The state of New York has an early spring Catch and Release season for large and smallmouth bass that is extremely accessible for thousands of keen Ontario based bass anglers. Two of those anglers visited Lake Chautauqua in late May
Fishing Trips
Early Season Bass Fishing on Lake Chautauqua in New York
- Thursday, 31 May 2012 13:19
- Wil Wegman
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Bass Fishing Lake Joseph
- Tuesday, 29 November 2011 11:24
- Wil Wegman
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I was on the lake for less than an hour and was working my Rapala Skitter Pop across the surface in 30 feet of water. One tip I had before my arrival was that Lake Joseph's big smallmouth love to feed on suspending ciscoes.
The Road Once Traveled
- Thursday, 24 February 2011 21:35
- Global Admin
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You are going to see some very big Lake Trout from Great Bear Lake in the image gallery that follows - special fish - remarkable fish.
These fish, which ranged in size from 20 to 66.5 pounds, were caught throughout the 70's, 80's and early 90's.
Fishing New York's Lake Oneida
- Thursday, 24 June 2010 22:23
- Wil Wegman
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Fishing New York's Lake Oneida for the First Time How Two Canadian Bassmasters Figured It Out!
On June 12, 2010 my regular tournament partner Gerry Heels and I left for Lake Oneida, near Syracuse NY for a much anticipated bass fishing trip.
The Exciting Adventures of a Remote Ice Fishing Trip
- Friday, 26 March 2010 23:00
- Wil Wegman
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It's mid March 2010 and Gerry Heels and I just finished driving up to Sudbury, Ontario where we would stay overnight at his daughter's place before we left early the next morning for an ice fishing vacation neither of us will forget about anytime soon.
Styling on the Kogluktoaluk
- Friday, 19 February 2010 23:27
- Harold Ball
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After years of talking about it, the stars and planets were finally in their proper alignment and I was about to make my first trip to the legendary Tree, or Kogluktualuk, River in Nunavut
Fishing in Saskatchewan
- Saturday, 19 December 2009 19:42
- Hanny Elsadr
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Fish Fudger's Adventures. Ice fishing for Splake, Rainbows, Brown Trout and Pike In the awe-inspiring Region Northern Saskatchewan.
Wonderland
- Thursday, 17 December 2009 15:56
- Harold Ball
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"A boat beneath a sunny sky,
Lingering onward dreamily
In an evening of July
Half Rods Will Travel
- Tuesday, 07 July 2009 16:24
- Harold Ball
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There is nothing, and I mean nothing, more frustrating than arriving at your fishing destination, opening your rod tube and empting out a pile of material that looks
