Today marks the end of the season for fishing in my area. This is my first full season fishing in Nova Scotia and it’s been fairly good I think. I always enjoy the challenge of fishing new areas and learning what technique works best for producing fish. I fished in at least five or six different lakes within an hour of Halifax and they were all very similar and had a good population of smallmouth bass. In Nova Scotia you are required to send in a report card with information on all the fish you have caught and I managed to catch well over 100 bass this year. It sounds pretty good, but in Ontario I’ve caught over 100 bass in a matter of days, and they were bigger!
Lately I’ve been fishing for brook trout and caught a few nice ones. Conveniently, I didn’t have my camera with me for any of these catches. I realize yesterday I haven’t got any photos of the trout I’ve caught here, so I decided that today was the day to do it, we would photograph a trout. My buddy Adrian and I headed down to a nearby creek a few minutes from where we work. We stumbled across this creek a few months back while trying to fish nearby lake. The area we fish looks like a ditch at the side of the highway, and thats exactly what it is. There is one small area where the water pools which provides a nice quite place to hangout for brook trout. This photo was one of the smaller trout we’ve pulled out of the ditch, but at least we accomplished the goal of photographing a Nova Scotia brookie!
#2 Mepps Aglia strikes again!
When does your fishing season end?
I want to go to Patagonia. The End.
Thursday September 11th, 2008 @ 6:57 PM | Clive Mathias | Comments
We at Fishing Fury have always been advocates of getting girls into fishing. For some strange reason, fishing has been seen as a mans sport, but anyone and everyone can (and should!) enjoy fishing. I stumbled across this great girls fishing site while reading SwittersB’s blog this morning. It’s always great to see girls catching big fish!
via Rogue Angels
The latest issue is of This Is Fly is now available for your viewing pleasure!
One of the things I love most about fishing is seeing the joy that it brings to people of all ages. Sherman was kind enough to send us these photos of his 60 year old father and the biggest trout he has ever caught! What a beauty!
I’d like to start by saying I’m sure there are mutant fish out there, but this is not on of them. Have a look for yourself.
This fish has been big news in Alberta, Canada since it was caught by some children in Lake Athabasca on August 15th. There has been a growing concern about environmental damage in the area and this “two mouthed” fish is believed to by a product of pollution. Now, I hate pollution as much as the next guy, but animals mutate with or without pollution. More importantly this is not a mutant fish, its a fish that was most likely on a stringer and had its lower jaw torn. The real news on this fish, that no body seems to be acknowledging, is that it may not be a fish native to Canada. I’ve fished all over Canada and never seen anything like it. I honestly have no idea what type of fish it is, but I would love to know - anyone out there recognize the above fish?
UPDATE - It’s a goldeye and they are common in Alberta. Thanks Dwayne!
You may be wondering how I’m so sure that the fish really has only one mouth, well its not the first time we’ve seen news about a two mouth fish. Here are two examples of fish that were said to have two mouths only to be disproved.
Anyway, I’d love to see what a real scientist has to say about this.
UPDATE 2 - According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, goldeyes have many small sharp teeth on their jaws and tongues.
via CBC
There were some incredible catches last month, including the new men’s junior world record blue marlin weighing 890lbs!
More awesome catches at IGFA
