The fishing season is off to a fantastic start this year! Last weekend marked the opening of trout season here in Ontario and though I was only able to get out yesterday, my friends and I still managed to have a fantastic day on the river. We woke up early and took a short drive out to Oshawa where we would explore the upper parts of the river. Tiny beads and stoneflies were the most effective lures in the gin clear water.
Winter Fishing Gallery – Updated!
If you haven’t been following our Twitter or Instagram feeds you’ve missed out on some fantastic winter fishing. Don’t worry, we’ve uploaded all of our best photos to our winter steelhead fishing gallery and we’ll continue to update it as the remaining weeks of winter pass. Clive was also in attendance this trip, but we couldn’t put him on his first fish of the year.
Unofficial Niagara River Big Bass Tournament
On October 20th, Martin Szomolanyi and I hooked up with the intentions of fishing a local bass tournament on Lake Erie. Unfortunately due to weather concerns the event was cancelled, but we were already up and ready to go so we decided to take cover from the wind and fish the Niagara River instead. We met at the Chippewa River where Mark Hordyk, Chris Jarrett, and Landon Wieske showed up to join us. They also intended on fishing the Erie tournament and since that was cancelled we decided to throw our own impromptu event with a 20 dollar buy-in and a 100 dollar prize to the biggest bass of the day.
I didn’t win the prize, which would have been twice as sweet as the $100 bill was mine. The winner of the day was Mark Hordyk with a beautiful 4-pounder beating out a big pack of 3-pounders. Pretty damn good day of fishing considering the horrible weather we battled. The only thing I regret is not getting the photo of Mark with his 100 dollar bill and winning fish!
Here’s Mark Hordyk with his winning catch! More photos after the break.
Fall Fishing Gallery Online!
After weeks of fishing in the rain and cold, and several days of warming our fingers inside preparing all these images, we’re proud to bring you this year’s fall fishing gallery. This gallery is important for several reasons, one of which being Clive’s return to Ontario and the re-activation of our furious fishing powers, and secondly because of my new personal best largemouth bass! That’s right, this big bass below measured 23″ in length, 5 pounds on the scale, and was caught on a football jig sent to me by the hardworking guys at Militant Outdoors. I also caught several large bass on my Big Smallie Tackle hair jigs, so look forward to a review of those very soon!






















Re: World Record Pike