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Northern Pike Fishing
A Cormorant, Fish Pictures, and a Wild Goose Chase
This sounds like a bad joke, but it’s a story that has captured the attention of just about everyone on the Internet. Karen Gwillim was driving through the village of the village of Craven in Saskatchewan, Canada when she saw a cormorant with a weird shiny thing on its back. Wanting to help the bird, she [...]
24-Hour Fish-A-Thon Raises Money, Cleans the Streams, Across the U.S.
From Recycled Fish Executive Director, Teeg Stouffer: The details from the 2012 Recycled Fish 24 Hour Fish-A-Thon presented by Berkley Fishing are still rolling in, but the early indication is that anglers east of the Rockies battled high winds. Across the country, rain, heat, cold, wind – even hail – made fishing challenging for our [...]
Are the Days of Brook Trout fishing in Maine Numbered?
When you think of Maine, if you’re a fisherman at least, you picture crystal clear streams full of stunningly beautiful native brook trout. Our grandchildren, however, might consider it a pike and smallmouth state. Invasive species such as carp, pike and bass pushing brook trout out of their natural habitats could have a big impact [...]
Late June – mid July Royal Coachman Lodge AK. Rainbows, Salmon, Pike and More!
A lot has happened in Alaska the last few weeks, the Caribou migration near the lodge has come and gone, the Kings on the Nushagak hit their peak and have now moved up into their spawning habitat, the silver Sockeye blitz has come and gone as they also are turning red and staging in spawning [...]
Early June Leech Lake Walleye
We have been having some great trips on Leech Lake in northern Minnesota catching awesome walleye and a northern pike. For almost all of these fish, we were using Northland Fire-Ball Jigs in Parkeet tipped with our bait that was kept nice and fresh in our 1404 Frabill Min-O-Life. As always, the trip would not [...]
Maine Tearing Down a Dam to Protect the Penobscot River
The Penobscot River in Maine is one of the state’s, and the Northeast’s, most cherished fisheries. The trout fishing in the spring can be fantastic. But that’s not to say that the river hasn’t faced its share of challenges. Invasive northern pike have threatened the trout population, and dams on the river have as well. [...]
Deformed Fish Found in Lake Athabasca Due to Oil Development in Canada?
The oil sands in northern Canada could be a great energy resource, but tapping into that oil could be difficult and have some negative impacts on our natural resources, especially the fish and wildlife. And some aboriginal tribes are saying those negative impacts are already being felt. According to Winnipeg Free Press, the tribes are [...]
Catching Tarpon on Tenkara?
Tenkara is all the rage right now among fly fishing enthusiasts. GoFISHn friend Tom Sadler is even guiding anglers in Virginia on the Japanese fishing technique. For those of you unfamiliar with Tenkara. Basically, it’s a telescoping rod, without a reel, or really any line other than your leader. It’s all about working your fly [...]
Walleye opener
The fishing was a little tougher than I had hoped for. On Saturday morning’s trip we only managed a handful of walleye, but we did get into alot of nice northern pike that were in the 3-6 lb class. They were alot of fun (no pics forgot the camera). On Saturday afternoon we dialed in [...]
