So long winter.

It may have been one of the longest and coldest winters in a long time; yet i can't say that i mind.  Something about embracing it, that makes it all that much better.

Here is but a snippet of what went down.

O. becoming very proficient on the xc skis by the end of the season.

A few brutal cold outings to ice some fish on the big lake.

 Clear skies and boreal landscapes.

Successful harvest and fun times

 

 American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) visiting our yard the last couple of days.  This and the flowing rivers being proof that spring is finally here.

peace all
e

September morning out on the lake

If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right.

peace
e

 Just when this little niche in the interwebs was about to be forgotten, i finally decided that on this 9 degrees Centigrade evening in July, i would park my never stopping self in front of the computer to edit up some images.  So here are a couple from that last while..and by a while, i mean several months.

My cousin Thomas (T$) ventured out to chase some chromers.  Some were had.   

What better than a rainy weekend to run around chasing brook trout?

Unfortunately, not many were had this day.  But is was nice and wet if nothing else.

Here, Fritz and i decided chucking streamers for lake trout wouldn't be a bad idea.  It was entertaining. 

Skip to the July long weekend.

Fun in the sun with the family and a glassy morning on Superior catching a few nice trout.

Sometimes you just need to hang out at the beach.

The Sørlandet at Lake Superior Day down at the harbour here in Thunder Bay.

Trolling for salmon...with Lutsen the dog as my first mate.

As usual, keep it real and get outside.

peace out all.

e

Latest spring we've seen in many years, but things have started to move along now.

Chromers abound.

photo by e

peace

One intent boykin spaniel.

One beauty rainbow.

                                                                           peace.




photo's by eric

Stopped to snap a couple of the boys surfing a fun wave, en-route to Ashland, WI last week for work.  What a gorgeous afternoon.  Downright balmy for January.  Not the case this week however.  Back to more normal January weather for northwestern Ontario.

peace and happy new year all.

photo by 

eric berglund

 

Finally got out for a bit of sliding.

peace
e

Sample, tag, release.

Repeat. peace
e

photo by eric berglund

Some more fish.

word.

photo's by eric berglund

chrome-diggler


peace
e


photo by eric berglund

I was out for a run the night of April 6th when i noticed the full moon just cresting the head of the sleeping giant. UNREAL!...I mean unreal. Of course i kicked it up about three notches and high tailed it for home to grab my camera and the tripod. Unfortunately i didn't run fast enough, as the moon had already made its way well enough up into the night sky that it didn't appear as amazingly huge as it had 20 minutes earlier. A couple snaps anyways.



Doing my rain dance tonight in hopes of some rain and that the rivers will once again flow like they shoudl in the month of April along the Superior northshore. No snaps of any of the chromers as of late, since they have all been caught on short solo missions where i have failed to swing the fish into where i had my pelican case tucked in on the bank.

However, here's a hefty walleye that we sampled, tagged and stuck a radio transmitter in, while at work today.



peace
e.

photo's by eric berglund

Had fun yankin lake whitefish with dad on sunday...what a great day. unreal weather and enough fish to keep the smoker blazin, plus several meals of baked whitefish.

Tools


been keying in on skiing, being healthy and all the other good things life provides, which unfortunately has put the sitting at the computer in the evenings lower down on the list of priorities. so be it. keep getting out there and pushin it folks.

peace
e


photo's by e.

Always stoked on this magazine. The folks at Superior Outdoors Magazine do a beautiful job of laying out a mag that captures the adventure,spirit and beauty that is so prevalent in the Lake Superior watershed. Make your way to a local retailer or go online and scoop a copy of the 2012 Winter edition. Plenty of good reading and some stellar photo's.




I snapped these shots of the mag...but here are the
Real Photo Creds:

Top Left: Bryan Hansel-winter kayaking cover shot

Bottom Left: Marlin Lendin- a story about ridin his Pugsley 100 miles on Lake Superior

Top Right: Eric Berglund- you can probably guess what it's about.

Bottom Right: Eric Berglund- skiin some fresh trackset last winter.

You can kind of see part of a shot by Darren McChristie of a dude catching air kiteboarding.

Anyways. Get out there and have a good weekend.

peace
e

Family, hunting, waves, time in the woods. All things keeping me from sitting in front of the computer. So to catch up, before headed off another mission:


Starry nights

Sunny paddles in November

Necessary tools used in the process of putting wild meat in the freezer. None of these knives are particularly fancy, but with the right edge, they get the job done.

Visitors



peace
e


photo's by eric berglund

Less than perfect waves, but plenty of good fun in a beautiful place.


And the season begins.


peace all.

photo's by eric berglund

Yes. All sorts of goodness these days. A lot in the way of food and nice weather. Of course things have started to take their appropriate turn towards fall like conditions now.

Here's one from the weekend. Plenty hot to burn over to a local beach on Lake Superior and play in the sand and go for a swim.

A fryin' pan full of chanterelles. Nice to have friends who share when they score it big in the woods while your at work.


peace all

photo's by eric berglund

Front and back covers of a journal of mine from 2003, that i pulled out of a box recently.

Sturgeon scutes.



be well
peace
e


photos by e.

Some pretty amazing critters.
Sampled, tagged and released.

Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens)




The top photo happens to be the last photo my Canon 30D took before dieing. Looks like a new image capturing device is in order.

peace
e

Much love for Lake Superior. A windy, rainy and gloomy day brought some damn fine waves; especially for this time of year. Thanks mother nature.

John slides along on a cruisey left last night.


Some 'urban' foraging turned up these oyster mushrooms growing on an aspen snag down by the creek.


The little man enjoying a warm day by the lake, throwing sticks.




be well

peace
e

Our little apple tree spat out a lot of blossoms this spring. If it produces half as many apples, we'll still be talkin.


n's homemade bagels...yum.


Cruisin' out on Nipigon Bay to do some night work on the lake.


Sampling some coaster brook trout at 02:30 in the morning. Fun times.



peace
e


photo's by eric berglund