Local police are reminding anglers to be safe during the Wawa derby.
Superior East Ontario Provincial Police Constable Ashley Nickle notes you should have some equipment, depending on the type of vessel you're using.
Nickle also recommends marine radios, cell phones, GPS, tools and spare parts, and safe drinking water, further urging an equipment check - and checking the weather forecast - before heading out on the water - and she reminds a common factor in marine fatalities is not wearing a lifejacket or personal floatation device.
Nickle also warns drinking and boating is a common factor, with alcohol the number one drug contributing to drowning in Canada.