Check it out, my latest video release.  I'm really happy with how this one turned out.  There's a lot of action and great footage crammed into 4 minutes.  Enjoy! 

Now's the time for fall trolling here on Lac Seul and I'm looking forward to getting out and collecting some footage for a fall video.  

'Tis the season for ice fishing!!  With hunting season behind us, that means it's time for hardcore ice fishing action until spring.  Winter is one of the seasons I look forward to the most.  Big walleye, lake trout, pike and more are going to be hitting the ice this winter.  

I got my snowmachine running in time for some early ice action.  The maiden voyage was a trip to Lac Seul on a solid 8-10 inches of ice.  It wasn't long before walleye started biting.  

This nice walleye couldn't resist a Lindy Darter in 31 feet of water.  

My good buddy Colin was sitting a little deeper and landed a handful of walleye between 18- to- 23 inches, including this chunky fish.  

It's shaping up to be another great year on the ice here in Northwestern Ontario.  

In case you missed it, check out my new ice fishing video.  This action packed highlight reel was put together with footage from last winter on the ice.  

Some people can't wait for winter to be over.... I say bring on the snow and ice!  

I'm really happy with how my 2013 Ice Fishing video turned out.  I put it together using footage I shot last winter.  It's pretty action packed and if this doesn't get you pumped up to hit the ice, nothing will!  Check it out!

Remember my Ontario OUT OF DOORS cover shot with the muskie from this past fall?  

For those of you who didn't get to read the article that I wrote, here's your chance.  It's about fall muskie fishing on Lake of the Woods, Eagle Lake and Lac Seul.  

Just click the link below to view a .pdf version. 

And last but not least, I filled my buck tag with a nice 6-point buck.  It's not the biggest deer I've ever shot but it was - by far - the most adrenalin filled hunt I've been a part of.  

I was walking through a clearing and as I neared the back, I jumped 2 bucks.  They ran up a ridge at the back of the clearing and I quickly hit my doe bleat.  One buck kept running but the other stopped on the ridge and looked back at me, and I took him at about 125 yards.  It happened so fast, what a rush!  I'd only been hunting for 10 minutes.  

I got some awesome pictures thanks to my friend Suzie who is a great photographer.  

Hunting deer, or anything for that matter, really reminds me of muskie fishing... the thrill of the chase, the rush you get, and memories that will last a lifetime.  I'm already looking forward to next fall.  

Currently, the ice is building on the lakes here in Northwestern Ontario and it won't be long until we're out in full force drilling holes and catching big fish.  Stay tuned for some ice fishing reports because it's going to be another great winter on the lakes!  

My spring fishing update is a bit overdue as things have been really busy around here since getting back from turkey hunting.  My guiding work is in full swing and the days are flying by.  

Overall fishing has been excellent, despite the non-typical weather patterns we've had this year.  The ice went out really early and since then we've had everything from seasonal weather to the extremes of heat and cold.  It snowed in Sioux Lookout on May 29th and now less than a week later it feels like summer.  


If I could generalize the effect on the fishing, I would say the fish are more scattered than usual.  Recently, I've caught walleye as deep as 34-feet and as shallow as 4-feet, and everywhere in between.  Everyday is different and most patterns don't last very long.  

Despite this, the catching has been very good.  Most of my walleye are being caught out of 15-feet of water, give or take.  The bigger fish, however, seem to be in 15-plus feet.  Another pattern that is producing is the may-fly larva pattern.  During sunny afternoons when the shallow water heats up, the walleye move into shallow bays to gorge on may-fly larva.  It's one of my favourite patterns of the year - catching lots of walleye, and big ones too, out of 4-8 feet-of-water.  

Here's one of my guests, Bob, with a typical Lac-Seul over slot walleye.  

Bob and Mike toughed it out through some of the worst conditions - cold, wet and wind - but we caught a lot of fish!  

Not long after they left, the weather got warm (sorry guys!) and the fish kept biting.  Here's a nice one that I caught out of 18-feet on a Lindy jig tipped with a minnow.  

The pike fishing has been kind of hit-or-miss lately but I have to show off this P-I-G I caught earlier in the season.  

I also had a chance to spend 3 days in my boat with my good buddy Mike Battistoni hunting for big lakers on Minnitaki Lake.  Minnitaki is known for trophy lake trout, but it's not a 'numbers' lake by any means.  We were hoping for a couple of big-bigs but it didn't happen on this trip.  The laker bite was tough and we only boated 1 fish.  We covered a lot of water trolling with planer boards, dipsey divers and long-lines.  We also jigged deeper areas but couldn't get on a big laker.

Here's Mike with our one-and-only lake trout.

Since I didn't get to 'scratch my lake trout itch' I hit up Big Vermilion for some jig fishing recently.  The action was much better and we boated a lot of lakers jigging with white tube jigs.  We caught fish from 35-feet down to 70-feet.  Here's one of the better fish from the day.  

Since I got home from turkey hunting I put together this video.  Check it out - I think it turned out pretty well.  

Coming up - a lot more fishing!  I'm really looking forward to muskie opener on June 16th.  

Also, the Johnson Outdoors santa arrived and I can't wait to rig my boat up with a Minn Kota Terrova with I-Pilot and Humminbird 898CX Side Imaging combo, plus a 788 HD combo on the bow.