Gods Lake, Manitoba — On a July afternoon with the sun tall and temps unusually sultry for northern Manitoba — high 80s — our 18-foot Alumarine boat coasted into a fresh-water corridor laced with ...

Last month my wife, son Erik and myself revisited one of my favorite fishing holes in North America. As our boat glided to a stop on this Northern Manitoba lake, I quickly finished fastening my fish ...

NEAR THE PAS, Man. -- The lake trout came charging from the depths, its ascent clearly visible several feet down as it raced toward the lure that now was almost to the surface of the gin-clear water.

Twin City fishing educator Jim Crowley admits to being addicted to northern pike, though he's perhaps best known as a Central Illinois bass fisherman and guide. The pike affliction is inherited from ...

My son and his friend recently invited me to join them and nine other friends on a four-day fishing trip to God's Lake in the upper part of the Canadian province of Manitoba. I went on the trip mostly ...

NEAR THE PAS, Manitoba — We hadn’t even wet a line, the sun still was high in the afternoon sky, and the day already had served up several weeks’ worth of adventure. Miles more of it awaited on the ...

All fish are predators, but northern pike come dressed for the part—needle teeth, vacant eyes, thick slime, serpentine shape—which is part of what make pike fishing so much fun. Their primeval ...

It is Saturday and here I am slaving away writing a column for next Thursday’s paper. I am sitting on the deck of my cabin on Crystal and Lavon Lakes in the Thompson Chain of Lakes. It is about 70 ...