In a recent trip to Lake Rosseau, my friends and I had the pleasure of having one of these tall tales unfold before us on one sunny day in February. After a decent morning of catching smaller lake trout, suddenly my eye was caught by my friend’s fishing rod doubled over with his drag blasting off line. I sprang over with my video camera and frantically filmed as he fought the beast over several deep runs. Eventually the trout tired but when it arrived at the hole it was both sideways and tangled in the line. There we stood staring down the hole seeing only the fat spotty belly, pondering how to pull the fish through the ice. It was a pause one moment too long! With one weighty thrash the trout pulled the line to the edge of the hole and snapped off. We helplessly watched as it slowly dove back into the depths with my friend’s lure. We were excited by the fight but disappointed by the loss.

We reserved to resume our fishing and we each returned to our respective holes mumbling about how awesome that would have been to land that fish. Minutes passed when suddenly I felt my rod tip drop. “Fish On!”, I screeched. I could tell the fish was heavy but the fight was short. As it rose to the hole I was stunned by the sight of my buddy’s lure dangling from its lips. Its head turned into the hole and its face poked from the icy water just as my line snapped on his teeth. Panicking as it began to sink back into the hole, I grabbed the fish on the tip of the jaw with its sharp teeth digging into my fingers. “Go ahead and bite me!” I thought, “We can’t lose this fish twice!” I hauled the fish onto the ice and began to scream like I had won the lottery. We removed my friend’s lure, took a few pictures and sent the fish home to the depths. I have had a fish bite the same lure twice but this was something else. Our holes were nearly 50 feet away from each other and several minutes passed between hookings. The fish was maybe about 10 pounds. It wasn’t a monster as far as Lakers are concerned, but it was a legend that day.

Modeled after Duchamp’s 1913 ready made, Bicycle Wheel, this auto-jigger harnesses the power of the wind. A silver dinner bell rings when a fish bites. Perfect for catching panfish and Dadaists. Debuts Sunday January 29th, 2012 at the Art Shanty Projects.

The Art Shanty Project is a four-week art show slash social experiment inspired by traditional ice fishing huts. The show is open until February 5th, and is taking place on Medicine Lake, Plymouth, Minnesota.

Maybe wind power isn’t your thing. Well how about steam power?

If you liked this check out the rocket powered ice fishing rig!

The fish was caught on a PK Lures PK spoon, and the man who caught it is Tim Geni. You can check out more great videos on PK lures website and you can read more about this world record catch on the Saskatchewan Tourisum website.

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Perchin for MS Fishing Derby was a huge success this year. In its first year, we drew in 78 teams from all over Ontario and the United States and raised $4000.00 for MS Research and Awareness!
Next year we hope to make it bigger and better. We will be promoting bigger and better this year and attending the sports show and using our website.

The tournament was more than just about the fish or the weather however. “I started this event because I wanted to promote education and awareness around MS and I thought what better way to do that than through a fishing derby.” As an avid angler and Conservation Officer who lives with MS daily, Poirier knows firsthand about its limitations, but says that unless you have a friend or relative with it, people seldom have a good understanding of the disease. “The goal of the event was also to raise a bit of money for MS and I am pleased to announce that thanks to some generous monetary donations we raised almost $4,000 that will go directly to the MS Society of Canada,” said Poirier.
Although most anglers who fished the MS Perch Fundraiser were from the GTA, others came from Owen Sound and Niagara in the west to Muskoka and Halliburton in the north and east to Ottawa. There were even some anglers from the US. Many were hard core competitive anglers who look for competitions like this to test their skills. Others were recreational ice anglers who enjoy meeting others in a fun-filled event where proceeds go to a worthwhile cause.

Not only did anglers come out in force to support the fundraiser, but so too did sponsor and individual support. “The prizes supplied by companies and individuals far exceeded my expectations. Our community really showed the true meaning of “Community” with the way they all came together to sponsor this event!” said Poirier.

Perchin for MS

For obvious reasons the rocket cannot be hooked up to the line on the reel and send your catch flying in to the air.

Hack A Day via From The Desk of the Mayor

I can only imagine the muffled screams the diver must have heard at the time, and I hope this fishing hut came with a bathroom. The diver was live released.

via Field & Stream