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Spending five months out of the year on a wilderness island is about as good as it gets!

Running a remote lodge has lot’s of challenges and so many great rewards and it seems we always have a list of projects to do around camp.  This year is no different as we really needed to replace the shop floor down at the docks and the log boat ramps needed replacing.  We try to squeeze these projects in when everyone is out ...

Lake trout, walleye and bass fishing remain strong. Water levels are dropping and the surface temps are rising.  Despite the cool spring and summer fishing has been good.  The Weeds are starting to grow in all the regular spots and fish continue to show up in the weeds and on the rocks.  We had some pretty nice muskies caught and released over the past few weeks as you can tell from the release sheets and pics posted below.

Congratulations to all our muskie fisherman ...

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~ Don

The opener was quite different this past opening weekend.  The water level is very high and the surface temps were quite cool in the low 60’s.   We caught big fish on reefs when it was cloudy and now the sun is finally out and the temps are risking nicely which should even make the fishing better.

Yesterday a guest of ours who never been fishing for muskies caught a 50″ on a rattle trap.  It was a giant not spawned yet.  Silvia ...

Water temps here in the Canadian shield country are rising and we are at 57 degree now up from 52 degrees the other day. We’ve been seeing some real giant muskies in the shallows.  It’s so much fun to see them again.  They are not pairing up yet, but they are just feeling the warmth and sunning themselves.  The spawn should peak here shortly.  The smallmouth are on the reefs and we are catching small northerns and lake trout with out moving the boat.  We’ve ...

I was able to fly into camp last Tuesday with partial ice cover on the lake.  Lynn and the rest of our staff came in on Thursday.  With the assistance of our great friend Dean Nelson and his son Jack we were able to get camp set-up in a couple of days busting it from sunrise to sundown.  Our first guests have already arrived and the Lake Trout bite is on!

Ok..I know this fish was caught out of season ...

Our good friend Rusty flew over camp yesterday and you can see the ice is still present.  May be a few more days.  A little wind and rain combo should take care of it.  Be nice if the sun would show up this spring as well!

~ Don

Two years in a row, late ice out is keeping us in a holding pattern to get into camp and get the lodge open! The long term average ice out for Rowan lake us usually the last week in April – first week in May. The good news is it won’t be long! Ice conditions have rapidly deteriorated the past couple of days and we hope to get into camp this coming week to be ready for our first guests ...

Hey all…I’ll be at the Northwest Sports Show held at the Minneapolis Convention Center from Wednesday, March 26 through Sunday, March 30th. Come on down to the sports show to talk about fishing! I’ll be hanging out in Booth # 942.

Hope to see you there!

~ Don

NORTHWEST SPORTSHOW
MINNEAPOLIS, MN
March 26-30, 2014
Minneapolis Convention Center
(1301 2nd Avenue South)
Booth #942
We 1-9, Th 1-9, Fr 11-9, Sa ...

MuskieFirst’s Andrew Golden and I discuss the right lure selection to bring along on a fly in fishing trip.

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