Great Ape Empire

09/09/2026

It happens every year- the derby is over, and *now* the fish are biting! Stop in today for some rainy day retail therapy and stock up to get your fish on! Sn**ch up our *Store Exclusive TNT* spoons Ape-X Predator, grab your Tackle In a Box UV Charger, and fill the freezer with herring strips and anchovies- there's still good weather to come!

Come see us at 267 Highway 6 Wiarton. We are located above the Georgian Bay Country Market [formerly Elliott's]- look for the big sign with the canoe on top!

Great Ape Empire Summer Store Hours:
Monday- to Saturday- 9am-6pm
Sunday- 9am-4pm

09/07/2026

Come stock up at Georgian Bay Country Market

Put those bottles in the basket!

09/06/2026

Congratulations to all Anglers and their supporting families who love boat rides!

The Sydenham Sportsmen Club has ran another successful Salmon Spectacular!

Thank you to all the volunteers and folks who make such an incredible event like this possibe.

We got to hear so many stories from Anglers coming in telling us what was working and what wasn't. Sounds like everyone had fun!

Some BIG ones weighed in!

The final day of the derby results are in this Sunday, Sept 6th!
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There were 44 salmon and 79 trout entered today.

The leaders remain unchanged.

Leading salmon, Garrett Baker, Bognor, 11.72 kg, 26.02 lb

Leading Trout and Lake Trout, Thomas Moore, Owen Sound, 10.84 kg, 24.06 lb

Leading Rainbow Trout, William Hanna, Collingwood, 5.205 kg, 11.56 lb

Leading Brown Trout, Barb Schank, Tara, 3.67 kg, 8.15 lb

09/04/2026

Survival and Outdoor Bushcrafty friends!

Please give our buddies at Tuff Trekkers Adventures a follow and check out their adventure they have planned later this month!

Real wilderness training across Canada. Choose the right experience for your goals — every NBWSR field session is supervised, ratio-limited, and tied to a certification level.

09/03/2026

🚨BRAND NEW 2026 MEDZZ LURES are ON THE WALL!!👇 6 patterns not yet available on the Medzz website- they have yet to be named! Be amongst the first to own and run these new Medzz Lures plugs- just in time for the final weekend of the Salmon Spectacular.. Check out our full restock and get yours before they're gone!!

Come see us at 267 Highway 6 Wiarton. We are located above the Georgian Bay Country Market [formerly Elliott's]- look for the big sign with the canoe on top!

Great Ape Empire Summer Store Hours:
Monday- to Saturday- 9am-6pm
Sunday- 9am-4pm

09/02/2026

Change my mind 🤷😎

08/28/2026

08/28/2026

**Crazy Canuck Restock!**

Crazy Canuck Fishing Lures

Just in the nick of time!

The derby is fully under way!

The pretty photo takers are on vacation so you're stuck with Ogwa on the camera!

We got the VERY popular Crazy Pineapple back in 2 sizes, those MIGHT last the weekend and got re supplied in the crank and jerk baits.

Getting them priced an all on walls today and tomorrow! We were almost out!

If you're waiting to launch your boats this for this evenings fishing you got lots of time to come scoop them up before they are gone!

267 Hwy 6 Wiarton above Georgian Bay Country Market