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» Continued from Page 11 Tube channel Sir Fish-a-lot
provides advice to local an-
The fish being concentrat- glers as well as videos about
ed should make them easier fishing trips around the re-
to catch, and Lamont said the gion by hosts Ryan Froese
lighter current will mean an- and Cory McMurachy.
glers can use smaller weights Froese told the Sun that he
on the ends of their lines. and his co-host went ice fish-
“The nice thing about those ing in February during the
two rivers and why I mention extremely cold weather when
it is the majority of anglers the mercury dipped below • SPECIALIZING IN PINE & CEDAR
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public land, but shore fishing “And I ended up losing my
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“That’s also for the stocked first day,” Froese reminisced.
trout lakes and ponds in Man- “I didn’t catch any, he caught
itoba. You have all the lakes a few.”
up in the Parkland region, He said it’s easiest to start
which have actually been on fishing in the summer. His
fire this year, especially in the advice to people buying
Duck Mountains — beautiful their first fishing rods is to
lakes,” he said. remove the fishing line they
Another bonus point for come with and replace it with
shore fishing is availability. something sturdier. Adding a
Lamont said he has seen huge pickerel rig and worms is also
lineups at boat launches this a good choice.
year and last year for people In his opinion, a great
trying to get on the water to spot to fish is along the As-
TH
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