20th Canadian Ice Fishing Championship

Welcome to the 20th Annual  Canadian Ice Fishing Championship!!!
Registrations for the 2014 tournament are open at :

 Registration Online

Jackson's Point , Town of Georgina is buzzing with preparations for the 20th Canadian Ice Fishing Championship preparations!!

Posters prepared by Lures & Tours and printed by Town of Georgina, can be spotted throughout the area, and across the province with people tweeting about the championship.

As the countdown for registration approaches, the excitement is building!

Photo Gallery

 

 

Sponsored by Lures and Tours

 

 More information to come

 

 Competition Location: Lake Simcoe - next to Bonnie Boat

 

 

2014 Rules and Regulations

 

20th Canadian Ice Fishing Championship Registered Teams

 

 

 

Lake Simcoe Fishing Regulations

 

MNR Rules and Regulations

 

(Lake Simcoe is regulated under Zone 16)

 

 

 

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For more information on the 20th Canadian Ice Fishing Championship

visit CIFC.org



 

 

 

 

 

Feature Your Summer Ontario Travel Photo!

Ontario Travel Call For Summer Photos!

What Does your Ontario Summer Look Like?

Ontario Travel: offers you a chance to shine with your summer photography! LuresAndTours  Photo Gallery has thousands of photos.. Which do you think our photographers should submit?

One of our favourite summer photos highlights a grandfather fishing with his grandchild  in the early dawn from a boat near Lindsay Ontario.

 We liked this inter-generational photo  so much that we chose it as the backdrop for our poster congratulating the Ontario Chinese Anglers Association:

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What do you think? Browse through the LuresAndTours Photo Gallery and submit your suggestions below.

Order Your FREE LuresAndTours Photos!

Did you know you can order Free Photo downloads from LuresAndTours Galleries without the Watermark?  For a limited time, LuresAndTours is offering FREE photo downloads from their photo gallery sans watermark with your free subscription to LuresAndTours blog.

LuresAndTours Photo Gallery Features
Fun Ontario Events

 Just subscribe to LuresAndTours blog by email then drop us a confidential note in the comments below.  If you were at one of the events where we took photos, and you do not see your picture online, we may have it archived. with your contact information, let us know, and we will see what we can do to find it.

Here is the call for photos from Ontario Travel:

Ontario Travel Summer Photo Call

From Ontario Travel:
With snow on the ground and cool temperatures across Ontario, it’s hard to believe that summer is only a couple of months away. Each year Ontario Travel publishes the Ontario Summer Magazine, packed with great vacation ideas to make the most of the summer and we’re putting together the 2013 issue right now! This year we want to feature your favourite summer memories.

Ontario Travel Seeks Summer Photos

 Submit your photo to our Great Summer Photo Challenge for your chance to have your photo featured in the 2013 Magazine. You have until February 15th, 2013 to post your photo. We'’ll reveal the winner with the launch of our Ontario Summer Magazine in April 2013. Ready to upload your photo? Go to Ontario Travel Facebook Page

You may also be interested in:

• Subscribe to Ontario Fishing - Lures and Tours Blog by Email
• Ontario Chinese Anglers Association Gala Welcomes Angling Dignitaries!
• LuresAmdTours Photo Highlights
• Following @LuresAndTours on Twitter

New Ontario Events Calendar Unveiled!

Post Your Ontario Events Free!

LuresAndTours Media proudly presents their new Ontario Events calendar. The Ontario events calendar will feature Ontario events posted by authorized Ontario Community Organizations and Businesses, as well as events LuresAndTours receives via email. 

Posting an event to LuresAndTours Ontario Events is Free and easy! Just email SocialMedia AT LuresAndTours your event details, or if you have an account, login to Google calendars, and update your events!

In addition to Free Ontario Events listing, each week, 1 Free event listed will be randomly chosen to be featured on LuresAndTours blog, and be posted in our Facebook, Twitter, and RSS email subscriptions.  

Angler-Friendly Business? Smart Business!

Ontario Sportfishing Brings Businesses Billions!

Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources latest fishing economic impact report
based on the Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada highlighting Ontario
Fishing showed individual anglers are spending more on fishing each year. 
Nearly 1.27 million adult anglers aged 18-65 reported actively participating
in recreational fishing in Ontario in 2005. These anglers contributed about
2 billion dollars to the Ontario economy. . .

New Private Members - Only Ontario Marketing Blog 

This is the intro to just just one of the articles LuresAndTours clients
can access on a new private members-only blog which highlights marketing
tips aimed at increasing enjoyable Ontario Recreational Sportfishing Tourism
Experiences. Other topics included in the private blog are: 

• Making Your Business Angler-friendly.
• Social Media Platform Tips.
• Increasing Website Stats.
• Tapping into unique promotions and marketing opportunities. 

Just one more reason LuresAndTours is your wise media choice!

Want your key to LuresAndTours private executive locker? Email Social
Media AT LuresandTours DOT com . Listing packages are available for your budget!

Who Fishes? 5 Interesting Facts About Ontario Anglers!

Ontario Canada Top Fishing Destination!

Government of Canada 2010 Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada ,the latest Canadian government survey offers insights into many interesting facts about recreational fishing in Canada. This survey,conducted every 5 years,shows recreational fishing is growing in Ontario. Here are a few facts from the survey released this year:

1. Ontario has more Active Resident Anglers than any other province or territory the 2010 survey counted 924,549
2. Ontario continued to be the destination of choice for the majority of foreign anglers, accounting for 76% of all foreign anglers in 2010.
3. Ontario Anglers Catch, Photograph and Release!  More than half of all reported 2010 fish harvests were caught in Ontario (96 million). However,the overall proportion of fish retained by anglers in Ontario was only 21%
4. Top fish caught by Ontario anglers are Walleye,perch,and small mouth bass.Walleye caught in Ontario accounted for over 54% of the walleye harvest by all anglers in Canada in 2010.
5. Average age of people fishing in Ontario? – Male  50  Female- 45.

Does your Ontario business welcome anglers? Be found in Lures & Tours Ontario Sport Fishing and Recreational Tourism Directory and Regional Maps! Contact Lures & Tours today!

Source: Fisheries and Oceans Canada: 2010 Survey of Recreational Fishing in Canada

How Does Your Angler-Friendly Business Use QR Codes? Your Answers Wanted!

INAUGURAL ENEWS ISSUE FEATURES ANGLER - FRIENDLY ONTARIO BUSINESSES USING QR CODES!

QR Codes by Denso Wave do many things for people on the move with smartphones and a free code scanner app installed :

• Present a browser link and offer to take you there or share it. 
• Hold contact information to import to your organizer. 
• Deliver more descriptive text about a business or product. 
• Shoot you a message with links or reminders. 

In other words, you don’t have to type it in or to write down . . .

 JUST SCAN AND GET ACTION!

How Does Your Ontario Angler-Friendly Business Use QR Codes?

Ontario businesses are invited to submit their answers to this question by submitting a comment below, or by emailing Suzanne at luresandtours.com. Up to 10 lucky businesses will be randomly selected to have their answers and business link included in an article in our inaugral eNewsletter, so get your answers in now! 

Lures & Tours Directories and Maps lead with published GPS coordinates years ago, in response to anglers on the road. who appreciated having the most accurate positioning information we could find. in a format they understood and trusted.

Lures & Tours Ontario Sport Fishing Tourism Directory and Regional map listings also offer readers QR codes in our publications, another way to be the comprehensive link between anglers and the people who serve them.

Adapted from: Lures & Tours - 'What is This Thing?' Published 2011 pdf