Past Podcasts, Newsletters, and Fishing Reports
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You now have access to past newsletters, fishing reports, and podcasts.
Click here to find and hear past podcasts, they are listed with titles and topics, with the latest at the top of the list.
Check the Wilderness North archive page for newsletters and fishing reports.
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Project Healing Waters
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Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, Inc. a certified 501-c non profit organization is dedicated to the physical and emotional rehabilitation of disabled active duty military personnel and veterans through fly fishing and fly tying education and outings.
Fly-tying and casting sessions give wounded soldiers hope and confidence. Fishing trips and tournaments encourage veterans to pursue outdoor activities.
Complete information is available at their website.
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Wilderness North 2009 Calendar
The
2009 Wilderness North wall calendar is a month-by-month and page-by-page virtual trip to the wilderness all ready for your
den, kitchen or office wall.
Our
own photos, and those of our guests, will create the virtual adventure.
If you would like one just call 1-800-496-8060 or email your request and we will send one to
you right away.
They are free!
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SoLunar Tables |
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SoLunar Tables for 2009 are available at the downloads section of our website. Just click here and then look for the heading "Moon and Sun Data". You'll see the 2009 data right below the heading.
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Baby - It's Warm Outside
...by Alan Cheeseman
For all of us here in Thunder Bay, and points North, having high temperatures near 20f is warm in February. Is it a global warming event - a weather fluke - or what? Graham Saunders may have a clue, see his column below, and enjoy his podcast on global warming in the Boreal Forests of Northwestern Ontario.
Dr. Jenni McDermid, field researcher for Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada has filed a grant application to learn more about the long-lived fresh water sturgeon.  In so doing, she has named Wilderness North as a co-partner in gathering information from species our guests catch and release. We receive NO money for our help, but are glad to assist in this tissue sampling experiment. Her podcast discusses the grant application, plus updates us on her ongoing lake trout studies.
Speaking of lake trout, Tyler Lancaster, our outdoor resource specialist at Striker's Point Lodge puts his college studies on lake trout to work as he proposes a theory on why "lakers" are often caught in mid-May at the in-flow of the Ogoki River near our Whitewater Lodge. See his column below and listen to his podcast.
And here are two very important reminders:
1. This year - 2009 - is the year every arriving guest - by air or by vehicle - must have a Passport from their country of origin. If you are a US citizen and need more information about getting yours - click here - the process can take about three weeks.
2. This year - 2009 - is the year that every arriving guest must purchase an Ontario Outdoor Card (three years $27) and a fishing license (about $35). Best of all, this can be done on the phone, with a credit card. Just call 1-800-667-1940. When you hear the automatic answer, choose "Speak to an Agent." The process takes less than two minutes. Your temporary paper Ontario Outdoor Card, and your fishing license will be mailed to your home address. For more background you may listen to our interview with Burton McClelland. You will receive your "plastic card" around July 10. In the future, you can complete the transaction on the internet.
On Monday, Krista and I and the girls enjoyed some snow- mobiling on the holiday we call "Family Day" here in Canada, while our neighbors in the US celebrated President's Day. Now back to work - with just about 90 days to opening weekend, the clock is ticking.
I enjoy your notes and e-mails. Keep them coming.
Alan
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Is This a Spring Tease? ...by Graham Saunders
Probably not. But the recent warm days (35f+) did feel nice. Last week it was warm enough to melt about four inches of our snow build up here in Thunder Bay but our temps will likely be more seasonable - high 17 low 5 - for the next ten days.
Officially, it was a very cold January- no new records, but - hey, this is Canada. Most winter roads are now open, with large transport trucks moving heavy materials to outlying remote communities, but the clock is ticking on those roads too. My best guess is another 40-45 days, unless another big thaw comes along.
When temps rise, so does the chance of freezing rain, and I have included my most recent article on the subject in the "Weather Whys" I prepare for the Thunder Bay Chronicle. Click on the downloads section of the Wilderness North website.
However, warm is the story of the day and on the podcast I take a look at the past 110 years of temperature records here in Northern Ontario, and give you some insight on the impact of global warming on the boreal forest. Listen Now.
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Live Here? Or Passing Through?
...by Tyler Lancaster
In thinking about the lake trout of Whitewater Lake that is the question.
I recall college classes in which we learned that all fish do not really "think"... and lake trout are no exception. "Lakers" live in places that offer a good match to their temperature comfort zone needs, places where there is plenty of oxygen and plenty of food to eat. For lake trout that means deep, deep, deep, often below fifty feet, in water with a thermo-cline.
However, in early spring these hard fighting and often very large fish are found in the relatively shallow "in-flow" up at Whitewater Lake near our Whitewater Lodge housekeeping camp on the very western end of this Ogoki River 26-mile long lake.
So I asked Jenni McDermid, "What up?"...and she thinks they are passing through, as part of their winter "travels." And I respect that point of view, especially from her.
I, however, believe that Whitewater Lake may be a permanent home to a few of these long-lived fresh water species.
I tell you more about that idea on the podcast. Listen Now. And I have prepared an article on Whitewater Lake lake trout available for free at our website's download page. Click here to read or obtain the article.
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Respect for our Elders
...Dr. Jenni McDermid
That is "sort of" the theme of a newly proposed study of the oldest of fish species in Northwestern Ontario.
Dr. Jenni McDermid, Field Researcher for Wildlife Conservation Society of Canada has submitted a funding grant application to conduct a study on fresh water sturgeon. Sturgeons are a species of fish some consider older than biblical times. In her application Dr. McDermid has named Wilderness North as an outdoor adventure provider who will partner with her in gathering tissue samples from these very large fish. Our staff and guests would have sample gathering kits in their boats to obtain fin samples before the caught sturgeon was released. In addition, First Nation Communities will be participating in the study when the funding is approved. We have seen these big bottom feeders up at Whitewater Lake, and on the Albany near Miminiska.
On the podcast, Jenni talks more about the study and her ideas about lake trout population and travel during the winter. Click here to listen.
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