Legendary Canadian country/folk singer-songwriter Tom Connors died at the age of 77 in his home in Ballinafad, Ontario. Tom’s personality and music are an inspiration to people around the world.
Feb 9, 1936 – Mar 6, 2013
His memorial service will be held on March 13, 2013 at the Peterborough Memorial Centre in Peterborough, Ontario.
via CBC News
This report comes from Tristan MacRae and was submitted as part of our 2012 Contributor Contest.
My Dad and I headed down to the Lake. We have a little dinghy that we paddled into the deeper part of the basin and anchored. We were casting for about 20 minutes, when a massive hit on a spoon made me jump. I gripped it hard as the fish tried to get away. I think I fought it for about 10 minutes. The fish went around the dinghy and tried many short runs, but my drag was pretty firm, so he didn’t go too far. It’s bad when they go under the boats, because then they snap the line. Once it tired, I reeled it closer to the boat and my Dad netted it for me. My arms were so tired afterwards. That was the hardest fighting fish I have ever caught and the biggest. It was 37″ and 22.5 lbs. I couldn’t fish anymore after that.
- Tristan MacRae
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.
This report comes from Tristan MacRae and was submitted as part of our 2012 Contributor Contest.
My Dad and I had met Ken (a.k.a. Muskiebait) a couple of months before and he suggested that we go fishing together someday. Since I had never caught a carp before, we decided to fish for carp at the Islands. We met Ken at the old swan pond on Centre Island and cast out three lines with corn on a hair rig under a float. We also threw a few handfuls of corn in the area where the hooks were. We waited a while and eventually we hooked a nice sized one. I tried to fight it and it ended up snagging on something. Ken helped me, but eventually the fish cut loose. There was no action after that, so we moved to another spot on the pond and cast out with the same bait. We were starting to think about going when a carp hit. I fought it for a couple of minutes until finally I got it in with some coaching help from Ken. When I got it out of the water I had a hard time trying to lift it, but eventually I got a hold of it for the picture.
- Tristan MacRae
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My XTRATUF II boots have been the footwear of choice for winter fishing this year and they’ve been fantastic on every outing. I’m sad that they’ll be put away in the next few weeks as summer approaches, but I’m very happy knowing they’re ready and waiting for next winter. When [...]
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