The Year Isn’t Over Yet and Neither is Your Chance to WIN!!

Didn’t win any free fishing gear this holiday season? Well you’ve still got until January 1st to win something in our final two contests of the year! I’m pretty sure we doubled our yearly giveaways in December alone!

How about a complete set of premium fishing weights from Water Gremlin! All you have to do is register for our forums and post a member introduction before 2012!

Maybe forums aren’t you’re thing but you love those ‘guess how many’ contests. Well check out our final Christmas contest where you could win some sweet lures by guessing how many fishing lures Clive used to decorated his Christmas tree.

And just in case that wasn’t enough I’m already planning the first contest of 2012 where you could win a prize pack of Kiwi Camp Dry products like the Performance Fabric Protector that I reviewed earlier this year.

The Lawnmower Powered Canoe

Here at Fishing Fury we love DIY home-built boats and fishing gear, and the lawnmower powered canoe is no different- complete with steering wheel console, throttle control, even a stereo system! The driver sits in the very front, where the steering console is located, and the motor hangs off the back of the canoe. So far the only thing left to complete is the electric starter so you don’t have to climb into the back to pull start the motor, and then climb back to the front steering console without ending up in the drink.

via Hack a Day.

My Trip to Algonquin National Park

Though I’ve lived in Ontario for a while now I’ve never been to Algonquin National Park, that is until last week when two friends and I planned a four day canoe trip through the park. With a few trips to MEC and Al Flaherty’s to pick up some essential new gear we headed out early saturday morning for a three our drive north to the portage store where we would rent our canoe and the voyage would begin.

The trip we planned was pretty adventurous for first timers, but the route looked fairly easy to navigate from the map and I was sure that I could handle the water navigation. Sure enough, I never needed a GPS or even my trusty compass.

While I did bring my fishing gear, and even tried my hand at fishing 2-3 different lakes, there really was not enough time in the day to do any meaningful fishing. More often then not we were pushing pretty hard to make it to the next campsite with plenty of time to setup camp and explore the surrounding area. Next time I plan to spend two nights at one campsite so I can spend one day fishing and exploring.

Continue to my gallery of photos from Algonquin National Park

Toronto Sportsmen’s Show Tackle Porn: Shimano Stradic CI4

Throughout the entire Toronto Sportsmen’s Show I’ve snapped up hundreds of shots of different gear. I wanted to put them together into a few posts of “Tackle Porn”. As in shots of fishing gear that’s sure to get you excited! Get your bibs ready for some drool!

Shimano Stradic CI4

CI4 stands for Carbon Interfusion with the 4 referring to the number of electrons in the Carbon atom. Ultimately, this means CI4 is reinforced Carbon Fiber.

It is over one and a half times stronger than our normal XT-7 graphite and is over 20% lighter. Because it does not contain metal, it is impervious to rust.

So, as a result of its strength and weight, we can create an extremely lightweight reel with very precise tolerances.

Price: about $200

Sunday Reading

• Goodbye Goldie. The BBC reports that the oldest goldfish in the world has died at the ripe old age of 45.
• Does your fish glow? Fish, it seems, glow for all manner of reasons.
• Rare dolphin dies. The BBC reports that a rare striped dolphin has been found dead in Cornwall after being caught in fishing gear.
• Fisherman’s Calendar. The best times to go fishing, according to In-Fisherman.
• Houston, British Columbia’s claim to fame, the worlds largest fly fishing rod!
• Greenpeace looses. BBC news reports that Greenpeace has lost its High Court attempt to overturn a government ban aimed at protecting dolphins.
• Fairway fishing! The New York Times reports about fishing opportunities on golf courses.
• Shark population dropping. NewScientist.com reports of devastation in shark European populations.