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Paradise Lost – Plastic on the Beach

Nine years ago, while visiting the Hawaiian island of Kauai, my wife, Western University Earth Sciences Professor Patricia Corcoran, and I noticed an abundance of plastic debris on some of the beaches we visited. In particular, the beaches on the east side of the island contained plastic debris ranging in…

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The Scientific Fisherman Environment, Lake Science, Research

Centrarchid Fishes – Bass Science

I’ve been doing some background research on making artificial fish habitat as part of our conservation activities for our local B.A.S.S. club (Forest City Bassmasters). While sifting through some of the scientific literature I came across S.J. Cooke and D.P. Philip’s (eds.) book entitled “Centrarchid Fishes: Diversity, Biology, and Conservation.”[1]…

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The Scientific Fisherman Fish Science, Largemouth Bass, Research, Smallmouth Bass

When Things Go Right

On a recent B.A.S.S. club tournament on Fanshawe Lake I had one of those outings where everything seemed to work out – resulting in both a win and big fish cheques. I had fished a tournament on this lake earlier in the month to a fourth place finish with a…

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The Scientific Fisherman Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Tournament

Find the Baitfish

A recent outing emphasized the value of paying attention to factors that indicate fish location. One of the best indicators is actually seeing where their food is. We were spotting large schools of baitfish at the surface of the water and with these schools we found our largest concentration of…

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The Scientific Fisherman Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye

No Trends Here…

No trends here...

A recent post from FLW Fishing on the baits used by the top 10 finishers at Lake Seminole showed some interesting trends… 1. Winner Clint Brown – Bass Pro Shops buzzbait, Okeechobee craw-colored Bruiser Baits Intruder,Dirty Jigs swimjig (shad pattern) 2. Ken Ellis – whacky-rigged watermelon red-colored Zoom Trick Worm…

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The Scientific Fisherman Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass

Win on Wildwood – Angling Sports Pike Tourney 2015

I must say it felt pretty good to win our first tournament – the check and prize for big fish didn’t hurt either. Owen and I had a great day today catching 15 pike in total. Owen was crushing them all day on the new Rapala Ghost Shiner Shadow Rap.…

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The Scientific Fisherman Northern Pike, Tournament, Trip Report

Bass Pro Shops XPS Quick Rigger Tool (O-ring Wacky Rig Tool)

Wacky rigging a Senko style bait is a great technique for both largemouth and smallmouth bass. While I still have a lot to learn about the nuances of this technique the one thing I have learned is that if the fish are biting you can go though a lot of…

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The Scientific Fisherman Largemouth Bass, Product Review, Smallmouth Bass

Seasonal Changes in Ice Fishing: Timing the Ice

A recent video from James Holst and Jon Marshall on In Depth Outdoors TV got me thinking about general seasonal timing as it relates to ice fishing. In the video Holst talks about how walleye fishing tends to slow down mid-winter and perch seem to turn on later in the…

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The Scientific Fisherman Ice Fishing, Rainbow Trout, Walleye

Island 10 Fishing Retreat

Island 10

This summer my son, Owen, and I had the great pleasure of spending a week at Ken and Bev Byberg’s Island 10 Fishing Retreat on Lady Evelyn Lake, in northern Ontario. This boat in or fly in 10 cottage island resort has access to a large area of water including…

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The Scientific Fisherman Northern Pike, Smallmouth Bass, Trip Report, Walleye

Lowrance HDS-7 Gen2 with StructureScan HD Review

Lowrance HDS-7 Gen2 with StructureScan HD

A recent tournament experience showed me that it was high time to replace my 13 year old Humminbird 400TX depth finder on my boat. This was a fairly high end unit when it was new and it has performed solidly over the years. I plan to either turn it into…

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The Scientific Fisherman Fishfinder, Product Review
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