Southern Ontario, Niagara outdoors and the 2010 Spring Shows

It has been feeling more like winter in Southern Ontario this year, since the start of the month. The slightly lower avg temps of -4 to -8C have kept snow down though. Niagara had a week long dump of snow due to some continued N - NW winds bringing heavy flurries in off Lake Ontario. The cold coupled with poor water vis has kept me away from steelheading the Niagara River for 2-3weeks! There's a mild spell of +3/4C coming by the end of next week. Provided the water stays at its 3ft vis and green, there should be some good action! The Browns are still around in the river, possibly dropping back now.

The Toronto Boat Show started this week and continues til next weekend.  We'll be in Toronto with Fogh Marine, presenting at the Spring Fishing and Boat Show Feb 12-15.  The unveiling of our 2010 Ontario Kayak Fishing Series, the new Nomad Adventures Brochure and Hobie's '10 fishing kayak line-up plus Fogh Marine's great sailing display.
We'll also be presenting at the Niagara Outdoor Show on April 3/4. 
Hope to see some of you out!

Lake Erie has started to freeze on the N-W end, so it won't be long til the river stays clean for at least a month!  Now just have to contend with cold weather and freezing rod guides.

Good fishing and see you on the river!!

Been a while, lots to catch up on!

To start things off, I must say it was a very lacklustre Fall Smallmouth season on our favourite rivers.  There was no substantial rain to allow us to run the rivers in kayaks until early December and now we've had large doses of combined snow and rain over the past two weeks.  I was a bit of a nightmare for steelheading to on the river systems that are dependant on Fall rains.  Not to say we didn't still have good Fall fishing.  Quite the opposite actually because we focused our time on the big girl, that being the mighty Niagara River, and she never let us down!  OK, maybe once, at a critical time in October.  That's one trip out of 20 where we never landed fish!
It has now been two full weeks since we were able to get back to the Niagara due to huge gale-forced winds coming across Lake Erie from the S-W and churning up mud at the river mouth.  Environment Canada forecasted 4-6M, yes I said metre waves around the Buffalo area last week, and they did arrive.
The weather is bit chilly right no but things are looking up towards Friday and into the weekend.

The 2010 Nomad Adventures event planning is in full swing and we have several events on tap for this coming year.  These events include a 3 tournament series, a season long bass tourney and several demo days throughout the summer.  These events will be posted at www.nomadac.com , Yakfisher.net and on our Facebook page.  The 3 tourney series will end with an Grand Champion who will walk away with some serious prizes.  There will be an early registration incentive for those wishing to compete in each event and save some cash on entry fee.
Lots more details to follow.

Nomad Adventures will be hosting a Kayak Fishing Clinic at Fogh Marine in February just before the spring shows.  We will also be in the Spring Fishing Show, Niagara Outdoor Show and Toronto Sportsman Show.

Hope to see you out!