LOCKPORT CATFISHING EXPERIENCE!

Written by Norb Wormald


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I August a great bait is leopard frogs. They can be caught along trepparttar brush area onrepparttar 133265 EAST bank ofrepparttar 133266 river inrepparttar 133267 evening. You have to hold onto your pole when using them forrepparttar 133268 cats just smash them. It isrepparttar 133269 cats getsrepparttar 133270 bait or you hookrepparttar 133271 fish, there is no little tapping onrepparttar 133272 line. You can put a small section of plastic worm overrepparttar 133273 frog's hooked leg to help keeprepparttar 133274 frog onrepparttar 133275 hook. The river is shallow byrepparttar 133276 dam to about 1 mile north of Stu's place. The deepest spot is only ft. in that area. That is reallyrepparttar 133277 main reason you can land those big cats, for they cannot go deep at all. The current is very strong. It really can wear your arms out trying to bring in a 20lb cat with such a strong current. I suggest taking some Bengay rub and aspirin to relieverepparttar 133278 sore muscles you will get from fighting those cats. Stu's boat seats if he has any left are not great for support ofrepparttar 133279 back either.

If you are going to be up there more than 3 days I suggest fishing at a steady pace. Fish from around sun rise till around noon. Rest up till around 4p.m. Go back out and fish till dark. Stu's boats do not have running lights so they have to be back atrepparttar 133280 dock by dark. If you want you can fish a night fromrepparttar 133281 bank and catch cats. My brother and I caught some right in front of out lodge rooms one night. The boat dock is right byrepparttar 133282 channel so is a spot to check out. My brother caught his largest cat offrepparttar 133283 dock a 28 pounder!

I hope this has been of some help to anyone thinking about experiencing hooking intorepparttar 133284 largest Channel catfish of their life. For more information contact Stu McKay at "Cats onrepparttar 133285 Red." Fishing season opens around May 20th.

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Have been catfishing around the Downtown Cincinnati area of the Ohio River for over 40 years. Have gone catfishing to Lockport 5 times over the past 10 years. It is the greastest place to catch lots of huge channel catsfish in North America!!


Beyond Boarders ... come ski with me

Written by Barbara Baker


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My daughter and her boyfriend come up one afternoon to assist my progress. Kalie is a devout snowboarder who has only been on skis a couple times. Mark is a ski racing coach and had recently certified as a snowboard instructor (I thinkrepparttar daughter had a bit of influence in that). We rent skis for Kalie and hitrepparttar 133264 slopes. I made her “balancerepparttar 133265 glass”, “get down lower”, “create a wider stance” and “get those hands up”. She willingly co-operates. Mark’s job is to criticize my teaching techniques and NOT adjust anything Kalie was doing. Previously, he had tried to teach her how to ski. That event had ended with Kalie plunking herself down inrepparttar 133266 middle ofrepparttar 133267 run and refusing to move any farther – I am trying to avoid a repeat scenario. Byrepparttar 133268 end ofrepparttar 133269 afternoon, we are making our way down blue runs - incredibly slowly - but withrepparttar 133270 style and grace of a beginner skier. What success!

Day 3 – There is a couple inches of powder inrepparttar 133271 morning. We are atrepparttar 133272 hill early again to get those extra runs in. I ski with Matt; he’s a twin tip free style skier whom I thoroughly enjoy skiing with. He pushes me hard, makes me take jumps and try tricks that I’d normally bail on. We decide to do one free run and then get serious and practicerepparttar 133273 stuff we’re trying desperately to perfect. On our first run, we’re making fresh tracks, carving hard, flying downrepparttar 133274 hill. I glance over my shoulder and Matt is on my tail, completingrepparttar 133275 figure eights … BACKWARDS … as fast as I’m going forwards. It’s a beautiful thing! We skiprepparttar 133276 serious runs and continue carving. I’m elated, it’s such a good feeling … I can do this and I will survive!

The morning class goes not bad (not yet a happy place, but not bad). Just before lunch, I do an extra run with Patrick and a few others to see how we are progressing. Egad! You want me to get rid of what? How can that be? It’s never been mentioned before (maybe there were too many other things that needed work and this was left behind - literally). Yet another flaw in my stance - obviously one I’d worked on too hard andrepparttar 133277 result was … I now skied with an extremely exaggerated pose. A pose that I needed to get rid of by tomorrow! This will not make me cry (although it is definitely a prime opportunity to switch from goggles to mirrored shades, focus on focusing, and work rapid eye movements). Is there no end to this adapting/adjusting?

During day three, we also have to demonstrate teaching a lesson (applying allrepparttar 133278 skills we’d learned). I’ve been working on my lesson plan all week; I’ve practiced and rehearsed it, tested it out, even brought treats to enticerepparttar 133279 pretend students. However,repparttar 133280 section ofrepparttar 133281 hill I am assigned to use today is nearly flat – we’re talking gaining minimal speed if you pushed really hard on your poles. Obviously,repparttar 133282 skills I'd previously selected and practiced are not going to work, and here I am, stumped in front ofrepparttar 133283 group (brain scrambled and trying desperately to reconfigure prior to meltdown). The day feels like an emotional roller coaster.

By evening, I convince myself that I will phone Patrick inrepparttar 133284 morning to tell him I‘m not coming. I'd completely maxed out on frustration, hatedrepparttar 133285 thought of having to work at skiing (let alone ever teach anyone to ski), and just am not confident that I’ll succeed. My supportive family members tell me to suck it up, get up there! They're always behind me, totally encouraging and emphatic to my needs – NOT!!!

Day 4 – Today I bringrepparttar 133286 tunes with me. The whole group does some free runs together. One ofrepparttar 133287 tests onrepparttar 133288 final day, isrepparttar 133289 ski off. The tension for this has been building fromrepparttar 133290 beginning ofrepparttar 133291 course. The mere mention ofrepparttar 133292 ominous “ski off” turned student’s faces tense andrepparttar 133293 frowns would appear. It looms threateningly ahead - just down that next run. I naturally assume my mother hen position atrepparttar 133294 back ofrepparttar 133295 pack. I admirerepparttar 133296 guy that goes first – what courage! One person at a time;repparttar 133297 group watches each skier take their turn. Occasionally we discreetly glance atrepparttar 133298 stern faces ofrepparttar 133299 instructors. Definitely no clues from them as to how we have done – they appear focused, converse in hushed voices and scribble notes after each skier. My turn. Prior torepparttar 133300 ski off, I have mustered up a new attitude - with a bit of a beat. My new outlook dictates that although I am barely comfortable doing what I am doing, it’s too late to change anything else, so I am just going to have fun with it and bee bop downrepparttar 133301 run. Away I go. Now there is one more teaching lesson to work through andrepparttar 133302 course is done,repparttar 133303 marks are tallied. We wait nervously forrepparttar 133304 report cards to be distributed.

I have this deal with Matt for revealing pass/fail marks when we receive our results. The deal is if I didn’t tell him, he is not allowed to ask inrepparttar 133305 group setting. Reason being, if it is bad it might not be a pretty scene and I’d rather control composure until we were out of sight. I am reluctant to open mine. Some people had already started high fiving and pounding backs. I lean way back, trying to stay out ofrepparttar 133306 main flow of activity, take a deep breath, and pull outrepparttar 133307 top corner ofrepparttar 133308 paper. There is a Pass grade for skiing, and another Pass for teaching. I check it again just to be certain … they definitely read PASS! WOW, from everything I’ve been through – this is a total shock!! I could feel Matt glancing over and from his grin I could tell he’s happy, but a bit hesitant as to how I’m doing. High Five Matt!! I’m on my way to gettingrepparttar 133309 red suit.

Brent Hahn and Patrick Cais ran an excellent course. They were so patient and I know there were numerous times when they would have quite willingly choked me and thrown me over a cliff with my continual “show me”, “what?”, “do that again!,” and my all time favorite, “I don’t understand this!”.

Red ski school suits have beenrepparttar 133310 traditional color sincerepparttar 133311 70's. It is a visible color for clients to follow and is easily recognizable onrepparttar 133312 hill. It isrepparttar 133313 CSIA National Ski School color, andrepparttar 133314 majority of ski schools use it. The CSIA isrepparttar 133315 longest running non-profit organization in Canada, over 65 years now. It has a membership of 23,000 and growing.

Loves to ski and has hopes of retiring on the hill. Would love to pass on her passion for the sport and any/all learned techniques that will make the trip down the run a painless experience.


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