June 21, 2018
This last week, I took my friend Riley and my two fishing kayaks and headed into Nopiming Provincial Park. Our destination was Cole Lake, and our path was the Rabbit River route. The plan was to spend a day paddling in, then two full days of fishing, and a day paddling out. Naturally, as with most of my plans, this…
May 24, 2018
Kayak Fishing Spring is here, which means open water season in Manitoba. I will soon be out doing my absolute favorite activity, kayak fishing. The kayak is ancient. First used by the Inuit up to 4,000 years ago. That’s a long time to tweak and improve the design! What we end up with in modern times is a fantastically fun…
March 20, 2018
HD Ice, by Dynamic Lures This week I reviewed the HD Ice from Dynamic Lures. An ice fishing lure meant for vertical jigging. I received this lure in one of my Simple Fishing subscription boxes a couple months ago. Fire Craw is the color I ended up with. Silver lines on top of a bright orange and yellow body makes…
March 7, 2018
Some days there’s just not a lot of time for meal prep, and that’s where a wrap fits in nicely. Today was one of those days, and a venison wrap sounded like a satisfying dinner to keep me going for the night shift. Simple Meal, Simple Prep A wrap is such a simple thing, you don’t need a lot of…
March 7, 2018
Happy to announce that True North Wilds is a sponsor to this years Lake Shaker event. This is a party hosted by FortWhyte Alive, in Winnipeg Manitoba. It is a sell out event every year, and features live music, bar, food, and special events like axe throwing. For this year, I was delighted to be able to donate door prizes…
January 27, 2018
The Woodland Caribou Park is a provincial park in Ontario. It is accessible only by limited fly-in points or by water routes. Visitors to the park number in the low hundreds annually, mostly through outfitters on a few of the larger lakes. Covering an area of over 450,000 hectares, and with over 2000 km of maintained canoe routes, clearly I need…
January 12, 2018
Jerky is a great snack for any occasion. Particularly handy when you need portability and longevity, such as camping in the backwoods. Not only that, but it’s also surprisingly easy to make, if you have a little bit of time. Normally when I make jerky I do a sweet chili lime flavor, which is too spicy for my parents to…
January 4, 2018
Storm Thunderstick Madflash, Ghost Purple UV The Storm Madflash is part of Storm’s Thunderstick line of lures. The Madflash is a shallow diving bait with a ton of flash as the name implies. Running depth is listed at 1-5′, although going to a full 5′ would take a much faster retrieve speed than most people will use. Using typical retrieve…
December 24, 2017
Dynamic Lures J-Spec Dynamic Lures‘ J-Spec multi-species jerkbait is a shallow diving lure that comes in a variety of colors. For this review I used the chartreuse shad color. The J-Spec dives down from 1 to 4 feet in depth, and suspends when not reeling. There is a small rattle inside which I really liked for its subtlety. Viewed from…
December 18, 2017
Liquid Mayhem Liquid Mayhem walleye attractant is a -you guessed it- liquid scent meant to attract walleye to bite. The mixture is made of real minnows and garlic, and certainly stinks enough for me not to question it. I don’t recommend sampling it inside a small room. Since I was headed out ice fishing with uncle Randy, I figured this…