The Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR) reported recently that the spiny waterflea has been found in the Chukuni River which is part of the Red Lake water system. This is not great news and it will likely have an impact on the fishery. Photo courtesy MNR handout Spiny waterfleas are small aquatic predators from Eurasia. …
The Eagle Falls Lodge team will be traveling the next several days so email will be the best way to reach us – eaglefallslodge@yahoo.com Please be patient for a response and we’ll try to get back to you within a couple days. Beginning October 6th you can reach Travis on his cell phone again 417-522-3163. …
The last couple weeks of the season yielded plenty of big fish. It was hard to keep everything straight and we have a few pictures yet to upload, but here goes: Larry put this 20″ walleye back. Neil caught a nice 18″ smallmouth bass. Steve put this big pike back. This pike had a very …
As I mentioned in the previous post, I wanted to share our experience of going to the walleye tournament weigh-in on Saturday a little more in-depth. Typically, this tournament takes place the weekend we are bringing in our last group for the summer. Travis and I are usually busy picking up and orienting a full …
Today was the first day of the Red Lake Fall Classic Walleye tournament in town. Phil and Kyle were up extra early to head in for check-in and be ready for the 7 am start. I didn’t make it up to see them this morning, but we did go into town this afternoon to watch …
The end of the season always catches us off guard it seems. This morning we dropped off our last group of guests. CAN YOU FREAKING BELIEVE IT? Fifteen weeks have gone by. Poof, just like that. I would be lying if I said Travis and I haven’t been looking forward to the quiet and ease …
The last half of August we hosted several pike hunters who turned in some impressive results as you will see below. Fishing was tough early in the week when a big cold front moved through, but improved later in the week. Walleye were caught in 6′-16′ on Parker and 7′-27′ on Red. The northern pike …
Reminder – at 10pm we’re on to round two of the Eagle Falls Lodge boat naming bracket contest. So thank you if you voted in round one. Make sure to vote again so your favorite name survives! If you had the chance to visit us this year then this may come as old news, but …
Thank you to everyone for submitting boat name ideas. The amount of response we received was incredible! We have the field of 64 boat names set and there will be one round of voting each day. Rounds will run approximately 10pm to 10pm. You can vote now! Here is the link: http://challonge.com/eaglefallslodgeboatnaming You do have …
You guys! Two weeks and this season is over. Crazy. Having the big Ohio group here is definitely a turning point in the season. It certainly feels as if we are on the down hill for 2015 – it goes so fast! A few rambling thoughts: 1. I’ve been eating 9 peaches a day on …