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On-ice Games Highlight Ninth Annual Merland Park Ice Fishing Derby Merland Park is hosting their ninth annual ice fishing derby Feb. 9–11. January 23, 2018 CHAD IBBOTSON STAFF WRITER Picton’s Merland Park will be hosting its ninth annual ice fishing derby next month. The derby kicks off Friday, Feb. 9 at dusk and runs until […]

In December, Mike Miller and the crew from Angler & Hunter Television were at Merland Park filming an episode.  It is always a pleasure to have Mike at the Park.

Jeff Simpson from In-Fisherman TV was at Merland Park filming for three days. The first two days we were blown off the water with 60 km winds and then we hit a home run with 1/2 hr before having to go back in. We caught five walleye. An 11 1/2 pounder and a 12 1/2 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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!

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.

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 […]

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!