Outdoors: Pro tips for fishin' in the salad

Aquatic weed growth can either be viewed as an "angler's blessing" or an "angling nightmare" depending on how this common fishing scenario is approached.

Across Ontario's Algoma Country how a fisherman approaches the idea of fishing among aquatic weed cover ultimately plays a huge role in fishing success or failure.

Most of the time when anglers come away swearing at the aquatic weeds, they came to the party with the wrong gear and the wrong attitude to succeed when fishing in the jungle.

Embracing aquatic weeds as fish holding cover and learning how to fish this vegetation effectively is the best way to make the most of every Algoma Country fishing trip.

In early spring northern pike are routinely found in stands of cattail and bullrush that have been beaten down by winter weather.

Typically these weeds grow in water from a few inches to about four or five foot deep.

The dead cane tends to lay over on the surface creating a fishing situation that's difficult to penetrate with traditional fishing tackle.

- Mark Romanack

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