May 20th, 2004: Yesterday was pretty good, between the 9 anglers they managed 4 trophy Pike, a trophy Walleye and 20 or so other Pike of 36 inches. Unfortunately they did not take any digital pictures for me to upload, so we'll have to wait until they get home and get them developed. It has turned cold again! The water pump and water lines all froze last night, but the hardy anglers from Missouri are back [...]
May18th, 2004: The fishing is improving for my hardy group of anglers who have a two week fishing trip and arrived here on Monday because it's nicer here than in Winnipeg! We tried to access the back bay and we gained access by towing a boat to hole number one. Most of our June guests know #1 as a great Pike and Walleye spot, this is what it looks like today: We were able to travel [...]
May 16th, 2004: We were suppose to be welcoming our first guests this morning, but instead we got snow. The lake is still good and frozen, but there's still hope for good weather and a quick break up. Everybody thinks that when it starts to go, it's going to go in a hurry. Here's a picture taken near the end of the day....it would have been too discouraging to show one of the snow flying this [...]
May 11th, 2004: Things are looking a bit grim for opening the camp early this year. We have guests arriving on Sunday and they may be ice fishing! It's snowing like crazy today and we have very little open ice at the lodge. If things continue like this it will be difficult to open on time. I believe we are only a week away from having enough open water once we get some nice weather. I [...]
May 3, 2004: I was at Bolton and Aswap Lake yesterday bringing in more supplies and checking on ice conditions. May 15th is when I expect to have enough open water to take off with a float plane and get into the outpost camps to start setting up. There were lakes only 70 miles south of Bolton Lake that were completely free of ice, but the ice at Bolton and Aswap was only open in the [...]
April 13, 2004: It's starting to look a lot like spring here, but the temperatures are still a bit low. We sent in Harley our mechanic to Bolton Lake last week and he's getting the runway and other things ready for the season. It's good to have a guy at the lodge at this time of year so we can get updates on ice conditions and weather. It's too early to tell when the ice will [...]
March 22, 2004: The shows are over and we're just finishing up the preparations for the season. We've filled in a bunch of the spots at the outposts, but we still have a few excellent dates available at Bolton Lake. Give us a call or email if you're interested. We visited the lodge this weekend to make sure everything was still in one piece. Everything looked great, but it was hard to tell since there was [...]
February 27, 2004: Our Moose Hunts are Sold Out for 2004! Bolton Lake has never been seriously hunted, so the results should be fantastic! The winter road work has been going well, but it's getting warm here so it will not last long. We've had above freezing temperatures for the past few days in Winnipeg, and it's starting to soften the road up North. One more run with a few more propane, a new snowmobile and [...]
February 10, 2004: Jodi and I just returned from an "All-Canada Show" in St. Louis. The drive was difficult with blowing snow and lots of ice, but it only took 17 hours each way. In a few days we'll be in Omaha for the last "All-Canada Show" of the season, then we have the rest of the month off of shows. In the following weeks we will have the opportunity to collect the rest of the [...]
January 28, 2004: We're half way through the Sportshow season and we're back in Winnipeg for a short break. It's minus 40 degrees here today and there's more snow than we've seen in the past 3 years combined. The winter roads are ahead of schedule and we're taking delivery of the new boats and motors sometime next week. The new boats are for Aswapiswanan Outpost Camp. We plan to get them to God's Lake and then [...]