The Calm Before The Storm

I live in Nova Scotia, Canada – in a tidy little city called Halifax. Its pretty far north. Usually we are well out of range of hurricanes, but every now and then one decides to pay us a visit. In September 2003, well before I moved here, hurricane Juan made landfall on an rather unsuspecting Halifax with winds reaching 105 mph (165 km/h). It was the biggest storm Atlantic Canada had seen in over 100 years, causing several fatalities and millions in damage. The effects can still be seen in many provincial parks in the form of once proud fallen trees by the thousands.

Typically the waters off of Nova Scotia are very cold. So cold in fact, that its rare to see more then a handful of swimmers in the water at the beach on any given day. This week has been abnormally warm and I’ve witnessed more swimmers in the water here then ever before. While thats sounds finer and dandy, its also a recipe for disaster as far as hurricanes are concerned.

Its pretty calm and cool outside right now, but in about five hours we expect the hurricane to hit the southern coast of Nova Scotia. Most predictions anticipate that the storm will be downgraded from a hurricane by the time it reaches us, but only time will tell for sure.

And The Winner Of Dave Mercers Boat is…

Not Jonathon Marshall. Despite entering countless times and eating Subway for breakfast lunch and dinner for the last several months, our very own Mr Marshall did not win any of the prizes. So who did win Dave Mercer’s 2010 Skeeter FX bass boat? Dari Petri of Richmond Hill!

Fishing Photography as Street Art

Spotted in downtown Toronto this morning: photographer Kaid Ashton takes his portraits of South Asian fisherman to the streets with these arresting wheat-paste prints.

Another photo after the break.

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The Weekend by Pawel Dwulit – Filmed on a GoPro Hero HD

One of the new underwater capable cameras I’m looking hoping to buy and review this year is the GoPro Hero HD. I’ve been following this camera for a while now and I’m always on the lookout for cool videos, and it just so happens that Pawel Dwulit shot and edited an amazing video of his weekend. He’s even got some great underwater shots of them fishing, but that’s not all!

The video really shows just how versatile this little camera is, I can’t wait to get one.

The Weekend on Vimeo by Pawel Dwulit.

Win a Fishing Trip With Henry Waszczuk!

We don’t usually post about contests here besides our own, but here’s one I’d love to see one of our readers win, a chance to fish with Henry Waszczuk! Henry is celebrating 25 years on TV and is a household name here in Canada.

The top winner will be able to bring a friend and fish in either Ontario or Florida. There are also several other prizes to be won, so enter now!

(click image to enter)

If you want to see what this guy is all about, check out some full episodes of his show Fishing The Flats on My Outdoor TV!

We’ve also got some other exciting news featuring Mr. Waszczuk and Team Fury, so stay tuned!

Catch Magazine Issue 12

Not to be outdone by the latest issue of This Is Fly, the good folks at Catch Magazine have some killer content in their latest offering.