Our first group will be arriving in two short days. Hard to believe that in less than a week the 2016 season will be underway. To celebrate opening weekend, we took a break from all our hard work to catch some fish and make an inaugural walleye cheezer! The walleye bite finally turned on for …
Here are the costs for 2016 8-day Ontario fishing licenses for non-residents. Conservation license (allows a daily/possession limit of 2 walleye and 2 pike) $30.53 Sport license (allows a daily/possession limit of 4 walleye and 4 pike) $53.54 As a reminder you can only take home the daily limit listed above. If you don’t have …
Red Lake appears to be at least 6″ low for this time of year. We are used to the water level starting a bit higher in May due to the spring runoff and snowmelt, but it has been very dry in northwest Ontario as evidenced by an unusually high number of forest fires. This is not …
I ran for the first time today since arriving in Red Lake last Monday. My shoes felt extra bouncy. My legs felt extra heavy. My heart felt extra happy. Running is definitely my happy place. So it can be a bit tricky during the summer months, because I can’t just bound out the door for …
Yesterday I highlighted some of the top colors that out-produced the average for all species caught. Today I’ll start drilling down some specifics for each species. Let’s start with walleye. Here are the top 5 colors pertaining to walleye: Yellow & White 12 fish per hour Orange 8 fish per hour Pink …
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Which colors are considered the “hot” colors? We get asked this question all the time. Which makes sense because you want to know what color spoon or jig to buy before your trip. I have compiled years of data from my fishing logs. Thanks to some help from my much more computer literate friend, Alexander, …
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Well, this happened…. I know I mentioned that we were really hoping to not undo all the water hookup progress we had made this week, but after checking (and rechecking) the forecast it looked like there were going to be 3-4 nights dipping far enough below freezing to cause damage to the water system and …
We are keeping a close eye on a huge forest fire burning in the Woodland Caribou Provincial Park just west of Red Lake along the Ontario/Manitoba border. Most of Ontario is under an open fire ban currently due to unseasonably dry conditions. This fire hasn’t garnered as much attention in the media as the Fort …
We made it to camp on Monday – a gorgeous spring day for Red Lake. The ice is long gone. The generator fired right up. Travis’ new solar panel provided a trickle charge to the batteries and they wintered quite well. Four wheeler – check. Gator – check. Internet – check. Water pump – check. …
Cosmo wanted to reach out to his fan base by writing another guest blog, so here he is….. THEY BROUGHT ME BACK!!!! I thought they might when they started moving lots of things around at the house. And then there were lots of boxes and bags. And then everything went outside,which makes me nervous, so …