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 respected. Parks, recreation, culture and tourism director Dean Hustwick gave a brief history of the issue at the public […]

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 hunting and trapping of double-crested cormorants. The bill is receiving support from Manitoulin fish and game clubs and the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters. “MPP […]

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 quotas in general going down in the lake, but not in Essex County. Commercial fishers off Chatham-Kent and Elgin County will see their catch limits […]

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 in February at the second annual Fly Fishing Film Tour. Lowe says most of the film was shot in Argentina, with stops in Chile, […]

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 species population. The Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry announced Nov. 27 that it will implement a full fishing ban for walleye in 2016 with […]

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 little fresh air, ice fishing can be a great adventure. Not only does ice level the […]

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 Niagara—a 520,000-square-foot shopping center under construction by Ivanhoé Cambridge.  The new 80,000 square-foot Bass Pro Shops® Outpost store will be at the intersection of Queen Elizabeth Way and […]