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 [...]
April 27th, 2007: I'm at the lodge right now working on the new cabin and packing the runway for the Hawker to come in with our freight and fuel for the season. We're expecting the fuel and freight haul to go quite well next week as long as the weather continues to be as nice as it is right now. The forecast is looking very good so we're very optimistic. There have been some major changes [...]
April 17th, 2007: I just returned from a trip into the lodge over the weekend and have a few things to report. There were 8 foot high snow drifts around the camp and at least 36 inches of solid ice in just about every place we augured holes. On the bright side, since we arrived on Friday afternoon at least 16 inches of snow has melted and there isn't much snow left on the ice. The [...]
April 4th, 2007: I've been told that it takes up to 10 weeks to get a passport now, so please do not wait any longer if you're flying to Canada this year and you still do not have a passport. We're going to have our busiest season since 2001 so we're very excited about this season. In 2008 we're planning to reopen Kitchi Lake provided the cabin, boats and fishing are all still good at the [...]
February 13th, 2007: Well most of our sport shows have come and gone with only one left in Cleveland and another in Minneapolis. It's going to be a very busy season this year so we're really hoping for great weather and great fishing! Our new motors are on order, most of the staff is hired for next year (it's easy when you treat them right and they come back year after year), the lease for the [...]
December 19th, 2006: Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!! We're looking forward to our first Christmas with baby Jordan, we have a lot of visiting planned over the next week so it should be a lot of fun. The shows are coming up quickly so we'd like to get the groups who are booked now to confirm with their deposits. There are a couple of early season dates still open at the lodge and more in July [...]
November 29th, 2006: Winter has hit Winnipeg all of a sudden! This week the temperature has dropped to near 0 degrees Fahrenheit and we got about 8 inches of snow yesterday. Last week I was hunting deer with Tom (2 year guide at Bolton) and we had to take a few layers of clothes off in the afternoon because it was getting very warm. It was my first real hunt, although I've shot many problem bears, [...]