Here’s an excellent knot for tying leaders to main line. Cut off about 3 to 6 feet of leader material. Place the tag end of the leader along side the main line so the two run parallel to each other for about 12 inches. Grasp the tag end of the leader and main line in […]
Hi, Do you have any tips for threading a hook and performing other general fishing related tasks? Jennifer Hi Jennifer, Threading hooks isn’t that difficult. The only tricky part is getting use to my solution. I use the tip of my tongue to guide the end of the fishing line through the eyes of my […]
Join us for the first-ever Lake Jo Fishing Camp for people living with vision loss held July 12-18, 2009 at CNIB Lake Joseph Centre (Lake Jo). Guest speakers, seminars and on-the-water experiences will be sure to leave you with great stories, memories and a whole lot of new information on fishing techniques and gear. The […]
Fishing with Lawrence Euteneier on the ‘Blind Fishing Boat’ Ever wonder what it’s like to be alone in a boat without being able to see? Captain Lawrence Euteneier will entertain and educate you with stories of fishing from the world’s first fishing boat for the blind. Lawrence is a life-long and semi-professional fisherman who […]
Outfitters are reporting increasing numbers of requests for special accommodations from outdoor enthusiasts with disabilities. At the same time, accessibility legislation in the U.S. and Canada has raised the bar in terms of the level of accessibility customers expect when they book their vacations. These trends can be attributed to the average age of the […]
This year in stead of exhibiting my 12-foot Blind Fishing Porta-Bote, I joined forces with Rob Atkinson of Fish Hawk and Laurentian Marine of Ottawa. Fish Hawk and Laurentian are both huge supporters of the Blind Fishing Initiative, and it was a blast to join them at the Show. The Show was busy and we […]
I get a lot of emails from people and their family and friends who are experiencing sight loss. Many are of the belief that all fishing involves watching bobbers and without this ability it’s not doable. The longer I fish however, the more I realize that fishing is a sport everyone undertakes with a visual […]
Exhibiting at the Toronto Sportsman Show (March 18-22, 2009) was a first for the Blind Fishing Boat. The Show itself has been operating for over 60 years and draws as many as 120,000 visitors over five days (48 hours). It was a real honour to be exhibiting at the Show since attending was always a […]
Lawrence, Could you describe how you know it is time to stop reeling in your bait, and time to send it back out again? I have difficulty when I am reeling the line in, most of the time I reel too long, and the lure hits the top eye of the rod. Thanks for […]
Blind Fishing Boat exhibited and gave three presentations at the 4-day Ottawa Outdoor and Boat Show. Media coverage included: -4.5 minute segment on A Channel at 7:20 a.m. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rx2Tq0WDSNc -4 minute segment on Rogers Live broadcast 4 times; -1.5 minute segment on CBC News at 6: p.m.; -5 minute interview on Live 88.5 morning show […]
By Captain Lawrence Euteneier I’ve been a fisher for as long as I can remember, and my earliest recollections are of fishing with spincast reels. At age eight I was registered “blind” and now almost 40 years later I’m still using spincast reels for certain applications. The reason I find spincast reels to be particularly […]
In mid October I attended the 26th Visually Impaired Persons Fishing Tournament based out of Manteo, North Carolina as the key-note speaker and a workshop facilitator. 528 fishers with visual disabilities participated in the event, with the North Carolina State tournament taking place on Tuesday, Oct. 14 and the first ever National Tournament the next […]
On September 14 2008 Voice Print’s weekly interview program, “Contact”, aired an interview entitled, “Blind Boating with Lawrence Euteneier“. The interview is the first half of a two-part segment on sports for people with visual disabilities. The following link will take you to the Voice Print page and a link to the interview. www.voiceprintcanada.com
In late July 2008 my wife, Kids and I set off for Desert Lake, located just north of Kingston Ontario, for a week of camping and sea trials of the Blind Fishing Porta-Boat. I was more than just a bit excited about this set of trials as it was to involve a pre-release version of […]
In late October I attended the 81st Nature and Outdoor tourism Ontario Congress as their key note speaker and a workshop facilitator. NOTO has close to 400 members made up of fishing and hunting lodge operators and is their voice to government (www.noto.net). The Congress this year was held in Dryden Ontario not far from […]