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The bottom bouncer Every angler knows the importance of the bottom of a water body when it comes to predators. In fact, a lot of people call the area one foot above the bottom of a lake or river the "strike zone," and consider that area to be t...

Lures of all colours are good, as long as they are black. (Old saying of muskellunge anglers.) Who hasn't experienced the following situation: you enter a fishing shop and go to the lure display with the firm intention of choosing only one or t...

A popular belief tends to favour fly fishing only when insects become apparent to us, that is, when the insects have reached their flying phase. But do you know that limiting ourselves to the period when we can see outbreaks inevitably leads us ...

As the summer slowly settles over the province, bringing along a thick blanket of heat that warms the air and surface waters, the angler looking to catch brook, rainbow, or lake trouts or even large pikes must diversify their basic arsenal. The ...

The sun's warm rays are getting stronger daily. Many fishing enthusiasts will soon open up their cupboards where they hide their rods, reels, and those fishing boxes filled with a thousand jewels. Given that good quality fishing gear is expensiv...

When comes the time to choose a line for the new fishing season, many questions arise, as a rising tide of products inundate the market and that the retail displays are getting larger and larger. What to do? First and foremost, you must clearly ...

"Give me your best lure. . ." How many times do we hear that one in a fishing shop! But what to answer? The best lure is actually the one you use the most frequently, the one in which you have the most confidence, the one you put in the water t...

Many believe that Esox lucius, our northern pike, is a warm-water species. Most of its fans, unfortunately still a rare sight in Quebec, will go looking for it in bays, near stumps and in shallow waters. However, our freshwater friend has an imp...

Whatever kind of powder you choose (black powder or Pyrodex), it is very important and even imperative to clean your weapon after each shooting session. Both types are highly corrosive and could damage the chamber and barrel of your weapon, affe...

To increase your chances of harvesting Atlantic tomcod on Sainte-Anne river in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, try fishing at night, in the middle of the week, between January 15 and February 1, especially if there is a rising tide during the night. I...

Hunters are creatures of habit. Thus, the majority of some 250,000 fans of ruffed grouse hunting (familiarly known in Quebec as “partridge”) stop hunting this wild gallinaceous right after the first snowfall. What a shame! They deprive themselve...

In Quebec, the moose hunting licence is only valid for one provincial game hunting area. Each of these provincial game hunting areas is identified in the main hunting rules summary, which is the annual government brochure that is handed to you w...