Tag Archives: Lifelist Entry

Hunting Virginia’s invaders

April 2, 2013

Snakehead are fish that elicit polarizing feelings from anglers and environmentalists. While widely considered invasive and destructive to ecosystems, there is no doubt in their suitability as a game fish. While I did not connect with any on this trip, Pat graciously offered Ken and I guidance for other new species to target in Virginia. Read more

Florida Road Trip 2012/2013

January 20, 2013

It was many months ago when Ken cordially invited me to join him on a road trip to Florida for some hard-core fishing. Our focus on this trip would be to add as many new fish species as possible to our ever-expanding lifelists. Read more

Northern Hogsucker success

September 5, 2012

I made quite a few trips to this Lake Ontario tributary last month in search of running salmon. Empty-handed on the salmon, I turned my sights on the northern hogsuckers that filled this creek. There were so many of them, and just as many of them to ignore my bait entirely! Read more

Long weekend cottage adventure

September 4, 2012

‘Twas the long weekend and I was invited to join my friend at his cottage. My original fishing goals for this trip were to go after lake trout and walleye, but these goals would soon be revised. For deep jigging in the lake, I bought some 1 oz. Read more

Beating the Ottawa drum

August 31, 2012

My friend had asked me for help in moving his belongings to his new student residence in Ottawa. I had heard of Walleye and Freshwater Drum being caught in these waters, so I decided to go after some new fish. I was a little late in the departure, and by the time the car was unloaded it was near dark. Read more

Salmonid insanity!

August 28, 2012

I had originally set out to catch a particular minnow which I have not yet identified. I had caught a minnow with bright red fins earlier in the year at this spot, and I wanted to revisit it to add it to my lifelist with a picture. Read more

All-You-Can-Catch new species buffet

August 27, 2012

Early Saturday morning Ken, his friend Andrea, and I headed out to get some fishing done! Ken had mentioned to me the possibility of Freshwater Drum and Mooneye at this spot, neither of which I had caught before. I was prepared to add to my lifelist! Read more

Family trip to California

August 22, 2012

WOW – that’s what I can say about my August 2012 trip to California. I want to extent thanks to all at SC Surf Fishing for replying to my numerous pre-departure questions and messages. A big thank-you to everyone I corresponded with before my trip! Read more

Lifer hunting in Oakville

August 4, 2012

I had some fun catching new species in a creek about an hour away from where I live. River chub: Spotfin shiner: Another spotfin shiner: The other fish are either rosyface or silver shiners. My pictures aren’t sufficient to differentiate the two and a future trip in the spring may be necessary to sort out the rosyface shiners based on the spawning colouration. Read more

Algonquin Park, Parkside Bay, first try at lake trout

July 23, 2012

Day 1 My friend and I left Markham for Algonquin park at 4am sharp. The drive north, in the morning twilight, was nothing short of spectacular. When we arrived in Muskoka, all of the lakes were sporting a nice layer of fog. Read more

My first steelhead!

April 23, 2012

In celebration of the coming trout opener, I thought I’d get my feet wet (literally) in trout fishing. Following whitbyfisherman’s advice on the OFF site, I arrived nice and early to find the holes closest to the parking lot already full of avid anglers. Read more

My first suckers and carp!

April 4, 2012

Taking advantage of the nice sunshine, I spent the afternoons at my local Rouge river. Weather was clear and sunny most of the time, some cloudy brakes. Following Blair’s advice from the OFF forum, I headed out to grab some suckers! Read more

Catching Them All

Michael Verdirame's journey of fishing.