Getting set up for the North Saskatchewan River
Fishing the river is a lot of fun. There are lots of places to fish, plus there are lots of different kinds of fish to catch. All these fish can be caught with the same gear and the same baits ...
Fishing the river is a lot of fun. There are lots of places to fish, plus there are lots of different kinds of fish to catch. All these fish can be caught with the same gear and the same baits ...
I grab a pack of worms and a tub of frozen minnows. “That’s everything,” I say to myself, and yell out, “I’m heading to the minivan,” letting our crew of little people know that it is time to jump in and buckle up.
Walleye don’t begin appearing in abundance on Alberta rivers like the North Saskatchewan, Athabasca, Red Deer, Bow, South Saskatchewan and several of their larger tributaries until...
Our prairie rivers come alive in fall, as all game fish seemingly go on a major feeding spree ahead of ...
The hot July sun radiated its soothing beams on the surface of serene Pigeon Lake. This big cottage waterbody ...
Goldeye, and their close relative, the Mooneye, populate many of the prairie rivers come summer, and can be found in ...
When western anglers are asked from time to time to rank their favorite game fish, the poll results are invariably the same. It’s rainbow trout and walleye that occupy the top spots.
If there is one fishing outing that gives me a great bang for my buck, with minimal investment, it is going down to the river and chasing fall walleye. It’s pretty much a given that ...
When it comes to fishing in moving water, for a vast majority of Alberta flyrodders, it’s fundamentally an upstream affair.
Big water like the lower North Saskatchewan River presents a whole new suite of problems for the Alberta flyrodder more accustomed to the cozy confines of foothills trout streams.