Ridiculously FAT Muskie!

This is the kind of muskie every muskie fisherman dreams of. With a length of 53 inches and a girth of 29 inches, this fish probably weighed around 50 pounds!

Massive Niagara muskie

via Niagara Sportfishing

Toronto Sportsmen’s Show: Day 1

Today was the first day of the Toronto Sportsmen’s Show, and it’s also the first time in years that it was not at the Canadian National Exhibition. Unfortunately, I ended up walking all the way there with photographer friend in tow, only to be greeted for some kind of flower show. We hopped on the streetcar back up the Queens Quay to nearly where we’d started and headed to Toronto’s Metro Hall.

Once there we obtained our admission stamps since the passes were unavailable at the time. It was almost 7PM at this point and the convention closes at 8PM, but we managed to get in and explore the first section pretty well. Unlike the previous years CNE, Metro Hall has broken up the convention into multiple rooms/buildings. If you’re going to the convention get a map immediately! Without it you might get lost or frustrated, and this convention is all about fun, so get a map!

While we were there we covered may of the booths and products we’ve discussed recently such as Koppers Lures, Quantum, Storm, Abu Garcia, and if I had more time I could have completed my boater exam! It was probably a very fine example of the phrase, “a kid in a candy store.” I’ll post more stories and photos tomorrow, as well as tweeting the event tomorrow after work.

Sorry for the low resolution photos, these were taken with my iPhone. I’ll have some real photos tomorrow!

Happy St. Patrick’s Day From Team Fury!

Five years ago today I kissed the woman who would become my wife, for the first time. Myself, Jordan and a lovely little redhead named Gillian had spent the evening at the only Irish bar in La Paz, Mexico (the only Irish bar in all of Mexico for all I know) I cant remember if we drank green beer, but the drinks were flowing throughout the night. After several hours I was well fueled up on liquid courage, but it took me until the very end of the night before I made my move. The luck of the Irish must have been with me that night though, because when I kissed her, she actually kissed my back!

So your Fishing Fury tip of the day: At the end of the night, find the most beautiful girl you can and kiss her. You never know what will happen next.

Yamazaki Fish Inspired Flatware

Looking around my apartment, there are few signs that it’s the home of a fisherman. If you look closely enough you’ll find a few fine fishing inspired details. I can’t think of a better addition to the kitchen of a fisherman then these fish inspired flatware by Yamazaki. Don’t think for a minute that this is a cheap novelty set of cutlery, they come with a $450 price tag for a 60 piece set!

* 5 Piece Placesetting 18/8 stainless steel
* Designed with perfect weight and balance
* Knife blades made with high carbon cutlery steel to maintain finely honed edges.
* Each piece is inspected to insure only the finest product is shipped to our customers.

via Way Upstream

New Fishing Lines From Berkley

One set of new products we haven’t touched on yet are the new fishing lines coming out. There are quite a few new hybrid lines, fluorocarbons, and even some new technology coming to traditional monofilament lines. Berkley, the makers of Trilene, has some new products that fit just about every one of those categories.

Berkley Trilene TransOptic is the first line of its kind, offering hi-visibility line above the water that goes totally clear below water! As Berkley puts it “YOU SEE THE LINE. FISH DON’T!” The proprietary transition technology is activated by UV light making the light appear yellow/gold in sunlight.

Trilene XT is now available in red! Why would you want a red fishing line? Well first you need to understand the properties of light and how it relates to penetration underwater. Red is the lowest wavelength of visible light and is the first colour to disappear under water.

Berkley is also introducing their new 100% fluorocarbon- professional grade- Trilene. This is supposedly some of the strongest fluorocarbon lines made to date, referred to by Berkley as the “ULTIMATE fluorocarbon fishing line PERIOD!” I don’t know if this will replace my favorite fluorocarbon line made by Seaguar, but there is only one way to find out.