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Muskie Canada – Kitchener Waterloo Meeting

Posted by Peter Wood On January - 19 - 2010ADD COMMENTS

Muskie Canada – Kitchener Waterloo Chapter guest speaker Chuck Boyd.

Chuck Boyd will be speaking on “Tactics When Things Get Tough”

Meeting Starts January 20th Wednesday @ 8:00pm

Social at 7:30pm & Half-time

Knights of Columbus Hall

145 Dearborn Place,

Waterloo  ON.

N2J 4N5

For additional information contact

R.J.(Rick) Langford

Chapter Chairman ~ K-W Chapter – MCI

e-mail :   KW-MCI@RickLangford.com

Mobile :   (519) 658-3570

Lake Simcoe Tourism Alliance Partners – Lake Trout Update

The Lake Simcoe Fisheries Stakeholder Committee devoted a lot of time and energy over the past year to examining the lake trout stocking program for the lake. After looking at all the different options to deal with the good news of increasing natural reproduction of lake trout, their final recommendation was to reduce stocking numbers from 100,000 to 50,000 annually. (For a period of five years before review).  We discussed this pending change at our last FLSTA meeting.  MNR Minister Cansfield supported the change to the stocking program and the decision is now posted on the EBR… You can access complete details by following this link. www.ontario.ca/environmentalregistry and enter registry # 010-8539

In order to further facilitate the natural reproduction of lake trout in Lake Simcoe, the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) has established a new stocking target of 50,000 yearling lake trout to be implemented starting in the spring of 2010 for a period of 5 years. This is a reduction from the traditional annual target of 100,000 lake trout yearlings. This target will be reviewed again in 2013 prior to fall egg collections, based on the following measures of success:

  1. Relative abundance of the lake trout population
  2. Relative abundance of stocked and naturally reproduced lake trout in the population
  3. Angler catch, harvest and effort
  4. Lake trout age, growth and condition
  5. Relative abundance of the herring and whitefish populations

It is anticipated that this stocking reduction will result in:

  • Increased natural reproduction and survival of wild lake trout
  • Improved growth of lake trout given wild fish’s more varied diets
  • Unchanged angling success
  • Continuing to move us towards restoring a self-sustaining cold water fish community

Thanks to Wil Wegman for the updated news !

Bassman magazine is honouring three Canadian Bass Women on it’s cover.

Fellow writer and angler Wil Wegman , editor of BassMan magazine sent me this press release.

If your a bass angler check out the latest issue.

Quinte Bassmaster Ashley Rae – winner of the World Fishing Network’s Adopt an Angler contest

Crystal Brown the 2009 Renegade Bass Tournament Series Classic Champ

Sierra Voisin – the 2009 World Casting Kids Champion

“All three ladies are great ambassadors for the Canadian bass fishing community and we are privileged to have them on the winter issue of BassMan magazine,” says Tracy Kay, associate publisher.

A Look Inside:

The cover is only the beginning of good things in this issue. We have an in depth interview with Ashley Rae, and how she won this contest and the $10,000 dream fishing trip that went along with it. We cover Sierra’s Casting Kids win in Florida this past fall and have Tim Allards’s complete rundown of the 2009 Renegade Tournament Series highlighted by Crystal’s Classic win.

Something For Everybody:

Readers are sure to enjoy a great new section we started on “What the Pro’s Say”.

In this segment we explore the intricate details of the various types of fishing line on the market asking two US based Bass Pro’s and two Canadians to explain their choice of braid, mono or floro for various conditions.

If you were ever unsure which line is the best tool for the job – be sure to read this detailed article over carefully once or twice. If the knowledge on line choice that eight time Bassmaster Classic Qualifier Bernie Schultz and former Bassmaster Classic winner Takahiro Omori offer from south of the border isn’t enough, then that offered by Canadians Mike Desforges and Jon Bondy surely will be.

An exciting destination feature describing a trip taken earlier this year to la Reserve Beauchene in Quebec. Wil Wegman and Ontario BASS Federation Nation Youth Director Gerry Heels enjoyed a great pre-season bass fishing adventure at this world class fishing resort.

For those who think fly-fishing for bass is not on their horizon, they may want to re-think that notion after they read Jeff Holmlund’s “Poetry in Motion” article.

Dr Maw provides an inspirational article about an eight year old bass fishing enthusiast who caught the biggest bass of his life just after he finished chemotherapy treatment and a couple of blood transfusions.

BassMan Regular Features:

Of course we have our popular regular features too: This issue’s Bass Biologist highlights the work of Dr Bruce Tufts from Queens University – and shows the passion for his research is only matched by his love of bass fishing.

Profiling pro anglers in every issue BassMan well known Fishing and Hunting TV Show host – Cam Brownson of Angler & Hunter TV.

All in all we trust that we are not just living up to our mantra as Canada’s only All Bass, All The Time magazine, but that we are becoming a must read for all bass anglers across the planet regardless of where they come from.

A subscription to BassMan Magazine makes a great Christmas gift for your

favourite angler. You can pick up the latest issue at your closest Chapters Store – or at several variety shops. Of course, you can also subscribe online thru our site at: www.bass-man.com and receive a year’s subscription for just $19.99.

BassMan is proud to SUPPORT OUR TROOPS with our free online edition and website membership – open to all members of Canada’s military, police and firefighter services.

BassMan Magazine

Wil Wegman – editor

Destination “The Pot” north of Kapuskasing.

Posted by Peter Wood On October - 6 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

AS a Field Editor with Ontario OUT OF DOORS Magazine I’m fortunate to be able to hunt and fish all over Ontario.

On one assignement for Ontario OUT OF DOORS I traveled north to Kapuskasing to fish the Groundhog River system for Ontario giant Sturgeon. My guide for the trip was David  Barbour a biologist with the local MNR.

Over a few days we mangaged to catch a lot of fish and enjoyed some spectacular scenery along the river.

Check out my trip

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New Canadian Record of 5 BASS weighing in at 30.35lbs

Posted by Peter Wood On October - 5 - 2009ADD COMMENTS

Bass Tournament History is Made with

New Canadian Record of 30.35lbs

Ottawa, Ontario – Professional anglers Charles Sim and Nigel Touhey made

Canadian bass tournament history this past weekend by weighing in an

incredible 30.35lb bag of five bass. On September 26th, during a “Ripple”

tournament put on by fishing enthusiast website,  www.Fishin-Canada.net

Sim and Touhey broke the previous record of 29.90lbs registered on Ontario’s Lake

Simcoe by nearly half a pound. Their bag was anchored by a gargantuan

specimen that tipped the scale at a whopping 7.15 lbs.

The historic event took place on Lake St. Francis near Lancaster, Ontario. Lake St.

Francis is part of the St. Lawrence Seaway and has been steadily producing

notable tournament weights in recent years. With the ever increasing water

clarity and the influx of round gobies, the watershed has become a thriving

environment for colossal smallmouths.

With hundreds of tournament days under

his belt and dozens of seminar presentations, Sim exclaimed, “This was

easily the most exciting day of fishing I’ve ever had. When you’re tossing back

five pounders because they’re too small, you know you’re having a dream day!

Having won numerous top tournaments and no stranger to the competitive

circuit, Touhey also commented, “It was a crazy day! We just kept recalculating

the weights we had written down, amazed at the total every time. That

7.15lber is the biggest smallmouth bass I’ve every boated- FC

ABOUT CHARLES SIM:

Professional angler Charles Sim has been competing for 10 years at some of the highest level of

fishing both in Canada and the United States. Charles also participates in many trade shows,

providing educational seminars and quality fishing advice, to up-and-coming anglers. Charles

is proudly sponsored by Shimano Canada, Ranger Boats, Orleans Boat World, Berkley baits

and line, Minn Kota, Humminbird, Mizmo, Spro and Navionics. www.CharlesSim.com and

www.OttawaFishing.com. – Email: csim@rogers.com

ABOUT NIGEL TOUHEY:

Nigel Touhey has been fishing competitively in Ontario and Quebec for 10 years. With dozens

of wins under his belt, including the 2006 Quebec Bassmasters Classic on Lake Champlain, he

is as experienced and versatile as they come. As a member Pure Fishing Pro-staff Nigel

represents Berkley, Abu Garcia and many other Pure Fishing Lines at trade shows across

Ontario. -  Email: touhey@videotron.ca