The Argosgirl Chronicles Writing about fishing, the outdoors and other adventures

With the 2012 Belwood Lions Pike Derby just around the corner, I have been not so patiently waiting for my chance to get the boat into Belwood Lake and start searching for pike. A crappie derby, water heater issues, the … Continue reading →

This post is going to be something a little different – it will be the first one written by Darrell, not myself. This is a report of his fishing trip from this past Saturday, when I was attending a workshop … Continue reading →

Okay, Fantabulous may not be a real word, but I think it describes how much I love our Coleman stove. And I want to share with you the story of how Coleman, the maker of our fantabulous stove, has kept my … Continue reading →

Last Saturday, May 12th, I found myself waking up far earlier than I consider decent. There wasn’t enough tea available to help me wake up as I stumbled around the house grumbling at Darrell and trying to pry my eyelids … Continue reading →

I tweeted it, I posted it on Facebook, but I’ll say it again – not fishing on a Sunday sucks! My plans for yesterday involved hitting Belwood Lake for some opening weekend pike (and possibly walleye) action. My water heater … Continue reading →

One of the great things about Twitter is that it can help you find new areas to fish and new fishing events to attend. When I saw a tweet from Tony at ifish365.com about the Binbrook Crappie Derby, I decided to … Continue reading →

Teaching kids to fish – what could be more rewarding? As I found out on Saturday, not much. Saturday was Shimano Take A Kid Fishing day at Belwood Lake Conservation Area. After seeing a post about the event from Derek Strub on NationalProStaff.com, I … Continue reading →

The days are longer, the sun shines brighter, the temperatures are warming up, and May is the month to get outside and have some fun. There are quite a few fishing-related activities to take part in this month, as well … Continue reading →

Last week I had the great opportunity to help stock Atlantic salmon fry into a local river, as part of the Lake Ontario Atlantic Salmon Restoration Program. I saw the opportunity to be part of the fish stocking program thanks … Continue reading →

The countdown is over, the rivers are open, and I FINALLY got the chance to head out for trout today! As much I enjoy going out for crappie, I really love it when more water and more fish are open. … Continue reading →