Blog Entries tagged 'fishing'

Fraser River Sturgeon!

editor@westernsportsman.com — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 08:00:00 +0100

The staff of Western Sportsman and BC Outdoors magazine met up last week on the Fraser River, near Mission, BC, for a day of sturgeon fishing -- and what a day!

Anyone who hasn't fished for these brutes has to try. Our biggest of the day was 63 inches long; a fish nearly 70 years of age. And that is about half as big and half as old as they get.

These fish are truly amazing: a strictly managed catch-and-release fishery, white sturgeon are North America's largest fre [...]

Who Is Gail Shea?

editor@westernsportsman.com — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:00:00 +0100

The federal cabinet was announced, including a new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Prince Edward Island MP Gail Shea.

And the entire province of British Columbia, home of Canada's largest coastline, rolls their eyes.

I, for one, am going to give Shea the benefit of the doubt -- but really, I am sick of the East telling the West how things should be done. Especially in regards to the fisheries.

One of Shea's opening remarks after being appointed was "We have a [...]

Bear Defence

editor@westernsportsman.com — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 08:00:00 +0100

How can we protect ourselves in the woods?

Every year it happens — a rampaging bear takes another fellow outdoorsman. And every time, it gives me the heebie-jeebies. An instructor at a bear safety course once told me that if the average person knew how many times he has walked past a bear without knowing it, he’d never set foot in the woods again.
Hunters aren’t your average people — we usually are keenly aware of the wildlife in our vicinity. In fact, som [...]

Arctic Adventure

editor@westernsportsman.com — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100

The Wild West frontier might be a thing of the past, but there is a frontier alive and well in this country -- the North.

I recently had the opportunity to travel to the Northwest Territories and Nunavut, with Plummer's Lodge, on a fly fishing trip for lake trout, Arctic grayling and Arctic char.

Let me tell you -- I thought I knew what "wilderness" was, but until I stood on the banks of the Tree River in Nunavut, 700 km north of Yellowknife, I had no idea. You can l [...]

Rivers Inlet - Home of the Hawgs

editor@westernsportsman.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Well, I just returned from Rivers Inlet, BC, and Oak Bay Marine Group 's King Salmon Resort.

What a trip.

For anyone who is into big game hunting with a rod and reel, there's no better place than Rivers Inlet. During my five-day stay, six chinook over 40 pounds were brought into the lodge. It seemed like every chinook that bit was a tyee!

According to DFO officers on the water in Rivers Inlet, there had been five fish in the 70-pound range caught this year! And belie [...]

Fish Tales, 21st Century Style

editor@westernsportsman.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Fish tales. If you fish, you've told one — end of story. Sure, I know guys who claim they haven't, but I will tell you for sure, when it comes time to describe the size of that "monster" rainbow trout no one saw him release, his measurements get bigger and bigger as the campfire gets lower and lower. But nowadays, fish tales needn't wait for the campfire. You can tell them to the whole world, if you're so inclined. Want to see what I mean? Click on the link be [...]

Bass: A Four Letter Word

editor@westernsportsman.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 02:00:00 +0100

What is the problem with bass fishing?

I pose this question not so much to those readers living in Ontario, or the eastern edge of Manitoba, but for the British Columbians, Albertans, and Saskatchewanites.

It seems many anglers have nothing but unkind words for bass and the anglers who pursue them. This is especially true in BC -- where, ironically, the best bass fishery in Western Canada can be found (Kootenays, Okanagan and Vancouver Island).

I have some theories on this. [...]