Jul 06

New Contest To Win A Great Prize From Tackle Grab

Tackle Grab Fishing contest

It’s Contest Time Friends

Every so often I get asked to run contests on the Blog, on behalf of tackle companies who would like to share their products or services with my readers. I am happy to announce that Tackle Grab has generously offered a Tackle Grab membership to the winner of the contest here.. What, you got to be kidding here right; you must be thinking, NO I’m NOT kidding! I’m very serious.

Here is how Tackle Grab works, Anglers/Fisherman sign up and fill out a fishing profile telling us what type of species they target and the techniques they enjoy using to catch them. Every month for a low fee (starting at $10) members receive 3 samples of lures and terminal tackle that are relevant to their fishing profile.

They also receive Tackle Grab Points (loyalty points) for signing up and every month they hold a valid membership. Tackle Grab points can be redeemed in our online store allowing anglers to buy more of what they love to use.

Tackle Grab offers several other ways to earn points as well.

– Referring other members
– Product reviews
– earn additional points with each purchase in the Tackle Grab online store

So to win this great prize from Tackle Grab, you must be the first person to answer this trivia question by posting a comment with your answer. The trivia question is a two part question. Name five (5) trout species that are found in the Bow River. From those five trout species, which two are native trout to Alberta. You can check out Tacke Grab’s website here www.tacklegrab.com. Their site will be fully live on July 10 2012!

Good luck

Jun 30

Take Me Back To Paradise

Lower Kananaskis Lake in all it's splendor

Where will YOUR paradise be this long weekend?

Paradise can be somewhere special in your heart, that special place you used to go with your family! It can be somewhere you return year after year. Paradise can be somewhere you have seen a picture of and it just begs you to go there. Paradise could be somewhere a friend has told you about that just call’s your name for some reason or another, a reason only to be discovered once you arrive. This Canada day where will your paradise be? Above is a picture of what my paradise looks like. I snapped this picture just after we launched the boat and drove north up the Lower Kananaskis Lake in search of our paradise.

With the Bow river in its current state of dirty fast water that is unfishable, my paradise will be the Lower Kananaskis Lake this Canada day long weekend. I have not graced the shoreline there since last year when a friend and I fished all day. Many large fat Bull Trout were landed and released for us to return this year. Well this year has arrived and I am gathering my fishing goodies tomorrow for a day at the lake come Monday. This winter was one where I was approached by many fishing tackle manufactures to endorse their products, some of which I gladly accepted and some I had to turn away. With the river all blown out I have not even got a chance to fish with these new weapons! That is all going to change come Monday morning where I will be at the lake when the sun rises over the mountain tops and shimmers onto the mountain fed aqua. If you get there early enough you can hear the birds chirping and watch the Richardson Ground Squirrels running about near the boat launch picnic tables looking for left overs that have dropped off the table.  Once you look out into the lake at this time of the new day, you will see the fish rising out of the water to sip flies and grab minnows that they school into the shoreline to attack and feed on. Many of the larger fish will feed at this time, so the early bird will get a shot at some bigger specimens at dawn.

Many people love to camp and find their paradise in a park or remote campsite. I saw many trailers and boats hooked up to trucks yesterday making their way to their own little slice of paradise. There is nothing like a crackling fire after dark and camp coffee percolated fresh in the morning to remind you that no matter where you are, that little slice of heaven is not far away!  In Alberta with the mountains so close, many folks camp there and breathe in the fresh pine air to leave the stresses of big city living behind even for a few days. There is just something about looking at the stars late at night in pitch blackness while the smoke from that
campfire rises up.

This weekend where will you find paradise? Will it be in the mountains camping with friends, will it be beside or on a lake somewhere alone casting for Trophy trout, Walleye, Pike or will it be somewhere else? Please leave a comment and let us know what your definition of paradise looks like for you!