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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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!

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 […]

  Mike Miller, the host of Angler & Hunter Television was at Merland Park this past weekend filming an episode. Stay tuned to find out a new way to catch walleye in the bay!

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.  

Fishing is fantastic this September!  We caught 14 walleye in 5 hours! 12 in the boat! ALL 7-11 pounders!

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 […]