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 [...]
December 19, 2003: Jodi and I just returned from our annual vacation to somewhere hot, this year it was Mexico. It was nice to relax and not worry about things for a while. The Sportshows are less than two weeks away! We're trying to contact those guests who have not confirmed their final numbers or do not have a deposit in yet. We will try to hold on to a spot as long as possible, but [...]
November 26, 2003: Happy Thanksgiving to all our American Guests!!! In Canada we celebrated our Thanksgiving back in October, so we're at work this week. Fell free to call or email, it's very rare for anyone calling to get an answering machine - even in the evening. We like to be available to take a call just about anytime so we forward our toll free number to our homes in the evening.
November 20th, 2003: Not too much new going on lately. We're getting ready for the Sportshows, click here for our schedule, and we received some very positive feedback on our Newsletter. Bookings for 2004 are looking great! We have a few outpost spots left spread throughout the season and the lodge is almost completely sold out of June dates. Unfortunately, we're not going to make as much when we go to trade in our U.S. dollars [...]
November 4th, 2003: It's been a very busy fall, sorry for the lack of updates. I've been to Vancouver to visit my sister, Montreal to fish for giant Musky and to Texas to buy a fishing boat. I've also been busy putting together next year's schedule, making the Newsletters and making a new brochure for Elk Island Lodge. We're driving down to Pembina, ND tomorrow to stamp and mail nearly 3800 newsletters. If you do not [...]
September 25th, 2003: We're back from closing up the camps. I have a few days to get my Newsletters started and then I'm going out East to catch my first Musky. If all goes well, we will be able to recommend a great spot for fall Muskies. We spent the last couple of weeks at our other lodge on God's Lake (Elk Island Lodge). The weather turned cold, windy and we had lots of rain in [...]
September 2nd, 2003: The season has just about come to an end at Bolton Lake. There are a couple more outpost groups to come, but the lodge is shut down for the season. Please use our Winnipeg email address ( info@boltonlake.com ) to send pictures or ask questions. We had a great ending to our best season ever. Even though Canada / U.S. relations were at an all time low, our bookings were actually up from [...]