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No secret that so many fish we like to target through the ice will eventually slide out and winter over holes and basins. These wintering holes will typically load up with fish each winter. While you might be targeting crappie or bluegill, you might encounter channel catfish, drum, white bass or tullibee depending on the water. What fascinates me when I drop an underwater camera down into these clouds of fish is how often different species of fish school together. Very seldom are these fish static just hanging in one spot, they often seem to be simply swimming in circles…
Lake Winnipeg produces the largest amount of commercial walleye in the world with an unattainable yearly quota of 7 million kilograms (over 15 million pounds) hung around its neck. This oversold resource has seen the price of walleye go up as the catches diminish. The higher prices set by the federal Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation (FFMC) in recent years saw jumbo walleye become a valuable catch, making an already bad situation disastrous. Manitoba Conservative MP and former fisheries biologist Robert Sopuck said in a recent Winnipeg Free Press article, “Targeting the most valuable individuals in a fish population is…
Lake Winnipeg walleye (Sander vitreus) support Manitoba’s largest recreational and commercial fisheries. Over harvesting by the commercial fishery is placing both fisheries at risk and in 2015 the commercial fishery was described as the worst-managed in the world[1]. The current system of managing the fishery, based on a fixed multispecies quota, is built to fail. Most importantly it promotes an unsustainable overharvest of walleye. Until management of the fishery is placed on a scientific, sustainable basis, commercial, recreational and Indigenous fishers will find themselves in conflict over a shrinking resource. But with proper management, there can be fish for all.…
https://youtu.be/4VJ2emvo2ac Eric Labaupa shows you where the Hot Bite is for various sport fish in the new Travel Manitoba Series. More details on tactics and techniques to try can be found on their blog at huntfishmanitoba.com
https://youtu.be/N0r91ciqRsU As an additional member of Manitoba’s hybrid trout club, the splake is an interesting cross of the brook and lake trout. Big splake continually attract the likes of anglers who are seemingly drawn to their appealing presence and challenging pursuit. With seasonal colors that would rival the Northern Lights, this often unpredictable predator offers a token Manitoba angling experience that is usually partial to choice seasons. Close encounters with huge, weary splake is a favored occasion for hard core fly fishers and seasoned trout followers. Having the strength and explosiveness of a lake trout and the allusive nature…
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The fall season in Manitoba has become synonymous with huge walleye. Every year hundreds of Master Angler walleye are caught during this period of cooling temperatures, migrating schools, and shorter daylight hours. While the chances of catching the fish of a lifetime are possible pretty much anywhere across the province, there are three sub-regions that consistently pump out trophy marble eyes once the leaves start to turn. North Lake Manitoba – Lying in the shadow of its massive neighbour to the east is Lake Manitoba. This system is a huge body of water in its own right and is home to…
https://youtu.be/aLj07pMxHjU Tiger trout are a unique cross between a brook trout and brown trout. These gorgeous looking fish also have a mean streak that anglers can only fully comprehend once they have had one hooked on rod and reel. Only a few lakes in Manitoba can lay claim to being home to these spunky hybrid trout. Twin Lake in the Parkland Region has become a very popular feature destination as the tigers here reach trophy proportions. While these voracious predators can be caught in a variety of ways, stillwater fly fishing remains the most popular method. Watch as Aaron…
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