Sunday, May 1, 2011

Lakers should be on surface first couple weeks

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It's looking like ice-out on Red Lake could take place some time in the next 10 days. That would be more or less an average ice-out tim...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Man, am I hungry for some fresh fish!

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It's been a long, cold, hard winter and the one thing I can't wait to do when ice-out comes to Red Lake is to catch some northern p...
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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Techniques to catch Red Lake's ice-out walleye

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Walleye fishing the first couple of weeks of the season this year is going to come soon after ice-out it appears. This begs the question: ...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Red Lake, Ontario, 2011 ice-out conditions

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Even though the weather has not been balmy, the ice continues to melt on Red Lake, Ontario . The latest report comes from the blog of Enid C...
Friday, April 22, 2011

Wolves of the winter are hard to photograph

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I had my new Bushnell trail camera set out all winter here in Nolalu, hoping to get some good photos of the timber wolves that regularly hun...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

We're not the only ones who can't wait for spring

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I spotted this garter snake in Nolalu on Wednesday. He was soaking up the meager heat from the sun in a patch of ground where the snow had m...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Mares tails and mackerel scales -- storm ahead

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"Mare's tails and mackerel scales make tall ships carry low sails," old seafarers used to say. In other words, a storm is comi...
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Sunday, April 17, 2011

Scenes like this a reality again in a month or so

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Bow Narrows angler Terry Matson sent this awesome evening photo of his son, Neil, fishing just a couple hundred yards from camp in early Ju...
Saturday, April 16, 2011

Pipsissewa a beautiful forest evergreen plant

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If you get out on the shores of Red Lake, Ontario, this summer, where there is a lot of rock and moss, you will notice this striking little ...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Driving beside world's largest lake

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Brenda, Sam and I came along the North Shore of Lake Superior from Duluth to Thunder Bay yesterday and as always we were awestruck by th...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Replica trophy means actual trophy still out there

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Bow Narrows angler Ken Conkle recently received his trophy replica of a giant lake trout he caught and released in August, 2009 (the date on...
Sunday, April 10, 2011

Red Lake, Ontario, ice-out unlikely to be early

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With a snow pack that measured four feet most of the winter, it is unlikely that Red Lake, Ontario will see an early ice-out . Last year th...
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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Deer and woodland caribou hope for wind

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In Nolalu , whitetail deer look forward to windy days. Out on the Slate Islands in Lake Superior, woodland caribou do the same thing. The r...
Sunday, April 3, 2011

It's tough being a camp dog, really tough

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Thursday, March 31, 2011

This Trillium gets the nod for Ontario's flower

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After living at Bow Narrows Camp for 51 years, we finally discovered trilliums growing right in the yard! It's like the story of the ma...
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Monday, March 28, 2011

Northern pike come in various colorations, patterns

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This small northern pike has a beautiful camouflage pattern on its back. How would you like to be a prey fish and try to spot this fellow l...
Friday, March 25, 2011

An artifact from before the throwaway society

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This steel can is used for kindling in one of our cabins. Who can still remember when steel cans were used to hold potato chips? Take notic...
Tuesday, March 22, 2011

What made these tiny holes in an alder tree?

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The correct answer is the yellow-bellied sapsucker . This small woodpecker is migratory in Northwestern Ontario but leaves its mark on many...
Saturday, March 19, 2011

How to use this blog to find more information

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Would you like to see more information than is in this current list of blog entries? Here's how to get it. 1. At the bottom right at the...
Friday, March 18, 2011

World's smallest fish caught on #5 Mepps?

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I don't believe it is possible to catch a fish any smaller than this on a #5 Mepps . This tiny perch isn't more than one inch long. ...