I love fall fishing. It seems that the big ones are feeding often to get ready for our long winters. Generally fall fishing is in good weather, maybe a little rain and cool evenings but trumping all is very few bugs.
Lake trout season closes Sept 30 because of their spawn, but leading up to the spawn, the ...read more.
Fall northern fishing can be some of the best fishing anywhere. Of course we don’t guarantee fish like this to everyone, but I will guarantee fish like this are in all the lakes. A little skill and a little luck make all the difference, but the biggest factor is that you must be on the lake. Like the old adage, ...read more.
As the season winds down we start seeing openings in our bookings. Since spring always seems to surprise us by coming early, we take advantage of breaks in the fall bookings to get some of the messy work done.
Painting cabin floors falls into that category of “it needs to be done and someone’s gotta do it.”
The other day ...read more.
Ed Pierce returning from trip # 30
Ed Peirce made his first trip to visit us in 1987. Today he returned from Metionga Lake completing his 30th fishing adventure with us. Since Ed averages about 500 walleye caught and released per week (and yes he does keep count) that translates into about 15,000 walleye over the years. When ...read more.
A note from a two-time a year guest.
“My group has been flying into various lakes with Brad and Karen for seven years now, but we always make our August trip to Metionga. This, our 13th overall trip, was the best ever. The fishing was simply outrageous !!! In seven days, six fishermen caught something in excess of ...read more.
I wish it was me going moose hunting on Hilltop Lake this fall. Our fishermen last week took this picture of a 50 incher browsing near the outlet of the lake. I’m sure when called, he’ll come running, perhaps with a bouquet of flowers behind his back. Only weeks now until archery season opens.
A few days ago, I had the chance to do what I encourage every father to do.
Go fishing with your son.
In honor of Mike turning 25 and me blasting through 50 (both events later this month) Mike and I escaped for one night to paint a floor, install a new fridge, shovel out an ice house, and ...read more.
The Adventure Continues.
Our daughter is still visiting from Vancouver with our two grandsons. Zachary (3 1/2) has been wanting to go fishing with Papa. And why not, we live on a lake and are tourist outfitters by profession.
Last evening Mike, Zach and I went out in front of the house for a few minutes.
Zachary ...read more.