For three generations, the Minor family today brothers Carson and Landon and their father Paul have been up before first light to board their fishing tug and make their way to their fishing grounds on Lake Erie.
Most mornings, the Minors leave from Port Colborne, Ont., a small port city that sits at the entrance to the Welland Canal on the eastern end of Lake Erie. Each afternoon they return to the port to unload their fresh catch of perch and pickerel. Some of their catch is sold locally to eateries up and down Lake Erie’s north shore, and most is eaten within the Great Lakes region.