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December 2011 to March 2012
Lets gets busy and get prepared to go ice fishing. This year the ice has been going in a little slower due to a warm December. I now spend the winter getting ready for spring and summer of 2012. I have also added another product to my tackle. Floating White Eggs proved to be a very good bait to use for bottom fishing. I did test the this new product to make sure it gives up some trout. The sales for this item were quite good. The summer has shown lakes like Dolberg that they can survive from winter kill. Heritage Lake located next to Mornville was a lake that had winter killed but late fall and early winter has produced trout over 2 pounds. The natural cycle of lakes dieing due to lack of oxygen can make the fishing better. Dave the pro-hunter bagged himself an elk. The flavour of the meat is like moose and was cooked in olive oil and montreal steak spice. Sales at Locol Grocery in Smith are slow but I am sure that it will take off. Sadly I was informed that my little four legged fishin buddy Skruff has cancer and only have a few months to live. He went on a lot of my long road fishing trips and was a joy to have around.
September 2011 to November 2011
The end of summer has now begun. My thoughts turn to fishing for the bigger Rainbows on the move in shallow water. The waters sure did warm up in August causing many lakes in and around Edmonton to have algae and blue algae. The blue algae being quite toxic to humans and animals. Numerous lakes did have warnings to stay away. The also means no swimming. The fishing started to slow down in the mid august. The North Saskatchewan River has finally started to run clean after all of the rain in july. Reports of Sturgeon are starting to bite well in the deeper holes of the river. The Alberta Sportsman Forum has started to run my ad for a reasonable rate for six months. The information on this site seems to be managed in a fairway. Forums can be a good tool to do a quick search of your favourite lake. Fishing reports are usually some what accurate but sometimes fisherman will hold back some information. Google is a excellent search engine as well. Just remember to place forward slash or plus sign (+) between your words to focus the search> This will help you reach your goal sooner. I do look forward to see the photos of fall hunting. Praire Chickens open up on September the 1. I have never tasted one but Dave the wally pro says they taste really good.
July /August 2011
The rains finally came after a long cold winter. It was sad to see a lot of houses were destroyed by high winds and very dry conditions at Slave Lake. It was not fun fishing in 70 km / hr winds with gusts to 100 km / hr. Most trout lakes near Edmonton have had partial winter kill. The winter kill at Isle Lake was very bad. I only hope the walleye and jumbo perch survived there. My fishin buddy Dave took me to some of his favourite fishing holes at different locations on NSR and the pembina river. Lots of snow melt in the mountains combined with heavy rain had caused high river flow with some flooding. Manitoba has had lots of flooding from the large accumulation of snow from the north central United States. This year Dave and I spent some time fishing NSR near Fort Saskatchewan. Daves fishing techniques are ultra-lite fishing using light line and small jig heads have proved to me that lighter gear is better than heavy gear. My fishing tackle company is based on that idea. I have also secured a new account in Smith, Alberta. This tiny town is located very close to Fawcett lake. Fawcett lake has huge northern pike and walleye.
April /June 2011
Spring has arrived after a very long and cold winter. Reports of winter kill on trout ponds located near Edmonton has surfaced on the internet. Reports have come in with people seeing dead fish along the shore lines. This year I am writing fishing stores for My Birdie internet news site based out of St.Alberta, Canada. The site will offer fishing tips for general fishing as well as fly fishing. The " NSR " has been good fishing out in Fort Saskatchewan. The river has wide variety of fish including sturgeon. Bait running off the bottom has worked well using fresh minnows. All of lakes are melting quite late this year due to the long winter. The lakes in the north will still have ice on them by the may long weekend. I have added another micro lure to the site. There were customers asking about doing a pink head with a pink hair. Rainbow trout seemed to bite on this colour. So get out and enjoy the warm weather and go fishin. :)!
December 2010 /March 2011
This years ice fishing has been terrible due to heavy snow fall and flooding on the lakes. There was lots of reports of four wheel drive trucks getting stuck. Sales for this time period were ok but slow due to hard access to lakes. The fall trout fishing at Dolberg has produced some nice rainbows. I saw a photo of a trophy size trout to eight pounds 3 ounces caught at Star Lake Alberta Canada. Deep colors of pink in that pig of a fish. This spring I will be doing fly fishing seminar at Lake Summerside. There are confirmed reports of trout to 10 lbs and even the odd jumbo perch. I had finally located a lake that has jumbo perch in north eastern Alberta. Dave the it pro has some very good contacts. Those weekends that I did not go fishing I watched the hit tv show River Monsters. Those fish hunting tactics I will try this spring. Every time I watch the show I start to foam at the mouth. Good Luck to those all of those die hard wishing (fishing) people.
August 2010 /November 2010
This fall a new TV show about river monsters showing some excellent pointers on bottom fishing. I also secured some accounts just outside of Edmonton. The store in Barrhead sells lots of tackle due to good location and word of mouth in that area. The fishing in the bow river in Calgary produced some nice size brown trout. I also put in alot of effort into my new catalogue. There is two editions of this. I would also like to thank Dave the IT pro. for fixing my computer on short notice and for setting up my new HP printer. It will pay for it self in a short period of time. I am looking forward to the hunt for pink october this year. Best time of year to catch those big trout in shallow water. Star Lake did produce some nice size rainbows between 3 to 5 lbs. I also released some new wire wound shad products for the coming winter.