April 20th, 2005: It's been nice and warm here in Winnipeg for the past 3 weeks and the ice has started to melt a lot. The rivers are open and soon I'll be able to land a float plane at Joint Lake where the crew is working on remodelling the cabin. They've enjoyed some beautiful weather and have caught a few Pike in the open water in front of the cabin. Work is going well and [...]
April 5th, 2005: We just finished our last show in Minneapolis and now we're gearing up for a great season!! The weather has been very warm here in Winnipeg, and above normal up North as well. Our guys up North say that it looks like it's going to be an early break up this year since they've been have +15 degree Celsius weather for the past few days and there's a lot of melting going on. [...]
March 7th, 2005: Just a quick update, I have resold all my June dates at Bolton, and hope there will be no further cancellations. However, recently a group canceled their dates in Aswap lake June 19 - 26. I believe I'll have that date sold today or tomorrow, but it's open right now if anybody wants it. The winter roads have been more difficult than usual. Even though it's been a cold year, the ice had [...]
February 24th, 2005: WOW HAS IT BEEN BUSY!! We got back from the sportshow circuit late last week and have been running around like crazy to get the supplies for the winter road. On top on that, Brian has sold his air service business including the 5 wheeled planes and the hanger so we're moving to a new home. We will be in the new building next week, and the new guys operating the air service [...]
January 26th, 2005: I did not mention in my previous bulletin, the show is called Outdoor Passions, I hope a lot of people will watch! The shows have been very good to us this year. It's always great to see old guests and it's also great to hear of how they enjoyed their trips and plan to return. At one show I ran into a guest who I guided back in 1992 when I was first [...]
January 12th, 2005: The shows are well under way with three down and 12 more to go. It's going to be a whirlwind for the next few weeks moving from show to show for relatively short stays in cities like St. Charles, IL followed by Grand Rapids, MI then Milwaukee, Madison, Green Bay, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and finally Omaha. We'll be through all those cities in just over a month. Then later in March [...]
December 13th, 2004: There's not much to report other than we've been busy putting together next year's schedule, printing new brochures, finishing the new video and putting it on CD Rom. We also had our annual general meetings with the majority of the other fishing lodges and Outfitters in Manitoba and I was elected Vice President for our association again. Jodi and I had a chance to take a week off for some time on the [...]
September 10, 2004: Sorry for the lack of updates, we have been busy with shutting down and taking short breaks before the fall action begins. There are still a few guests at the outposts and in about a week the Moose hunters are coming up. It's been a cold, wet and windy summer so the Moose should be in the right frame of mind for the hunters. The Lake Trout have already come up at God's [...]
August 8th, 2004: It's been hot and sunny here for the past few days, but today it's cold raining and windy....of coarse it's change over day! We have a film crew in for a few days and yesterday they landed 3 trophies, filmed the lodge from the air and did some great underwater filming. I'll post the air dates and stations when I know when they'll be, but it should be early in the new year. [...]
July 23rd, 2004: I've been away for a few days on a great adventure down the God's River so I have not been around to update the website. We took a boat from Aswap Lake into God's Lake then down the God's River 100 miles to an area few have ever fished. The boat is now set up in some of the most incredible Brook Trout waters I have ever seen. We were actually thinking they [...]