Lake of the Woods wolf hunts

Hi all,

I had a great time this past week with Alen and Rolando of HUNT TV. They were here chasing the elusive timber wolf with me. We had a fun 4 days in the great outdoors and Rolando got a shot at a really nice looking wolf on the morning of day three. They got some super footage of the animal, but unfortunately the shot wasn't clean. Although no good hunter likes it when this happens, the fact is that it does. The guys were pumped at the opportunity though, since John Hunt had been after a wolf in Thunder Bay for something like 10 - 12 days before he finally got one. Personally, I learned even more about these awesome creatures and will be excited when next winter rolls around and I get to apply my new knowledge in some more fantastic Lake of the Woods wolf hunts.

Winter is Fantastic in Sunset Country

Winter has been going swiftly here in Sunset Country. We have been enjoying one of the mildest winters we have had in the past few years. This should bode well for the whitetail deer herd in the Lake of the Woods area. Fishing has been great all winter long. Walleyes, Crappies and Lake Trout have been my main targets so far but I'm looking forward to the awesome pike fishing that late season ice usually brings. Before that happens though, I'd like to let everyone know that some new friends, Alen and Rolando of HUNT TV will be here this week to do a little wolf hunting. When they heard of the success that Dan and Chris of Minnesota had hunting with Jeff Gustafson and myself, they couldn't wait to come and take a crack at this amazing winter sporting opportunity. Check out the pictures from our endeavors on my new wolf hunting page at www.wildaccess.ca

Reel Weeds really work

Hi Everyone,

I just wanted to let you all in on a fantastic new product that I got a chance to try out the other day. It's called Reel Weeds. This is a portable structure system for ice fishing. The Reel Weeds look similar to our native "coon-tail" weeds, they are weighted on the bottom, come with 40' of line and an ice free float. Very simple to use, just drill a few extra holes and drop them down. The attraction of green weeds under the ice, especially on barren mud flats, is incredible.

I was out fishing crappies the other day and was using my usual run and gun approach. Drilling a line of holes, quickly checking them with sonar, and fishing those I marked something. After some time I had several nice fish on the ice but couldn't find a large concentration of them. They where scattered though the area and holding tight to bottom. I thought this might be the right time to try out this new "structure on a string," and I'm glad I did. Going back to where I had caught a few fish in one area, I popped a few more holes with my new Strikemaster Solo auger and dropped the Reel Weeds down. I flipped open my portable shelter and sat down to wait. I didn't have to wait long though. The fish started moving in right away. I wish I had an underwater camera with me to watch the action, but I settled for red bars on my sonar rising off the bottom to eat my lure. I was using Jason Durham's "piggy back" spoon idea, where he takes a Northland forage minnow spoon and replaces the treble hook with a small tear drop ice jig. The fish seemed to like it and so did I, great idea Jason!

With enough crappies for a fine meal I headed for home but I can't wait to try my Reel Weeds out again. If you like fishing crappies or perch, check this product out at www.reelweeds.com I think I just might have to try them around my shack next time I'm at the walleye hole..... I'll let you know how it goes.

Ice Fishing and Wolves

Happy New Year!

Here we are, the ice season is upon us. We finished up the fall whitetail hunt with some great success. Although there were no "monster" bucks this year, we had a great hunt with some very solid animals being taken. I wrapped up my season by taking a nice 40" bull moose on the last day. I'm looking forward to some winter pursuits now. I've been out a few times for some ice walleyes and man do they taste great. My Dad and I caught some nice crappies the other day, they were pretty finicky(like crappies usually are) but we found that tiny glow Northland forage spoons would tempt a few bites.

This week I have plans to do some lake trout fishing and I am also setting up for the first wolf hunt of the winter. This should be very exciting, the wolf population is very high in the region right now and there has been a lot of activity in some of the areas I like to hunt. Check out this picture I got the other day from one of my trail cameras.