By Bruce Bell, The County Weekly News/The Intelligencer Wednesday, January 17, 2018 3:43:01 EST PM They’d give you the shirts off their backs if you promised them a fish at Merland Park. Derby runs on fun, fishing and community spirit The annual Merland Park Ice Fishing Derby returns to the shores of Merland Park […]
Fishing on the Bay of Quinte has been incredible this July and August! Our guests are traveling from all over Ontario, Quebec and the United States to cast their rods and reel in their prize! Anglers have been groups of young guys, father/daughter duos, husband and wife teams and families all anxious to feel that […]
As usual, the fall fishing on the Bay of Quinte is incredible! This year, we had an abundance of sheepshead and guests were excited to reel in these giant fish. Pete Bowman from Fish ‘n Canada came to Merland Park to film a show solely on sheepshead because they are so much fun to reel […]
Ray Carignan, host of Outdoor Passion television show, visited the park at the beginning of September to gather some drone footage for an upcoming show being filmed at Merland. Always great to see Ray!
In the spring of 2016, Suzanne and Louise, hosts from Unis Tv’s show Elles Pechant, visited the park to film an episode about fishing on the Bay of Quinte. We were thrilled to have them stay at Merland Park! The episode aired on June 20th!
Charter captains are having some great success bringing in some beautiful Walleye ranging from 7 – 13 pounds. Smallmouth Bass, Pike, Sheephead and Trout are all being caught while fishing for Walleye as well.
The Bay of Quinte Makes it into the media again in the upcoming issue of In-Fisherman. Kevin is alongside Doug Stange and the Bay of Quinte is described as “still likely the best place in North America to score a 12 pound Walleye”!
On May 24th, Barry Carte brought in this 11 lbs Walleye and Kevin caught these two beauties! Then on May 29th, Bob & his son arrived just after 7:00 am to celebrate his son’s birthday and we were on the boat at 7:30. We caught 9 fish before noon and 3 after lunch. They were […]
May 3-4, 2014…Again this year, we are fully booked for this terrific annual live release derby! Tickets can be purchased at Merland park $15 for Juniors and $35 for Adult with complimentary Junior ticket. Thank you Kiwanis for posting a great article on the Merland Park Ice Fishing derby in this year’s magazine!
Ron & Brandon White brought in these two beauties on October 30th! Another great catch on their last day of fishing at Merland…thanks for sharing the picture with us Ryan! “Here are a few pics of our recent fishing trip. Thanks for a great time and your tutoring on how and where to catch big […]