Vern’s Minnows has moved!

Posted by on Wednesday, May 18, 2011 at 6:02 am

Vern’s Minnows has been a icon in Ignace for many many years.  Vern’s is famous for the “minnows guaranteed to catch fish or die trying”.

Vern’s Minnows has moved.  It is now located at the Shell Station on the highway just west of the Burger Scoop (my favorite burger joint).

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The phone number remains the same.  There are ...read more.

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Bad Hair Day

Posted by on Monday, May 16, 2011 at 9:00 am

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Karen captured this young cow moose on film while driving to Dryden last weekend.  Looks like she just got up when in fact she is beginning to shed her winter coat.  In a month or so she will be a shiny near black and well coiffed for summer. 

This cow was along side the road just out ...read more.

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Questions about crossing the border?

Posted by on Thursday, May 12, 2011 at 8:41 am

Opener is 9 days away.  We have lots of details to fine tune and we are getting inquiries from US residents about border crossing with minor criminality on their record such as DUI or DWI.

If you are concerned with any issues crossing the border, here is a good website to start your research.  It is best to know that ...read more.

Back in business!

Posted by on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 3:26 pm

It’s been a long winter.  As the snow melts and the ice disappears, we all get a little itch to be back in the air.  Getting aircraft and pilots checked out for another summer is all part of the fun.

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The season is under way.  We launched the Cessna this morning. Randy picked up the Beaver This ...read more.

Ice out

Posted by on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 1:06 pm

Ice is now out on Agimak Lake. 

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Yesterday ice was out of our break wall but still covered the lake.

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Today it is open on the lake but the last remnant of ice has moved into our break wall area. 

No worries however, the lake is open and we are ready to fetch our ...read more.

May Desktop Photo

Posted by on Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at 3:34 pm

Karen ‘s photo blog has a monthly desktop calendar photo free for you to download to your computer.  Here is the link to May. 

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Pick your size and open the picture, right click then “save as desktop background”.  It is that simple.

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Karen’s desktop calendar photos give you a little bit of Northwestern Ontario all month ...read more.

Reinvesting

Posted by on Thursday, April 21, 2011 at 12:07 pm

While many of our competitors are pulling in the reigns, we keep investing in our business.  There things in the fly in fishing business that are almost as important as the fish.  Unlike some in our industry charging more and giving less, we have held our rates and strive to give more.

Top of the line equipment makes a day ...read more.