Introducing our new Cessna pilot

Posted by on Monday, May 12, 2008 at 5:12 pm

Today we began the checkout of our new pilot Derek. Some regular guests may remember Derek as the little helper around the dock some 9 years ago who grew into a very handy dock hand a few years later. Derek has recently graduated from Confederation College’s Aviation Flight Management Program with a commercial pilot license and he is ...read more.

Planning your trip

Posted by on Sunday, May 11, 2008 at 11:18 am

There are many things that you may want in the bush and a few that you must have. Since we’ve asked our guests to lighten their loads to save on overload charges, we want to remind you not to forget, besides your fishing gear, a good first aid kit. This can be a group item so you really only ...read more.

The Otter is Launched!

Posted by on Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 3:50 pm

Ice is moving out quickly now. A good wind and we’ll be ice free in Ignace. We launched the Otter today and now we wait for open water to finish our annual checkouts and then we start setting up camps. It is a large under taking getting the big bird into the water.

We had to ...read more.

Why not Ignace Outposts?

Posted by on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 at 7:52 pm

Walleye and northern are featured in each of our lakes except Gamble Lake where the smallmouth fishing is world class. Some other lakes boast lake trout and smallmouth bass too! Essentially we have some of the best remote fishing in Canada suited to walleye, northern, lake trout or smallmouth fishermen. Our camps feature deluxe accommodations with running hot and ...read more.

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The Count Down is ON!

Posted by on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 7:00 pm

May 5/07

Agimak Lake is getting dark and the ice is candled. My best guess now is about two days to ice out. The northern lakes will follow in about 4 to 5 days as well as Irene Lake. John from Metionga has begun to drop off his stuff so we know he is ready! Once the ice ...read more.

Less than 2 weeks to walleye opener!

Posted by on Sunday, May 4, 2008 at 3:27 pm

Two weeks yesterday will be walleye opener. We are still tight with ice (those -6 nights don’t help) but I am thinking we will see ice out by this weekend. We’ve been fortunate with early ice out the last couple of years but this year seems more normal (over the 23 years we’ve been here) than late.I envy drive-in camps ...read more.

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