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OTTUMWA — With weather like what is currently in place in Iowa, it isn’t the time most people think about water activities.

But at least two species are focusing on that right now.

The Iowa Department of Natural Resources says the cold weather is bringing bald eagles back into the state from their northern grounds. It is also drawing people onto lakes as ice fishing becomes possible.

Doug Harr, the department’s wildlife diversity coordinator for non-game animals, said experts expect a large number of eagles this year.

“Around 2,300 pairs of eagles were reported in Minnesota this summer, and Canada has even more,” Harr said. “As harsh weather forces birds south, Iowa becomes a winter destination as eagles collect around open fishing waters.”

Harr specifically cited the Des Moines River and Mississippi River as popular spots for the visiting eagles.

Ottumwa eagle watchers benefit from the migration. When colder air arrives, it freezes most surface water in the area. But the hydro dam in downtown creates an area of open water that looks like a buffet line to migrating eagles.

And the colder it gets, the more eagles will likely arrive.

“As fast as the big waters are currently freezing to our north, I’d expect to see a huge influx of bald eagles move into Iowa during the next few days,” Harr said. “Most of these birds are coming straight down the chute from Minnesota and Canada, and viewing opportunities are occurring statewide.”

Eagles aren’t the only ones watching the weather.

Ice fishing is only possible after the temperatures take a winter plunge. Last week’s snow was actually bad news for those enthusiasts. The snow insulates the ice, which means it does not grow thicker as quickly as if it was exposed.

The basic guidelines from the DNR warn anglers to stay off ice if it is less than 2 inches thick. Two inches can support a single person under good conditions. Three inches of ice can support a group if the people spread out and four inches of ice supports general use. The DNR says only ice in the northern two-thirds of Iowa is currently thick enough for ice fishing.

Even if the ice is thick in one part of the surface, it doesn’t guarantee thickness elsewhere.

“Ice thickness is not uniform on any body of water and there is no such thing as safe ice. There is always risk associated with going out on ice,” said Mick Klemesrud of the DNR.

Still, experts warn that even experienced ice fishermen should pack emergency items in case of an accident. The DNR recommends bringing ice picks and 50 feet of rope. Inflatable cushions can keep anglers from sitting on the ice while also providing an emergency float should someone break through.

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Canada has one of the largest numbers of water bodies and National Parks in the world. As such, its a fertile land to look for big game fishing and hunting. The state of British Columbia is renowned for its salmon, steelhead, trout and Coho fishing. If it is the fighter monster pike you’re looking for, then towards northern Canada. This region is also famous for walleye, arctic char and Lake Trout fishing. Brook Trout is native to the states of Quebec and New Foundland. So that is what makes Canada unique and famous. And this is where Canadian Fishing Lodges also come into play.

The fishing season begins in May and lasts till the end of September. The summers are the best to fish because both the weather conditions and water temperatures combine towards a good run of fishes. For the more hardy and adventurous, the winter months offer the joys of ice fishing after the frost sets in. Without the Canadian fishing Lodges, fishing in Canada would have been a lot more difficult.

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If you are looking for non-fishing activities in addition to big game fishing then even Canadian fishing lodges will not disappoint you. You can choose from a canoeing or kayaking trip, wilderness and bird watching, hiking, golf, lazing on the beach  fishing lodges in Canada offer them all. Also, Canada is quite proud of its tag of being a family destination and most lodges offer play areas and children activities. So, these are the amazing Canadian Fishing lodges.

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Want to try your hand at ice fishing this year but need some answers?
Many people I talk to over the course of year ask me what I do in the winter time. Ice fish of course, I tell them. Some give a look of amazement like that could possibly be fun!
Not only is it fun but it is a recreational pursuit that anyone can afford. That would explain why over the last ten years this segment of the sport fishing industry has seen the largest growth. In fact, there is so much new equipment out there for the hard water enthusiast it’s hard to keep up.
Lets start out though by talking about the basics, what does a person need to start catching fish through the ice. That is a pretty simple answer, enough good ice to make it safe to venture on. The standard guidelines are 4 inches to walk and when you do go, bring someone along.
Also early in the season you will want to travel light. Don’t haul a heavy auger around if you don’t have to. A simple hand auger will usually suffice early in the year or even a spud bar (heavy metal bar with sharp nose) can easily make holes. Carry all your equipment on a toboggan or sled and bungy cord them down if you are going over some rough terrain. You should also have along a five-gallon pail to sit on, along with an ice skimmer to clean the holes that you make in the ice. Into this bucket you can fit a small lure kit, along with skimmer ice rods, bait and some snacks.

On your feet wear boots that are waterproof if possible. I have had the same pair of rubberized, insulated boots for ten years and my feet have never been damp once. I do recommend ice cleats, especially early in the year with little snow cover. It can be darn slippery and bones have been broken, These cleats will fit over your existing footwear and give you the stability you will need.
While it’s hard to cover as much area ice fishing as from a boat, there are certain things you can do to increase your chances of contacting fish. It sure pays to bring along a portable GPS with the waypoints locked in to the areas you were catching fish in open water. After establishing location, check depths through the ice with your portable fish finder. Look for the edge of the drop-off combined with both points into deeper water as well as inside turns, then start drilling holes in a grid pattern and spread out. That’s why it’s so much better to make ice fishing a social event, the more anglers the better in many cases as it shortens the time it takes to find fish and figure out what they might bite on that particular day.
On your first trip to the lake, start out at daylight so you can figure out just how much ice you do have. That’s why you bring along basic survival gear such as rope, axe, waterproof matches, whistle, first aid kit, ice picks, cell phone just in case the unexpected happens and you get stranded.
As you start exploring the lake to find active fish, you might have to try a number of different areas and depths but once you do make contact, drill a number of holes near the productive spot and get ready to catch some fish. Weather also plays a factor and if the daytime bite is slow, there might be an opportunity for a pretty impressive night bite on the same body of water. More and more ice anglers that I now are bringing along portable shacks and lights to wait out a slow daytime bite. Walleye in natural lakes will move off the edges of the drop-offs during the day right up to a metre of water during the night. When night fishing and even during the day use two rods when you can, one with a set line and the other with a lure that is jigged.
On lakes outside provincial and federal parks in Manitoba you can use live minnows.(check individual lake regulations in your Manitoba Anglers Guide) This is a good option on a body of water like Lake of the Prairies. Get a tail or dorsal hooked minnow down just off the bottom on a set line, then work a hole just a couple metres away with a jigging spoon. Sometimes the fish will take the set bait, but more times than not, they will smack the aggressive presentation at first ice.
Using an underwater camera in conjunction with portable electronics can really help in understanding what is happening down below your ice hole. These are just a few of the aids now available on the market.

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Canada is one of the most beautiful places to vacation; from some of the most beautiful scenery in the world to a very abundant fish and wildlife country. The Canadians take pride in their land and they are very helpful to the tourist who come to fish and hunt. If you love the outdoors, you’ll love the wide variety of rivers and ponds, freshwater lakes, and saltwater streams that Canada has to offer. Canada is the place to visit.

Canada’s wide variety of Salmon is what makes fishing enjoyable. There are Chum, Coho, Sockeye and the Chinook salmon in their lakes and streams and because Canada is so far north the temperature in those lakes and streams are efficient enough to keep the salmon plentiful year round. If you are not familiar with salmon fishing you can always purchase guides that specialize in salmon fishing. Be sure to find the guides that are written especially for Canada. These guides can also introduce you to the fishing population along all three coasts of Canada. The Arctic, Atlantic and Pacific oceans offer a variety of salt water fishing that includes shark and tuna.

Canada is divided up into two types of fishing groups. You have Salt Water Fishing and Lake Water Fishing. You can purchase gear for both types of fishing in merchant shops all over Canada. So if you are not quite prepared for all of these types of fishing that Canada offers you always find what you need when you get there.

You’ll also find that you would like to experience Ice Fishing. Ice fishing requires special gear and safety regulations and clothing. So be sure to check on what Ice Fishing is all about while you are there.

When you go to Canada to fish, pick up your fishing license and asked for the guides that can tell you what is required of you when you fish, what Canada’s regulations are, the most popular type of fishing for the time of year you are there and what you need to do that type of fishing with and a map to find it.

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I am slipping into a deep depression.

It really began to set in when a fellow came up to me in Stewart’s and asked if a cisco and a whitefish were the same thing. However, my angst has nothing to do with fish; it is more related to the season and dogs.

The first part of the issue relates to the fact it is November.

One never knows how many Novembers are left, so it is important to not waste the one you are in at the time.

This is the season when I should be cutting wood, getting the bees buttoned up for winter and working on little outdoor fix-ups before winter. This is what I should be doing. What I typically do is take the dog and go hunting.

For the past three weeks I have been piling wood and helping with the shopping because on every free day I had it rained, and when the weather cooperated, the dog was laid up.

After a $350 operation and a week’s worth of pills, he seems back to his old self, so if the weather holds we may put on a few miles this weekend.

The reason the question about fish set me off was because a friend of mine used to plan for foibles in November. His secret weapon was his “spare dog,” a black and white spotted thing named, Cisco.

If he found himself faced with a sick or injured dog, we would just take the spare. Cisco’s claim to fame was that he did virtually nothing right. This made him a multipurpose animal and he was taken on every sort of hunt from pheasants to raccoon.

Cisco had a thin, reedy, unpleasant voice, he got stuck in fences, could not swim, was deathly afraid of cattle and housecats and got lost really easily. Turning him loose was a recipe for disaster which my friend welcomed since he said it would make us appreciate the other dogs more when they returned to service.

In all the times we went with Cisco there was only one instance when he put any game in the pot.

One night, we heard him begin to bark and headed in that direction, not because we thought he had found something but because we figured he was caught in another fence. We were nearly to him when he shut up and the next thing we knew he was retrieving what turned out to be a large Rhode Island Red rooster.

We never did find out where it came from because when it was delivered to hand, it drove one of its spurs through that hand and escaped into the dark.

Cisco had lost interest and disappeared; we did not find him for two days.

However, my depression and long-dead hunting dogs are not the fault of my questioner so I probably should apply myself to the real issue. To wit, are the cisco and the whitefish the same thing The answer is no, yes and maybe, depending on where you live and who you believe.

There are three varieties of whitefish, the lake, mountain and round. There is overlap in the range of these three and they even may be found in the same waters.

The mountain whitefish is found only in the western part of this continent, in high, cold mountain waters. In some areas they provide good sport on a fly rod in place of trout, but they are generally not regarded as much of a pan fish.

The round whitefish is, as the name implies, more round in profile than its rather flattened cousins. It is a fish of the north, being found predominately in Arctic waters of North America and Siberia, where it often provides a major source of winter food for some indigenous peoples.

The lake whitefish is the species familiar to most people. Found throughout lower Canada and the upper portion of the United States, the lake whitefish vary greatly in size, depending on the racial stock from which they spring.

While Lake Huron grows specimens up to 21 inches in length, a lunker from Lake Openago in the Algonquin Park will measure no more than 5 inches.

The lake whitefish is a small-headed, silver-colored fish, deep from belly to back but quite narrow when viewed from above. They are caught for sport by a few anglers willing to learn how to take them (mostly by chumming) but it is their commercial value which brings the most take.

Called high-back whitefish, buffalo fish, bow-back whitefish, and, in central New York state, “Otsego bass,” they make up a significant portion of the smoked fish market. Today, Canada processes about 25 million pounds of smoked whitefish per year.

The cisco is related to the whitefish but is a member of the salmon family. Some taxonomists feel they are quite close.

Others find the whitefish to be quite significantly removed from salmonidae, mostly based on their scales. There are eight species of cisco which include the deepwater cisco, longjaw cisco, shortjaw cisco, shortnose cisco, blackfin cisco, Kiyi and bloater.

All the ciscos share a more streamlined appearance than the flattened whitefish and the head is much larger in proportion to the body. Some species of cisco can tolerate much warmer water than the whitefish and are found quite far down the eastern seaboard.

Some travel in great schools in relatively shallow water while others inhabit the depths, much like the lake trout, which preys on them. The largest ciscos are found in Lake Champlain and at the mouth of the Niagara River where it enters into Lake Ontario.

Little is known of the habits of the cisco, except that they are fall spawners that drop their eggs with no care of the hatching fry.

Ciscos are generally caught ice fishing, often when targeting lake trout, although there is a small number of anglers who seek them specifically. Since they are most active in subdued light, ciscos are often taken when a die-hard angler stays beyond the late afternoon when the lake trout stop biting. There is no significant commercial market for cisco.

There was no market for the other Cisco either. He wound up living at my friend’s house for the next 17 years.

http://www.poststar.com/sports/article_69edc94a-d728-11de-b0fd-001cc4c002e0.html

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I’ve been fishing for over 50 years and even more frequently in the last 10 years; during this time I have learned a lot of countless things about fishing in general. The most important is that you can never know it all. Even a novice can show an old timer a trick or two.

Over the years I’ve seen hundreds of anglers come to the areas I fish full of enthusiasm and determination and they end up leaving frustrated and confused. With just a little advice this could have made for a better experience and more than likely created another fishing addict like myself. It may take some time to turn you into that pro, but the enjoyment of the sport would be more easily realised.

When starting out the very first thing you want is just basic information on where and when to fish. Sounds easy and generally just ask other anglers, lodge owners, bait store owners, heck just ask.

Now for the fishing equipment, the rod and reel. Sounds simple enough, but maybe not. As in most other sports, cheap or poor equipment will result in poor results. As an example I met a fellow from southern Ontario (Toronto) while fishing here at home for Northern pike and asked him how the fishing was. His remark was that he was going to rent a boat and give it a try. So I asked him if he would like to go out with me that evening and he accepted. I met him at the dock and told him to load his gear in the boat and offered him a life jacket and away we went. I did not notice what he had loaded at first except he had a nice big new tackle box, as we moved away I asked where is your rod and reel. He went on to open his new tackle box and proceeded to pull out one of those pocket fisherman rigs. Of course I had a hard time from not laughing out loud, but went on to offer him one of my other rigs already in the boat.

Once we hit the area I intended to troll he went on to politely say he wanted to use his own rod but asked what one of his lures he should use for northern pike. He had one large red and white spoon and I told him to use that and made sure he let out enough line for what we were doing. I believe I was praying for him to get the first strike and sure enough he did after about 15 minutes or so and the fun began.

Now this pike he had on was I guessed about 15 pounds, not that big but the struggle with that little, short toy he had was hilarious to watch. I did not believe he would get the fish to the boat but he did although to fast, I had the net and told him to slow down, he did not hear me as I leaned over to net the fish he had it reeled up to about 2 feet from the tip of that little rod, all that pike did was lean on the line and he was gone.

I must add here that he also had no leader on that rig. After that he was so excited and of course wanted to keep fishing, but asked if he could use one of my other rods which was fine because I wanted to see him really hook and land a nice fish. To shorten this story he did land 2 more northerns and a small walleye. Oh yes I did catch a fish, one walleye and one pike, but we had a new fishing addict here. The next day he went into town to the Canadian Tire store and got properly equipped.

I imagine that young man from southern Ontario had some great tall tales to tell when he got home. I wonder how big that one that got away is Now!

A light action graphite spinning rod and reel will handle most fish you will want to catch, plus it is light enough for the beginner to feel even the light hit of those walleye.

So just get out there relax, take your time. Bring some coffee or lunch or even better catch your lunch and cook on one of the many small islands all over these northern lakes. Mostly just enjoy it all the fresh air, wildlife and scenery. Enjoy it all while your watching that loon, deer or even a moose feeding, a big walleye might just swim up and inhale your bait sending that twitch up your line through your rod to your fingers. Set the hook and there’s lunch!

Well that’s enough from me time for supper and a 5 minute stroll down to the river and make a few casts and see what happens.

http://www.fishing-village.com/2009/12/fishing-just-the-basics.html

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A lot of things don’t cut ice with fishing folk up here but local inventor Mike Olyarnick isn’t one of them.

Olyarnick invents ice-boring and ice-cut­ting equipment that has made him the toast of net fishers and winter road builders on Lake Winnipeg. Now, he’s set his sights on Red River flood-fighting. The invention is a humun­gous Texas chainsaw — about the length of an eight-seater toboggan. Olyarnick hopes it can cut up the next Red River ice jam like a Texas chainsaw massacre — of ice, natur­ally.

Breaking up ice is a vulnerable spot in the province’s flood defences. Without icebreak­ing efforts last year, river levels would have been four feet higher at Selkirk, flooding that city, said Steve Topping, Manitoba Water Stewardship executive director.

But there were too many breakdowns with new “prototype” ice-cutters — at one point both ice-cutters were in the shop being serviced — and the province doesn’t want to resort to using dynamite, like in the United States.

In Gimli, the money’s on Olyarnick.

Olyarnick, 73, has been making machines since he was 15 when he built two snow planes — a forerunner to the snowmobile that were driven by a large propeller, like a hydroplane.

His specialty is customizing machines for ice fishers. His bestseller is an ice auger for drilling ice-fishing holes, seen on the back of many bombardiers around here.

The augers are also used to freeze winter roads. The spiral bit bores through ice and brings up the water along the edges of the spiral. Winter roads need added freezing where currents lick away at the bottom of the ice.

“There aren’t many people who’ve been on the ice that don’t know Mike,” said Gimli­based commercial fisher Dave Olson. “He’s well-known on Lake Winnipeg, and around northern Manitoba.”

Olyarnick has built attachments for bombardiers like roof racks and snowplow fronts, and a scissor-lift for lifting tubs of fish on whitefish boats. He’s made helicopter platforms, airplane-movers (special trail­ers), log-splitters, stump-removers, brush­cutters, paint-shakers, and is nearly finished a bicycle rack for the local Sobeys.

Perhaps his best invention to date is a hydraulic system for running fishing net under the ice — a “net letter-outer,” if you will — operated with a foot pedal so the fisherman’s hands are free. Olson calls the device “ingenious.”

Customers say Olyarnick is friendli­est when he’s in the throes of inventing something but can get a little cranky when between projects.

Wife Delores says ideas will hit her husband and, while seated at the kitchen table, he’ll start drawing them in the white margins of that day’s Winnipeg Free Press,

while she tries to set dinner.

“I’m more focused on my ice-cutter than anything,” said Olyarnick, who runs Park­side Machine and Service in Gimli with son Dale.

Ice-cutting is a big issue in flood protec­tion. Communities north of Winnipeg only get Red River flooding when there’s an ice jam, say municipal leaders.

In the Red River flood of 1997, the prov­ince hired commercial fishermen to use their augers to drill holes in the river ice — a Swiss-cheese effect — from the north floodway outlet to Lake Manitoba, to help with breakup.

Last year, the province used two ice­cutters newly built by John Szukiewicz at Selkirk Machine Works. There were breakdowns but that’s to be expected with a prototype, said Topping. Pritchard Engin­eering has worked with the Selkirk Machine model, and the province is hoping for some big improvements.

That said, a better mousetrap is certainly welcome, said Topping. Olyarnick believes his saw will cut both deeper and faster than existing ice-cutters. It’s built to cut half a metres deep at 30 metres per minute, or a kilometre-and-a-half an hour. But he says it can cut up to a metre deep. He will give it vigorous testing in February and March.

In flood protection, the ice is cut in five­metre grids, but not all the way through or else water would rise through cracks and refreeze. The cutting is to weaken the ice so it can be broken up by the province’s two Amphibex icebreakers.

The ice-cutters are designed to be at­tached to the Caterpillar-type amphibious Wolverine vehicles. An Amphibex follows behind, rising and dropping on the ice to break the ice.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/columnists/A-new-anti-flood-hero–82673432.html

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If you want to catch northern pike on early ice and you’ll definitely want to read this article. In this article I am going to discuss different tactics and baits for catching northern pike early in the winter. The first thing you’ll want to consider is what lake you’re going to fish on. The first thing you’ll want to consider is what lake you’re going to fish on.

The first thing you’ll want to consider is what lake you’re going to fish on. Early in the season I on the smaller lakes because they ice up faster than the larger lakes and you can get on them earlier in the year. I like to make sure that there is at least 2 inches of ice before I venture out onto a lake fishing.

Once you have chosen a lake to fish on, you’ll need to decide what part of the lake to try. Early in the winter when the ice is still fairly thin on the shallower areas of the lake. I will usually fish in anywhere from 2 to 5 feet of water when ice is under a foot thick. Try to find areas adjacent to weed beds and cabage areas. Many fisherman don’t think you can catch fish in the shallow water during the winter, but I have caught pike in 2 feet of water when there is been a foot of ice and only one foot of water underneath.

The only method I use for fishing northern pike through the ice, is tip up fishing. Here in Wisconsin where I live you are allowed to have three lines per person. So if you have three or four people in your group fishing together you can cover quite a bit of area with tip ups. You can spread them out at various depths, and if the fish seem be biting better at a certain depth you can move them all to that depth. You can also experiment with different dates on different tip ups to find out which bait the fish prefer.

As for baits for northern pike, my three favorites are.

1. Golden shiners, golden shiners are very good bait for northern pike if you can find them, in some areas they can be very difficult to find.

2. Sucker minnows. Sucker minnows are also a good bait for northern pike. I think the sucker minnows are easier to keep alive in shiners.

3. Silver shiners. This is my favorite bait for fishing northern pike. I like use a medium sized silver shiners, not the really large or small ones.

If you follow the tips in this article you should have no problems catching northern pike this winter. Good luck fishing.

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We told you they were both valid.

Let’s start with the science. Start with cold air — Professor Norman Miller, a staff scientist specializing in climate science at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Dave Reynolds, the Bay Area National Weather Service forecast office, differed some on where the cold air originated. Miller mentioned the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands while Reynolds pinpointed Northwest Canada. Either way, it’s a place where cold air is as ubiquitous as ice fishing, hockey, and synonyms for snow.

In any event, the cool air up north developed into a low-pressure system to the point where, Miller notes, it “dropped down along the planetary wave weather travels on. What we’re seeing here is called the ‘polar jet stream.’” This is where advection comes in. The cold air reached the Bay Area not long ago — but didn’t deluge us immediately. A more temperate high-pressure system kept the icy barbarians at the gate for several days. But when the high-pressure system moved on, the cold weather descended upon us rapidly. It’s a bit like teenagers crashing a bar the moment the bouncer goes out for his smoke break.

So there you go. But both Miller and Reynolds noted that it’s not that cold.

“It’s nothing out of the ordinary. I live in the Berkeley Hills, and in the last 15 years I’ve seen this amount of snow in the morning at least six times,” says Miller. “We’re spoiled here. Every time the weather gets outside a narrow little temperature range, all of the sudden we find ourselves shaking in our boots.”

Reynolds, based in Monterey, notes that he’s sure some record lows have been set for this date — “But this is not an extreme cold outbreak. It’s not an unusual situation to occur at this time here in the Bay Area.”

But, yes, it’s nippy. Reynolds is a born-and-raised Bay Area native and he’s not used to this (and, he notes, he’s very pleased it will likely warm up come Thursday). Miller is an East Coast guy. But he’s been in the Bay Area for quite some time. “Yesterday I was hesitant to do certain outdoor sports. It was too cold for me,” he admitted. “I opted to sit in the hot tub instead.”

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The roar of the engines, the sting of snow on your cheeks, the thrill of the air rushing past you: snowmobiling is an exhilarating sport. Manitoba is a snowmobiler’s paradise, where you are pretty well guaranteed to find snow anytime after December almost anywhere in the province.

Snowmobiling involves thousands of enthusiasts looking for safe trails. That’s one reason Snoman Inc. was born. Snoman Inc. is the trade name of the Snowmobilers of Manitoba, a non-profit organization representing over 51 snowmobile clubs that run a network of groomed trails across the province. The trails are safe and you won’t get lost.

Use of these trails requires a permit called a Snopass, and as of November 1, 2009, these permits can be purchased from any MPI agent.

Just to remind newcomers: You need a valid driver’s license to operate crossing a Manitoba road. Children 14 and under may only legally snowmobile under the supervision of an adult. Each snowmobile must be registered and carry liability coverage of at least $200,000. And finally, use of an approved helmet is mandatory.

To find out about trail conditions in Provincial Parks call (204)945-6784. You can check Snowman trails by calling (204) 940-7533 or visit their website at snoman.mb.ca.

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