Saturday, May 20, 2017

Check out the new Bow Narrows blog

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The Spillars have started a new Bow Narrows blog. It can be found under the Blog heading on the camp website or by clicking here .  My old b...
Tuesday, April 25, 2017

How to reach us by telephone

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The camp's winter phone number is now Brian and Joanne's: 316-308-3190 . Call that number until we get into camp next week at which...

Red Lake escapes big storm, Howey Bay opens

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Dock this morning at Red Lake Marine on Howey Bay. Sherry McCoy photo Northwestern Ontario did get walloped by a late-spring snowfall la...
Monday, April 24, 2017

It's snowing and we're all a little grumpy about it

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Cork doesn't look any too pleased as he lays on his sand pile in the yard Just when we had a perfect spring going on, Old Man Winter...
Friday, April 21, 2017

Ice-out near for most Northwestern Ontario lakes

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Red Lake ice is disintegrating at Howey Bay. Photo taken Tuesday. Two of the six moose we saw on Hwy 105 Wednesday. We just got bac...
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017

A new chapter begins for Bow Narrows Camp!

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Brenda and I have the honour of announcing new owners for Bow Narrows Camp. They are Brian and Joanne Spillar of Wichita, Kansas! B...
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Saturday, April 15, 2017

Measures we can take for the future of fishing

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In the slot size and too big to keep anyway. Back you go. Lonnie Boyer photo "The future of fishing is in your hands." No s...
Wednesday, April 12, 2017

2017 ice-out in a week for some lakes

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Brenda and Cork at Whitefish Lake today, April 12 The ice has melted free of the shore I took the photos above this evening at Whit...
Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Pipestone Bay in July, nothing like it!

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Click on this photo for full panorama Could there be anything finer than boating across Pipestone Bay on a gorgeous day in July? I don...

Beautiful spring melt is happening

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Northwestern Ontario is experiencing a beautiful spring. We've had some really warm days and even some nights above freezing but mostly ...
Saturday, April 8, 2017

Should we all be using barbless hooks?

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I got a great e-mail after the last posting on how to remove hooks from your own skin. It was so succinct it could have been written by Henr...
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Thursday, April 6, 2017

What to do when you get a hook in yourself

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Whoops! Now what? John Andrews photo Bow Narrows angler John Andrews thoughtfully took this photo one time when he accidentally got a ho...
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Bird in the hand one of the first in the bush

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This hummingbird got caught on Cabin 9's porch and was rescued. John Andrews photo Quick now, what do hummingbirds eat? Flower nect...
Friday, March 31, 2017

Clock is ticking on 2017 Red Lake ice-out

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Spring melt is underway and it is only a matter of weeks before ice-out occurs on Northwestern Ontario lakes , including Red Lake . If the ...
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Saturday, March 25, 2017

'Ghost' wolf nearly beats camera trap

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I set three trail cameras to watch the same spot from different angles and only one managed to get this photo of a timber wolf last night ...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

How long have people lived at Red Lake, Ont.?

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Large pulley wheel is evidence of old gold mine from 1926 Gold Rush. Brenda Cieplik stands on rock pile from old mine, almost covered...
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Friday, March 17, 2017

The deep purple falls...and stars begin to twinkle

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Kim Gross photo Mike Boyer steers for home. Lonnie Boyer photo There is a wonderful rhythm to life at camp and one of the neatest th...
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017

Why bother catching 200 little walleye?

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Ted DeWater caught and released this nice pike last summer The comment to the previous posting is probably something a lot of readers ar...
Monday, March 13, 2017

Will 2017 be another spectacular walleye spawn?

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Greg Tanko with a beautiful walleye Bob Edwards with a dandy Dennis Egge and Bob Edwards net another one The walleye populatio...
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Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Dock buddies photographing each other

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Angler Jason Pons was doing some dock fishing last year and was joined by our chocolate Lab, Cork. Jason usually cranks in a walleye...