It’s not very often anymore that we get to experience spur-of-the-moment trips. Work and household responsibilities leave us carefully carving...
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August is many things: a time for berry picking, a time for camping, a time for relaxing and a time...
by Garry Elgear
Originally published in “Tips and Tech” March/April 2011 issue of BC Outdoors magazine.
Kicking back in my boat waiting for my guests to arrive I pull out my binoculars and start scanning the water for activity. Two hundred yards in the distance I see the surface erupt in the...
Introduction When someone mentions jigging for kokanee in British Columbia, most people think about ice fishing. But this vertical method...
First published in the July/Aug 2016 issue of BC Outdoors
You have a pontoon boat, you read my previous article “Gearing up For Safe River Navigation” (May/June 2015, and online) and have all your safety gear, but now how do you actually get down the river safely?
This article will cover...
I personally take lots of pictures with my iPhone, it's just so darn accessible! Having a camera attached to your phone sure doesn't leave room for excuses in the not-photo-taking department. I mean, why not snap it? Get at it! Grab that pic and share the pixels out of it!
by Linda Gabris
Originally published in the "Cooking Rough" column in the November/December 2011 issue of BC Outdoors magazine
Fish candy, sometimes known as “Indian Candy”, is always a popular treat around my house, especially over the holiday season when everyone is craving something delightfully sweet and chewy! There are many different...
Burbot, ling, eel pout or mud shark are just a few of the seven or so different monikers this sometime maligned and disrespected fish gets called. I, unlike a lot of folks, don’t think of them as ugly at all, but rather as yummy, battered pieces of fish candy in my deep fryer. Incidentally, the burbot is the only fresh water representative of the cod fish family in North America and it has succulent, mild tasting, white flaky, firm flesh.
The last quarter of the year can feel a bit like a rat race – kids are back to school,...
I will be the first to admit – tying knots has never been my forte. Despite knowing that it is...