ORILLIA - Even the snow couldn’t deter perch-fishing enthusiasts this weekend. “I would have figured it would be a little warmer by this time of year,” shivered Wendy Johnson Saturday, who made the ...

For more than 40 years, the Orillia Perch Festival has dangled the hope of glory and grand prizes to fishers across Ontario. This year, winner Kevin Gratton of Brampton pulled in dozens of perch.

“Who’d have thought when they started that it would turn into something like this?” Orillia District Chamber of Commerce special events co-ordinator Doug Bunker said. “We now have grandparents telling ...

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Orillia’s the place where they’ve even melted the ice at the great fishing spot, the Narrows connecting Lake Simcoe and Lake Couchiching. The perch are waiting as the waters warm and they’ll be quick ...

The Orillia Perch Festival concluded on Saturday night after a virtual launch. While participation may have been lower this time than years past, organizers say it's been successful. Doug Bunker is ...

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