Winter is upon us

Posted by on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 8:37 am

This morning my call is “the lake is frozen.” Winter is here. Nov 12 is about a week late for our ice in, but we have also seen ice coming and going in the fall up to late Nov. There are little patches of water still open but not enough this morning to find a path across the lake.

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Sawdust time

Posted by on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 7:57 am

Where does it come from?

I have posted before about the fact that we are one of the few fly in outfitters that still provide ice in ice houses for our guests. I have explained that the ice doesn’t get into the ice house by itself. The sawdust doesn’t either

Randy, Joe and I found a nice pile of sawdust ...read more.

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A common find

Posted by on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 7:34 am

Do you wonder where fishing line goes when it is caught in the prop? It does not just disappear.

We go through all our motors in the fall to ensure everything is working well for the next summer. One of the most common problems we find with our motors is line wrapped around the prop shaft. I know none of ...read more.

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Fall Maintenance

Posted by on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 7:29 am

Do you wonder what we do around Ignace Outposts when fishing ends?

In the fall we go through all our outboard motors – all 88 of them. Every motor is tuned and checked and repairs are made or motors are tagged for trade.

John from Metionga doesn’t just come out of the bush in the fall and put his feet ...read more.

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Fall Colors

Posted by on Saturday, October 11, 2008 at 7:20 am

In between running our businesses, I sit on a Provincial Working group committee for tourism. We meet several time a year with Government officials to discuss and advise on resource based tourism concerns.

In early Oct we meet at a resort between Sudbury and Sault Ste. Marie Ontario (southern Ontario to me but northern Ontario to our government).

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