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Summer Fishing Outstanding This Year

Summer Fishing Outstanding This Year

By admin | Aug 14, 2017 | Fishing Reports, Resort News

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 […]

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Walleye Must Love the Extra Water

Walleye Must Love the Extra Water

By admin | May 18, 2017 | Fishing Reports

Luckily, this Spring’s flooding didn’t affect us too badly.  We had much higher water levels but minimal flooding at the shoreline. Even better news is the fish, who must love the extra water, are on fire!  They are biting early this year and are just the perfect size for eating. Guests at Merland Park have had some […]

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RoadFish TV filming at Merland Park Again

RoadFish TV filming at Merland Park Again

By admin | Apr 29, 2017 | Media

Roadfish.tv was at the park filming again. We had a great day on the water and caught 7 beautiful Lake Trout! It is always a pleasure to have this crew come stay with us!

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Merland Park Makes Annual Donation to Kiwanis

Merland Park Makes Annual Donation to Kiwanis

By admin | Apr 23, 2017 | Media

Kevin Lavers  presented a cheque for $2500 to Rod Holloway, President of the Picton Kiwanis Club. The money was raised for the Kiwanis Club’s Terrific Kids Program at Merland Park’s Annual winter ice fishing derby.

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Merland Park featured on Northern Ontario Travel as the place for Monster Walleye

Merland Park featured on Northern Ontario Travel as the place for Monster Walleye

By admin | Feb 24, 2017 | Media

My wet, ungloved hand would have stuck to the aluminum gunnel if I’d left it there. Quickly, I let go of the boat and reached into the net. Straining to hoist the huge walleye from the netting, I passed it to Kevin Lavers, owner of Merland Park in Picton, Ontario. As I snapped photo after photo of […]

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Bay of Quinte Fall Fishing 2016

Bay of Quinte Fall Fishing 2016

By admin | Nov 07, 2016 | Fishing Reports

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 […]

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Ray Carignan from “Outdoor Passion” – The ultimate outdoor experience

Ray Carignan from “Outdoor Passion” – The ultimate outdoor experience

By admin | Sep 28, 2016 | Media

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!

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Unis TV’s “Elles Pechant” films episode at Merland Park

Unis TV’s “Elles Pechant” films episode at Merland Park

By admin | Sep 28, 2016 | Media

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!

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Junior Anglers in Training

Junior Anglers in Training

By admin | Aug 20, 2016 | Fishing Reports, Resort News

Children, of all ages, frequented the park throughout the summer to come out and enjoy fishing off the docks.  Whether it was their first time and getting fishing tips from Kevin and Ty, or fishing with mom or dad, the kids were super excited to bring in lots of sun fish and even a few […]

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The 7th Annual Ice Fishing Derby was a HUGE success!

The 7th Annual Ice Fishing Derby was a HUGE success!

By admin | Mar 01, 2016 | Media

 The 7th Annual Ice Fishing Derby was a huge success again this year with the largest turnout from the public who came to participate in the On Ice Games on Saturday February 20th and the largest number of kids who came out to enjoy some winter fun and take home some awesome prizes! The media […]

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