Top 10 List

Posted by on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at 1:25 pm

Here are the Top 10 reasons to consider a fly in outpost as an alternative to a drive in trip:

10. An outpost trip is a great value 9. You can go where most folks can’t 8. You Choose the Pace 7. You can fish by day or fish at night 6. You’ll get unmatched seclusion5. The best entertainment at ...read more.

July 14/79

Posted by on Monday, July 14, 2008 at 8:45 am

July 14/1979 was the day I married my best friend and business partner.

29 years and counting.

Since then we’ve raised 3 great kids, acquired two fantastic in-law kids and now are proud grandparents of two. All this while running one of the most rewarding and fun businesses possible.

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Ice Houses

Posted by on Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 8:40 am

At Ignace Outposts we are one of the few outfitters that still keep ice houses at our fly in camps. Besides having one or two fridges (depending on camp size) at each cabin, we provide ice for beverages etc in our ice houses.“Where does the ice come from?” We hear this question often regarding our ice houses.

The ice ...read more.

Not your average gear

Posted by on Friday, July 11, 2008 at 7:20 am

Most of our fishing groups do very well packing light. It is also rather predicatable as to what kind of gear we will see.Yesterday we flew a Ministry of Natural Resources crew into one of our lakes to conduct a fisheries study. In cooperation with the MNR, we have provided two of our camps and air transport as biologists, scientists ...read more.

Hilltop Lake Loon

Posted by on Thursday, July 10, 2008 at 3:59 pm

Last week Karen and I spend a couple of days on Hilltop Lake. We ran up the river in the evening and saw 4 moose (2 Bulls and a cow with a new born calf). We also came across two loons with their babies. This male loon tried hard to divert our attention from the others. He put on quite ...read more.

Father and Son trip

Posted by on Wednesday, July 9, 2008 at 8:38 am

Jeff and Jeff Warwa spent a few quality days at Metionga Lake last week. The father and son had done the canoing thing and this time decided to to try an Outpost. They booked their trip to Metionga Lake at the Minneapolis show and showed up at Ignace with great expectations.

From their reports they were not ...read more.

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Family Trip

Posted by on Monday, July 7, 2008 at 2:35 pm

We get many groups of family members heading off to our camps for a week of fishing. Yesterday Dr. Bill Dowhos took his sons, son-in-law and grandson into Irene Lake for a few days of camaraderie. Bill has been with us before but it is the first trip for the rest of the crew.

I’ve seen few groups ...read more.

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