Whose lunch?

Posted by on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at 6:09 am

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OK so you are bringing in another nice eater walleye.  The action has been steady, the walleye are cooperating by making tentative plans to join you for dinner.  After a while your attention drifts as one walleye after another makes a futile effort to avoid your oxygen rich environment.  Suddenly your rod is nearly ripped from your hands.  ...read more.

Success

Posted by on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 7:00 am

We can measure fishing success many ways. In my opinion you can never have a bad day of fishing even if catching is slow. But if catching is good, fishing is then fantastic!

Irene Lake has produced many happy anglers with a variety of species. Small mouth bass and lake trout are the two most common species with northern pike being ...read more.

While you play

Posted by on Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at 4:52 pm

Our business is providing the type of fishing/wilderness vacation we would like ourselves. Part of this entails us working while you play.

Doing the little things like replacing deck screens keeps mosquitos out and thus makes one more part of your vacation better.

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Looks like a leak to me

Posted by on Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 6:01 am

We can drain the water lines in the fall, and still have a few spring surprises.  Unfortunately they don’t teach plumbing in pilot school but bush pilots either learn these extra skills or move on to pavement to pavement type flying with coffee delivery on demand while wearing a white shirt with stripes on the shoulders.  Randy has worked with ...read more.

The gremlins have been busy

Posted by on Monday, May 23, 2011 at 6:44 am

Somehow some pine martins got into one cabin this winter.  I would think the only thing of interest to them would be mice.  I am sure we won’t see a mouse in this cabin for a while,  so in that regard it is a good thing.  But martins do make a mess.  They found some pancake flour in the garbage ...read more.

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Walleye Fever

Posted by on Friday, May 20, 2011 at 6:44 am

I am sitting here with a terrible itch to go fishing.  I think I am getting a little walleye fever as well.  My friend the doctor told me there is little he can do for me.  My maladies have been diagnosed, and the remedy is only a day away.  He said let nature take its course.  Walleye opener is Saturday.  ...read more.

Spring work

Posted by on Thursday, May 19, 2011 at 6:37 am

Getting cabins ready is a job that nobody likes to do but everybody around here gets to do.

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Karen working on a stove

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Randy inspecting for water leaks.

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John getting the water on.

Our first guests show up tomorrow and we will be ready. The cabin start ups are staggered so we ...read more.

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