Hand Feeding Pike, Now With Less Glove

You may remember the last video we posted about the dangers of hand feeding pike, well here we go again!

Categories: Entertainment, Fishing, Freshwater Species, Northern Pike, Shore Fishing

Tags: DIY, Freshwater Species, video

Saturday December 27th, 2008 @ 2:28 PM | Clive Mathias | 1 Comment

Combat Fishing

Combat fishing. Sounds pretty cool, and it does often result in high catch rates, but man it looks awful. Combat fishing is setting up a large group of fishermen on both sides of a river, spacing them no more then 10 feet apart. I guess the idea is that with all this pressure, some one has gotta catch a fish. It goes against one of the things I love most about fishing, seclusion. I always avoid fishing where other people are!

What do you think, good idea or bad idea?

Categories: Fishing, Salmon, United States

Tags: Alaska, Incredible, Interesting, photos

Wednesday December 17th, 2008 @ 7:10 PM | Clive Mathias | 5 Comments

Fishing Alaska

I’m not a fan of the cold. In fact, the less clothes I can wear while fishing the better. My ideal fishing locations are in tropical climates, where I can feel the sand between my toes, and the sun on my back while making a cast.

For some weird reason, I feel very drawn to Alaska. Every time I see a photo or video of someone fishing in Alaska, I just want to pack up my bags and go. I bet a summer spent fishing in the great wilderness of Alaska would rival any other fishing trip on the planet.

Alaska Fishing 08 from Micah Ness on Vimeo.

Categories: Arctic char, Entertainment, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Freshwater Species, Northern Pike, Shore Fishing, Trout, United States

Tags: Adventures, fishing alaska, fishing in alaska, fishing trip, tropical climates, Videos, wilderness

Saturday December 13th, 2008 @ 4:03 PM | Clive Mathias | 1 Comment

The Wunder Boner!

via OFNC

Categories: Culture, Fishing, Trout

Tags: Funny, Oddities, TV, Videos

Wednesday December 10th, 2008 @ 8:18 PM | Clive Mathias | 4 Comments

Monster Fall Muskie

Technically its winter, but there are still many areas in Canada and the US where muskies are still in season. This time of year your chances of getting a lot of muskie aren’t great, but when you do get one, chances are it’ll be big!

Categories: Freshwater Species, Muskellunge

Tags: Freshwater, Incredible, Tips & Tricks, Videos

Saturday December 6th, 2008 @ 7:07 PM | Clive Mathias | Comments

Christmas Carp

In North America the carp gets no love, but in Europe carp are considered a delicacy. It’s true. Supermarkets even carry carp and sell them alive in the weeks before Christmas. The carp are often taken home and kept in a bath tub until Christmas morning when they are killed and prepared for the Christmas feast. Some markets will even kill and clean the carp for you!

Markets in Canada are even starting to carry carp!

via WFN
more photos at santacla.us
Czech Christmas Carp recipes at expats.cz

Categories: Carp, Culture

Tags: christmas, Freshwater Species, Interesting, Oddities

Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 @ 6:50 PM | Clive Mathias | 4 Comments

The Salmon Run Chi-Town’s East Side

The Chinook Salmon make their 20th annual return to their spawning grounds. These waters are now fed by a sewage treatment plant, but the story behind it all might surprise you…

In the 1980s the wastewater treatment plant went online, plant operations manager Peter spotted Chinook Salmon jumping over a break wall at the plant like you see them shooting up mountain streams in the pacific northwest. If their destination doesn’t seem hazardous enough, in order to make their migration from Lake Michigan they must travel through shipping canals that bisect oil and steel factories, a 700 foot stream that starts at the outflow pipe, and shooting up a 200 foot high drain pipe that churns out more than 15 million gallons of water a day.

Once in side the plant, they laid eggs, which hatched into fingerling that feed on microscopic daphnia - another creature known for dying off quickly when exposed to toxins - then grow and eventually leave the plant for Lake Michigan only to return years later to this very spot where they will spawn a new generation of Chinook.

Baranyai, who started out shoveling sludge as a laborer more than 30 years ago, said watching the annual circle of life unfold in the unlikely environment has made him into a naturalist.

Read more on the Chicago Chinook at CBS 2 Chicago.

Categories: Fishing, Freshwater Species, News, Salmon, United States

Tags: chi town, chinook salmon, lake michigan, salmon run

Wednesday December 3rd, 2008 @ 12:45 PM | Jonathon Marshall | 2 Comments