BELL EWART, Ontario -- It was one of those late winter days that felt like spring. Seagulls drifted overhead and Canada geese honked from the ice-clad shoreline. Suddenly a man's voice cried out, ...

If you like catching perch, you'll love the way ice fishing began on Simcoe Lake this season. Perch schools showed close to shore in late fall just before ice formed on the south-central Ontario ...

KESWICK – Out on the vast whiteness of Lake Simcoe, where the ice underfoot is 35 centimetres thick, it’s a toasty plus 20C. And inside their rental hut, Gordon Ing and his 9-year-old daughter ...

The 37th annual Orillia Perch Festival is underway on Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching, where anglers are lured by the prospect of catching one or more of 60 tagged fish worth $500 each, along with a ...

It was officially the coldest day of the winter – possibly the coldest February 15 on record – but that didn’t stop ice anglers from heading out on Lake Simcoe, for the annual Fire on Ice Perch Derby.

A Michigan man was fined and banned from angling in Ontario for two years after he pleaded guilty to exceeding the perch limit while fishing on Lake Simcoe near Beaverton. According to the Ministry of ...

The Ontario government is safeguarding fish populations in Lake Simcoe by ensuring individuals follow the legal catch and retain limits. Tyler Nicholas of Midland, Michigan pleaded guilty to catching ...

With charming towns along its shores, miles of beaches, and some of the best fishing in Ontario, this lake is a wonderful escape regardless of the season.