Posts tagged 'Sturgeon'

Atlantic salmon fishing has a great legacy of time-honoured traditions and Canadian anglers are blessed with ...

The tip of the Shimano Clarus twitched ever so slightly. From where it rested in the jet boat's rod holder it could easily be just a reflection of the pulse of the North Saskatchewan River's demanding current - brown and swollen with mountain run-off and the inevitable June Alberta rains. 

Even though the lake sturgeon of the North and South Saskatchewan river systems is Alberta’s largest game fish, few anglers know much about it.

The Fraser River near Chilliwack BC was the river of my youth. I fished it often, but almost exclusively from shore. As a kid dunking a hook and worm, I caught bullheads, suckers, pike minnows, catfish and if I was real lucky, the occasional trout.