Canada's Cast and Blast Podcast

04/02/2023

Catch Ashley Rae on the Outdoor Canada Stage at the Spring Fishing & Boat Show! 🎣

Visit www.springfishingandboatshow.com to learn more about Ashley Rae and our other speakers for the upcoming show! 🐟

The seminar schedule will be released this weekend to help you plan your visit! We’re so excited to see you and talk all about fishing!

Connect with Ashley and follow her fishing adventures here:

The Spring Fishing & Boat Show
Family Day Weekend
February 17 - 19, 2023
The International Centre
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04/02/2023

February 2nd 2023
Well the cold weather is welcome but we don't have that much ice yet.
The first Ice locations are up and running but the main lake hasn't been frozen long enough to be trusted.

None of the operators on the Beaverton side have huts in deep water.
All hut activity is in the Perch grounds.

With conditions unpredictable as they are I would suggest anyone planning an outing better be experienced and fully geared up with floater suit, picks and a spud bar.

If you don't know the lake you should either stay off, or use a hut operator to ensure your safety and comfort.

04/02/2023

🔥Still some wiggle room on Sunday.

Absolute tank caught in the “Marshall” hut

*EDIT*

Right full now.

Some room next weekend still.

And we are yet to ever fully book on a weekday-plenty of weekday slots available🤟🔥

04/02/2023

The next episode of the podcast is now live on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts!

https://youtu.be/PBqVQ3JdLOc

This episode is all about ice fishing. Everything the beginner ice angler will need to know to safely get out on the ice and start fishing. Joining Brian is special guest Daniel Notrianni who shares a ton of great tips and insight with our listeners. Thanks Daniel! You were a great guest and welcome to come back anytime.

Brian and special guest Daniel Notarianni discuss everything a beginner ice angler would need to know to safely get out on the ice and start ice fishing.Plea...

25/01/2023

2022 Fishing Season Recap
It’s been a while since I posted here, so I thought I would do a 2022 season recap with the promise that I will be more active going forward. The last time I posted was in early May, so I will start there.

The May 2-4 long weekend is the season opener for both walleye and pike in the Muskoka area where I am fortunate enough to have a family cottage. I found the walleye spread out on a large sand flat that slowly drops from nothing into deep water. I decided to try trolling with a bottom-bouncer and worm harness setup, and that turned out to be a good decision! I caught my new personal best walleye within two minutes of starting to troll. This fish measured 30” in length with a 16” girth. I used that pattern for the rest of the weekend, and the three or four weekends after that and put many walleye in the boat, with a bunch of them over 5lbs.

Next up was a great trip to the French River with the boys in late June. Again, we caught lots of fish and enjoyed the camaraderie with good friends. On the third day, the owner of the lodge tipped us off that they seemed to be on a hot top water bite with pike and bass, and me and my neighbor Brent found a back bay and had an absolute blast hammering big pike, many feisty, chunky smallmouth, and an incidental musky that inhaled a 3” bass popper and proceeded to put my bass gear to the test.

All summer, I caught lots of bass, but my most memorable fishing trips were with the lake trout whisperer, Jason Gray. Jay and I absolutely slammed the lake trout every time we got out together, boating 10+ fish on each outing, including some real giants. Thanks Jay! Looking forward to doing it again this year.

Mid-September brought another boy’s weekend up at the cottage, and along with a lot of hilarity, we managed to catch some fish too. Keeper-sized walleye were landed by all four of us, and I managed a really nice pike on a 4” Keitech Swing Impact swimbait.

Fall musky fishing trips didn’t yield much. I had one good hit on Glouchester Pool in late November, but that was it!

If you want to hear more detail about how I caught all these fish, check out my podcast or our website:

https://castandblastcanada.com/

23/01/2023

Well, it's been WAY too long, but the next episode of Canada's Cast and Blast podcast is now live! You can check it out on YouTube, or by searching "Canada's Cast and Blast podcast" on Spotify, Google+, iTunes, or anywhere else you get your podcasts.

In Episode 3 of Season 2, Brian recaps his 2022 season, discusses some changes in the background of the podcast, and outlines the plans going forward. Highl...

12/04/2022

Episode TEN of Canada's Cast and Blast Podcast is now live! In this episode Brian and Roger talk ice fishing basics and fishing with an outfitter.

https://youtu.be/i798yh_Fzu8

Since 2022 is the year of the give away, we are also announcing the next prize package! This one is an awesome Berkley prize package worth over a hundred dollars. Want to win this tackle? Go to the video on YouTube and throw a Like on it. Post a screen shot of your like on our post and be entered to win!