Scott Enloe, a U.S. angler, made a spectacular catch at the Blue Mesa Reservoir, a man-made lake in Colorado, reeling in a 33.24-kilogram lake trout. The trout, a greenish-grayish speckled giant the...
New Law Could Fine Parents $200: Your Child’s Life-Jacket is Now More Important Than Ever!
In Ontario, children aged 12 and under are currently not required by law to wear a life-jacket while on a boat. However, a private member's bill, called Joshua's Law, is seeking to change that. The...
Cheating Fishermen Net Jail Time in Lake Erie Scandal
In an astounding instance of chicanery, Jacob Runyan, 43, of Ashtabula, and Chase Cominsky, 36, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, have been sentenced to jail for their disingenuous actions at a Lake Erie...
Ontario Offering Free Fishing on Mother’s Day Weekend
Fish for free across Ontario from May 12-13 To kick off the spring fishing season, families, fishing enthusiasts and first-time anglers across Ontario can celebrate Mother’s Day with free fishing...
Oakville Piers Light Up with Night Fishing: New Pilot Program Reels in Late-Summer Fun!
The Town of Oakville is permitting night fishing at its piers starting late summer, after approving a pilot program during a council meeting. The program allows fishing from 9 p.m. to 12 a.m....
Gustafson completes wire-to-wire BASSMASTER Classic win
On Sunday, Gustafson of Kenora, Ontario, became the first Canuck to win the $1 million Bassmaster Classic. Gustafson finished one pound, nine ounces ahead of American Bryan Schmitt after weighing 12...
Canadian Jeff Gustafson leads the first day of the Bassmaster Classic.
Jeff Gustafson of Canada had a great start to the US$1 million Bassmaster Classic. Gustafson of Kenora, Ont., took the overall lead after the first day of the Tennessee River's premier pro bass...
Ontario Fish and Wildlife surveying rules for fish photography.
The government of Ontario is seeking input from anglers about a potential modification to the province's recreational fishing regulations. Currently, holding onto a prohibited catch is against the...
Free Fishing on Family Day Weekend
Ontario Celebrating Family, Fishing and the Great Outdoors TORONTO — Ontario's Government for the People invites families to participate in free fishing on the Family Day weekend. From February 16...
Belle River anglers reel in muskie fish with Ontario ministry
Fish will be tagged and sent back out into Lake St. Clair Nov. 1, 2018- On a cool, October morning on a lake as clear as glass, volunteers geared up at the Belle River marina to reel in the big...
Giant, record-class walleye caught and released near Dryden, Ont.
A potentially record-breaking walleye got the break of its life last weekend. On March 10, Robert Monty of Dryden, Ont., caught and released a giant walleye that he said was record-book calibre. The...
Gold for Nipissing First Nation fishery vision
Nipissing First Nation has been awarded gold for efforts to heal Lake Nipissing’s walleye. There are now more spawning male and female walleye and the abundance of adult walleye has noticeably...
Shimano Offers Support to Lake St. Clair Muskie Tagging
PETERBOROUGH, Ontario - Canada - For Immediate Release - 2-26-18 -- It's a good day for muskie anglers when natural resource managers from Ontario, Michigan and Ohio all come together to make the...
Canada’s Johnston Wins FLW Tour at Harris Chain of Lakes
Canadian pro angler Chris Johnston of Peterborough, Ontario, brought a five-bass limit weighing 17 pounds, 6 ounces, to the scale Sunday to win the FLW Tour at the Harris Chain of Lakes presented by...
Eco-warming called pervasive threat to key cold water fish in northern Ontario
TORONTO — Gradual warming due to climate change posts the most pervasive threat to a vital economic and cultural resource in one of the world's last intact ecosystems: the fish that live in the icy...
Canadian Tire Keswick Presents Lake Simcoe Ice Fishing Championship Derby
(Newswire.net -- February 12, 2018) -- The 3rd Lake Simcoe Championship Ice Fishing Derby was announced to be held on Sunday, February 18, 2018. The event has a $17,500 cash prize pool for the...
Oshawa fishermen livid after hefty fines issued by city for fishing off Lakeview Park pier
OSHAWA — A group of Oshawa fisherman who say they’ve been fishing off the pier at Lakeview Park for years were shocked when the city’s bylaw department began handing out hefty fines for using the...
Three US states, Ontario form partnership to keep Asian Carp from entering Great Lakes
A new initiative to combat an invasive species of fish from entering the Great Lakes was announced by three U.S. states and the Canadian province of Ontario on Wednesday, 31 January. Michigan Gov....
Council Rejects Fishing Restriction Recommendation
Meaford's council has rejected a staff recommendation presented to council in December that would have implemented fishing restrictions along the Bayfield Street waterfront. At their December 11...
Northwestern Ontario tourism operators decry expansion of boundary waters fishing rules
Limits for non-resident anglers will have economic impact on tourism, says industry association. An expansion of fishing limits for non-resident anglers in part of northwestern Ontario is causing...
‘I’m still kind of in limbo’ Ontario angler says as fight continues over secret fishing spot
The saga of Ontario angler Mike Borger's secret fishing spot isn't over yet. Earlier this year, someone filed a Freedom of Information (FOI) request to find out where, exactly, in Algonquin Park...
How mood-altering drugs are ending up in Great Lakes fish
DETROIT — A new study might depress anyone concerned with Great Lakes water quality. Antidepressant drugs, making their way through an increasing number of people's bodies, getting excreted in small...
Cobourg council hopes bylaw amendments solve fishing problems
Cobourg council amended two bylaws Monday in the hopes that the interests of two groups that have at times been opposed — anglers and the residents who live near where they fish — can each be...
Local fish and game clubs support cormorant motion
PETERBOROUGH—Another bill has been put forward provincially for better cormorant control in Ontario, again calling for amendments in the current Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act, 1997 to allow for...
Lake Erie fishing quotas down for yellow perch but up for walleye
Yellow perch fishing quotas off Essex County and walleye quotas in general for Lake Erie are going up. The catch limits released Thursday by the binational Lake Erie Committee has yellow perch...
Nipigon, Ontario world record brook trout is back story for new feature film
A filmmaker from British Columbia has used Nipigon, Ontario's world record brook trout as the back story for a new feature film. Travis Lowe's movie Finding Fontinalis will be shown in Thunder Bay...
Province imposes ban on Lake Scugog walleye fishing
Year-round moratorium on walleye fishing, starting Jan. 1 SCUGOG -- The Province will impose a year-round moratorium on walleye fishing on Lake Scugog beginning Jan. 1, citing a rapidly declining...
Where you should go to catch six kinds of fish in Ontario this winter
Our angling expert shares his tips for ice fishing in Ontario this season. When old man winter locks up the water and turns it to ice, boat anglers are out of luck. But for those that don’t mind a...
Bass Pro Shops Announces Plans to Open Third Canadian Store in Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario
Springfield, Missouri-- Bass Pro Shops, America’s most popular outdoor store, will locate its third Canadian store in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario as an anchor for The Outlet Collection at...
Ontario Launches Online Ice Hut Registration
The Ontario government is making it easier and faster to register new ice fishing huts. On October 7, 2014, individuals and businesses can register their ice fishing huts online free of charge. Ice...