Tag Archives: Personal Best

Some alone time on Georgian Bay

August 12, 2014

Georgian Bay is quite the destination here in Ontario. It’s a massive bay of Lake Huron with swiss-cheese-like shorelines studded with countless islands, shoals and channels. It could take well over a lifetime to explore the limitless bays and back bays of this geographical marvel. Read more

Big catfish, tiny sunfish, and eels

August 5, 2014

There was a great deal of diversity planned into this road trip. From obscure sunfish, to voracious catfish this would be one to keep us on our toes. After an endeavoring drive south, Ken and I found ourselves poking around a salty, sandy area of Sandy Hook, NJ, for some tiny new life list entries. Read more

Algonquin Provincial Park Trip and some Ontario bass fishing

July 6, 2014

Last weekend, some friends and I portaged into one of Algonquin Provincial Park’s many back lakes. Trolling a crankbait to howling wolves, jumping lake trout, diving loons, and a rising sun. That was the highlight of my weekend and undoubtedly one of my favourite fishing experiences to date. Read more

A carp to remember

June 9, 2014

No matter how long I fish or how many fish I catch or fail to catch, there will be always be those special fish that will remain forever etched in my memory. This evening I had the pleasure of creating a new memory of the sort. Read more

Fatty drum at the outflow

May 21, 2014

I had the chance to take the Tarpon out after work to the outflow. What I immediately noticed was that the water was covered in dead flies. There were no flies buzzing around, but the entire surface of the water was covered! Read more

Spring kayak fishing on Lake Ontario

May 17, 2014

It’s been a different kind of April. Last year I spent the spring looking for steelhead, suckers, and carp in Lake O’s tiny tributaries. This year I spent quite a bit of time zipping up the dry suit and paddling along Lake Ontario’s bland shoreline. Read more

Bury my yak in whitefish

May 12, 2014

It’s a rare day when the collection of variables that influence a day’s fishing just seem to mesh perfectly. Today was one of those days. I began fruitlessly trolling out from Simcoe’s shoreline at 5:30am on glass-calm water. When I got to where I wanted to be, I dropped anchor and got ready for some jigging. Read more

A day of quality over quantity

February 2, 2014

I hate one-fish days. They don’t suck as much as skunk days, but at least on the skunk day you can write the day off as a lost cause. On a one-fish day, once you get that one fish, the rest of the day becomes a complete tease to get just one more. Read more

Two laps of Florida

January 5, 2014

Another year, another road trip down to Florida with Ken. This time, we’d be joining forces with another avid species hunter, Ben, in our quest to pillage Florida’s spoils of diversity. I don’t think I have ever used the phrase “What is that?” with such fervor and frequency. Read more

Back in the yak

December 4, 2013

I haven’t fished in ages. I’ve been pouring all of my time into preparing for my upcoming fishing vacation in Florida with Ken. But, I finally got what I was wishing for, a calm day! This would be my first venture to the outflow under cold water conditions. Read more

My attempts at the pier-based salmon circuit

October 19, 2013

What sort of fishing ate up the bulk of my September fishing time? Pier fishing for salmon of course! Thanks to tips from Ken, I was finally able to figure it out. This was a code I failed to crack in August. Read more

Who needs huskies to pull the sleigh!

July 15, 2013

Who needs huskies to pull the sleigh, when you have DRUM! I took advantage of the abnormally calm winds today to make my fifth trip out on the kayak. So many people have told me that the timing is wrong for a warm water discharge… because it’s too hot? Read more

Catching Them All

Michael Verdirame's journey of fishing.