August 16th, 2007: Things are starting to wind down at the lodge now, we still have about a week left before the lodge is emptied out, then the outposts empty out by September 10th and then the moose and bear hunters come in for a couple of weeks at the end of September. The weather has been a bit cool and windy for the first half of August, but the weather is supposed to start improving [...]
August 9th, 2007: We've had another great run of trophy fish lately, but for early August the weather has been very unpredictable. Normally we can count on warm days with the occasional thunderstorm, but we've been weathered out for flying already twice this month and the forecast is calling for rain almost every day this week. Fortunately we were still able to move all our guests, but there were some delays and some missed flights departing [...]
July 30th, 2007: It's been a hot couple of weeks with the weather and the fishing!!! So many big Pike, so little time! Today alone there were 4 trophies and one 40 inch Pike, and the day isn't over yet! More great family stories to be told. Robin and her husband Bob along with her parents Ed and Leonora came up and landed a bunch of trophies. Robin had 2 trophy Brook Trout and a trophy [...]
July 16th, 2007: The weather has finally turned to summer here, it's about 75 degrees and sunny with just a little breeze! They're calling for nothing but sunshine all week, so everybody is happy, especially the guides who have been out in a lot of nasty weather this year. There have been a bunch of trophy Pike and a few trophy Walleye caught over the past week including 2 more 45 inch Pike. Last week I [...]
July 10th, 2007: The weather has been pretty good lately, we're still getting a fair bit of rain but the temperatures and the winds have been good. The fishing has been quite good lately, there have been a lot of trophy pike and a few Walleye, Lake Trout and Brook Trout mixed in as well. Not to mention, yours truly was blessed with catching a 21 inch Sucker!! Last week we had a group of 3 [...]
June 26th, 2007: Sorry for the lack of updates, it's been suggested that I call them bi-weekly updates! The weather and the fishing have been up and down lately. We seem to be getting rain every other day which I guess keeps the grass green and the forest fires away so we can't complain too hard. It's a bit cooler today with a north east wind and it's suppose to rain at some point in the [...]
June 12th, 2007: The fish are really starting to bite now. Last week we had huge success with Pike, Walleye, Lake Trout and Brook Trout! The big Pike were really feeding hard despite some rough weather and quite a bit of wind. One angler managed to land 4 trophy Pike himself using the big Bulldawgs! Normally I use smaller lures at this time of year but they were hitting the big stuff right away. The weather [...]
June 1st, 2007: Less than 2 weeks into the season and we're already settled into a nice routine! Our new chef is getting very high praise and we were very happy to hear more compliments from the 2 new groups we had in last week. Most of them couldn't believe how friendly our staff was and how they had never had better shore lunches. Our first ever spring bear hunter was landlocked with a nasty storm [...]
May 22nd, 2007: We're officially under way with our first guests!! On Sunday 6 guys went into Aswap, 4 into Joint Lake and 7 guests came to the lodge. Tomorrow we have a full camp! The weather has not been cooperating as it did in April and early May, but we're still making the best of it. We've had some cooler temperatures and some rain over the last couple of days so the fishing has been [...]
May 7th, 2007: The season is off to a great start!! All our fuel (almost 10,000 gallons), all our freight including beer, pop, beans, corn, water, canola oil, propane, outboard motors and miscellaneous supplies have been flown into the lodge. We also passed a runway inspection, although that was no surprise since the Hawker was landing at over 42,000 pounds and he came in 9 times with all our supplies. The runway inspection was required in [...]