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Gord Ellis

Gord is the senior editor of OOD and has been with the magazine since 1993. He has been writing about fishing, hunting, and the outdoors for over 20 years and pens Open Range. Gord's an avid multi-species angler and is also a keen hunter. He's a long-time member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada and has won 20 national writing and photography awards. Gord is a reporter and columnist with CBC radio in Thunder Bay and is the outdoor columnist for the Thunder Bay Chronicle Journal daily newspaper.
winter brook trout
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Dial in winter brook trout

Brook trout provide steady action right through to ice-out. Dial in your winter tactics, and you just might catch your best squaretail ever.
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Spoons remain time-tested whitefish catchers

Winter whitefish provide a thrilling fight and great table fare. If you haven’t tried heavy metal jigging, make sure you do this winter.
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Looking at the best times to hunt bucks

Here are some of Gord Ellis' thoughts about buck movement through the fall — and the best times to focus on notching that tag.
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Stuck in the bush

Here are a few first-person cautionary tales and some ways I’ve tried to make being stuck in the bush much less likely.
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Superstition and other fishy stuff

Anglers and hunters may be the worst of all when it comes to superstition and what can and can’t happen before, during, and after an outing.
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Staying or moving for moose

Choosing to stay in an area or to relocate is a tough call. But there's nothing like punching your moose tag knowing your decision helped.
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