Fishers and other outdoor enthusiasts will be able to sport their love for fishing with a custom trailer licence plate. Manitoba Public Insurance and Fish Futures announced the plate on Thursday, featuring the non-profit organization's logo. Fish Futures Inc. is...
A free fishing festival at The Forks on Saturday will show new anglers the ropes of the favourite pastime of many Manitobans. The Winnipeg Fish Festival will include family activities, fishing seminars, contests and a fishing activity station for the kids. The...
By Sarah Klein The star of a popular television fishing show is continuing his efforts to live a healthier lifestyle by participating in this year's Manitoba Marathon. Dave Mercer from "Facts of Fishing" lost 80 lbs. by taking the Subway Commit to Fit pledge and will...
Anglers don't need to worry about having a fishing licence the next two days, as Manitoba launches free family fishing weekend. From June 9-10, anglers can fish without a licence provincewide, except in national parks where a federal licence is still required....
Thirteen American fishermen were rescued from an ice floe on Lake of the Woods on Tuesday. Manitoba RCMP received a call shortly after 8 p.m. about the stranded ice fishermen near Birch Point. Having been on the water since noon, conditions deteriorated and a west...
WINNIPEG -- The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) is fuming over questionable expenses it obtained for a Winnipeg-based, government-run fish marketing board. Freshwater Fish Marketing Corporation (FFMC) handles catches for fishermen in Manitoba, Alberta, Yukon and...
By Sarah Klein A 28-year-old Sagkeeng man was rescued from the chilly Winnipeg River on Sunday after falling through the ice while fishing. The incident happened at about 7 p.m. near Sagkeeng First Nation roughly 100 metres from shore. RCMP say the man was travelling...
By Sarah Klein Anglers are being encouraged to remove their fishing shacks from lakes and rivers in Manitoba. The province advised Thursday that all shacks should be removed from the ice in southern and central Manitoba as soon as possible, as long as it's safe to do...
Manitoba will relax the rules on ice fishing as part of the second annual winter Family Fishing Weekend. From Saturday until Monday (Louis Riel Day), a fishing licence will not be required to fish on the province's many frozen waterways. "After the success of last...
By Sarah Klein Manitoba RCMP are searching for two brothers from Thompson who capsized their canoe near Nelson House First Nation on Sunday. Police say the incident happened at about 1 p.m. on the river downstream from the Notigi Dam, located about 45 minutes north of...
