At some point in the ice fishing season the boat starts to look inviting. This is the time for either rigging the new boat or adding goodies to the old boat, and it just seems required that you...
Busting Topwater Back Lake Bass
Busting Topwater Back Lake Bass - Dave Mercer's Facts of Fishing! Pro Angler, Host of Facts of Fishing THE SHOW and Bassmaster Emcee Dave Mercer targets topwater largemouth on a stand up paddle...
Giant Lake Ontario Jerkbait Smallmouth
Walleye Fishing; Competing Against a Worthy Adversary
For most of us, thinking of fishing and competing conjures up thoughts of derbies and tournaments and the rivalries between anglers. But the true competition, the contest that really makes fishing...
Off the Dock Toon!
Kesagami Wilderness Lodge – Trip Report!
We went up to Kesagami Wilderness Lodge last week for a 5 night trip, to eat some shorelunches and mayhaps get that big pike on we've been looking for.. and do some underwater video... AND get a...
Early Trout and Salmon
It’s still unknown to many and it’s a fabulous and booming fishery that exists very close to home and it’s much more accessible and easier to tap into then you think. It’s the spring salmon and...
Late Ice Walleye
Where safe ice and seasons allow, March is usually the best month to ice fish for walleye. Here in northwestern Ontario the term late ice takes on new meaning as we’re often still drilling holes...
Weedy Walleyes on Ice!
As a resident of Northern Ontario, I get the opportunity to fish on exceptional walleye waters whenever I feel the urge. Although my hometown of Sault Ste. Marie offers respectable opportunities...
Fishing Near Rocks in the Fall – Dave Mercer’s Facts of Fishing
Choose A Trout Fly Fishing Rod By Action And Weight
There is nothing quite like picking out that first fly rod. Of course not all of us had the luxury of choosing the first rod. God bless my dad for trying, but my first fly pole he got me was one of...
Asian Carp in Lake Erie.
Are the voracious Asian carp already in Lake Erie? Researchers have discovered environmental DNA, or eDNA for short, from Asian carp in western Lake Erie’s Maumee Bay, which is fed by the Maumee...
Flipping Jigs in Thick Wood & Feeding Your Line – Dave Mercer’s Facts of Fishing THE SHOW
Pro Angler, Host of Facts of Fishing THE SHOW, and Bassmaster Emcee Dave Mercer slings jigs for wood wallowing walleye!