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Totally hooked on Manitoba’s remote beauty

By: Mick Gell

Couple canoeing and fishing in Manitoba (Image: All Canada Photos/Getty Images)

The Canadian wilderness isn’t just an angler’s paradise – it’s the perfect place to get away from it all, says MICK GELL.

BOUNCING about in a small boat on a lake, five miles from dry land, I was slowly getting to grips with my rod and tackle. As it happens, it didn’t long for me to land a 30in northern pike. That meant lunch was sorted and no sooner had we landed on a deserted lake beach, my guide Nap had top-and-tailed the fish and was prepping it for the campfire. There’s nothing quite like catching your own food…

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