The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting closure of the U.S.-Canada border to nonessential travel dealt a major blow to Canadian fishing lodges, many of whom rely almost exclusively on U.S. tourism. The ...

Some years ago, my two sons and I were on Lake of the Woods when a friend of mine, Benny Ratuski, suggested we go flying for walleyes in his plane, a de Havilland Beaver on floats. My boys were young ...

Join WGN Radio host Lisa Dent and connect with the wilderness on an elite fishing journey to Lake of the Woods, Ontario and a stay a Ballard’s Black Island, August 11-16, 2024. Catch trophy walleye, ...

There’s good fishing to be found anytime between now and mid-October. Jackfish Lake at a little cabin the Helseths once owned, now in the hands of a new proprietor, and it too is very economical for ...

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Few business owners can survive a year with no income, but 60 or so Canadian resort and outfitter operators who suffered that fate and lived to tell the tale are exhibiting this weekend at the ...

Scientists spotted a North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence earlier this month. It is the fifth right whale with attached fishing gear observed so far this ...

VANCOUVER, British ColumbiaVANCOUVER, British Columbia — A Canadian fishing boat rescued an American man one day after the U.S. Coast Guard ended its search for a missing commercial fishing boat from ...

NESTOR FALLS, Ont. -- "Oh! Got one!" Pete Dzubay shouted as his ice fishing rod bent under the strain of a 5-pound lake trout tugging in the icy water 40 feet below. The angry trout peeled line off ...

Mar. 8—To varying degrees, U.S. travel to Canadian resorts and fishing lodges is either back to pre-pandemic levels or trending in the right direction, those in the industry say. "I think everyone's ...