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What’s your preference?
Walleye or Northern, what a dilemma. They both taste great, they are both plentiful and they will both make your day. A few hundred walleye, a few battle tested northern, I know I would not scoff at either. The first week at Ignace Outposts has been a lot more consistent than I’ve heard from other lakes in the ...read more.
Why go further?
It is pretty handy being able to fish for walleye like these in sight of your cabin. No great navigation skills are required.
At Metionga Lake the river comes into the lake right in sight of the cabins. Of course every avid walleye fisherman knows walleye like following water.
Our first groups for 2010 are all ready on ...read more.
Pilot’s eye view
I bought a “point of view” video camera to try and capture a different perspective of what happens around here. I am posting a first attempt at being creative with this new technology.
The following video is my view of a takeoff from Agimak Lake on Thurs morning. The lines in the video are the result of the refresh rate ...read more.
I guess we are almost there
Ready or not, our season is under way. I think we have our ducks in a row now.
Now the trick is keeping them all lined up. Mr Murphy and his law works over time around here so our job doesn’t really end.
Check out Ignace Outposts for your 2010 fishing vacation.
...read more.A “little” teaser from last summer
Who ever said fishing is slow in mid summer? As we are beginning our 2010 season, I received this picture and note from a guest who visited Metionga Lake last July.
“Just wanted to pass along a picture of the 45" Northern I caught in July 2009 on Lake Metionga. We had a great week of fishing in spite of ...read more.
Tags: Metionga Lake, northern pike
First reports
Walleye season opened on Saturday. This year has been peculiar in the early ice out, low water and warm spring temperatures. We were not sure what to expect for opener of walleye. Word about town(other drive in resorts and local anglers) is that fishing is really slow. But… this is not from Ignace Outposts…
I was at Irene Lake yesterday and the ...read more.
Betula alleghaniensis
Within a few miles of our home a stand of yellow birch trees has been found. Apparently, these sneaky trees have been hiding out in the area since before Beethoven presented his famous Ninth Symphony. To many in the mid west or southern Ontario, these trees are no big deal. Around here they are. The wood of the white birch ...read more.