called for light showers and wind for an hour but after…
The first tournament of the Western Canada Kayak Fishing Trail is in the bag! For the last few years the annual Trout on the Fly tournament was held at Dickson Trout Pond and it was always a bit unpredictable. Whether it was the fishing or the weather, there always seemed…
