Every year, spring start up brings a few surprises. At Seseganaga Lake we figure a bird of some considerable mass or speed, tried to get into on of the cabins.
Just one more job to add to the list.
The window was double pane, so the window was removed, the broken part taken out, reversed and reset. Now it is a single pane.
Some old time guests remember Rich, who started on our dock and progressed to Beaver and Otter pilot with us in the 90’s. Rich moved on from Ignace and is now the owner and operator of Slate Falls Airways in Sioux Lookout. The picture above is of Randy, Rich and Brad in 1995 and again last week when Rich stopped by for a visit.
Rich is also the photographer who published the
Bush Flying Captured book we have for sale in our office. If you are interested in Bush flying or Bush planes, check out Rich’s webpage.
The first week of our 2012 season is behind us. It was a tough week of weather with rain, wind, cold and hot. Virtually one of the worst opening weeks of weather we’ve seen – the only saving virtue was no snow. Fishing was hit and miss. Walleye were plentiful on our north lakes but depth of the fish varied from 4 feet to 40 feet with no consistency. Irene Lake was tough walleye fishing however it is not known as a walleye lake. Trout and bass on Irene Lake were good with northern being rather elusive on on all the lakes. Northern were caught but they were hit and miss with not much for size.
The fishermen out last week had to adapt and change their presentations and techniques with the weather. Those that managed the changes and adaptations well left smiling from ear to ear with 2013 bookings set before they left.
The weather outlook is more rain early this week and then more stabilization of May/June temperatures as the week ends.
As the weather stabilizes, we expect fishing to become more consistent too.
As opening weekend creeps closer, we have things ready and have our minds set around another season. Besides being a premier fishing and hunting destination, we also specialize in aerial sightseeing in vintage Canadian Aircraft. Within a few minutes’ flight we have the historic White Otter Castle. Also the wilderness many don’t have access to is just a take off away. This morning we had a group from Korea take our sightseeing trip around Ignace. What we take for granted (wilderness, forest, remoteness) is not available in may places of our world.
These fellows are doing a documentary film about a local Korean war veteran and his life in the Ignace area before and after that conflict. Even without translation, it was easy to comprehend how the guys were impressed with Ontario’s nature and beauty.
The gas does not get itself to the camps. Neither do cabins repair themselves. The work behind the scenes is substantial. Marc is in his second season flying our Beaver and has some of the other finer points of the job down too. Tomorrow our first guests arrive and we will be ready!
Cleaning cabins in the spring is one of those jobs that we don’t raise our hands to and say “pick me!” We find that over the winter things seem to change in the cabins. Sometimes critters move in and have to be evicted. This spring has not been as bad as last year… so far. http://greatfishing.blogspot.ca/2011/05/gremlins-have-been-busy.html Only two more cabins to go and we can turn on the open for business switch.
Karen still approaches her work with caution. Hazmat suits are not in her “to go” bag anymore - not bad for a big city girl. She has insisted however that her “to go bag” will carry a lunch from now on since no job is ever as quick as planned in the spring.
Getting camps ready for spring opener has many odd jobs. Why not get someone odd to do them? As the old adage goes, “Don’t ask someone to do something you wouldn’t do yourself.”
One week today is walleye opener and our season will be officially “on”. We are getting ready at the camps and everything is on schedule.
If you have not booked your 2012 Ignace Outposts adventure yet, get in touch with us and we will help in making your vacation dream come true.
Just received this photo from Tim M of Valparaiso IN. He caught and released this Northern on Seseganaga Lake last Sept.
“… just wanted to send a Picture from our trip to Ses in Mid Sept. thanks for the great time Nice 38” caught at 7:30 am one of 3 - caught and released. GREAT TIME.”
Get ready folks! Our season opens next weekend.
Seseganaga Joe and Metionga Joey headed off to their respective summer abodes yesterday.
Joe has been at Seseganaga Lake as a camp attendant for several years now. He looks forward to returning to the lake some time around Sept when he is pulled out for the winter. We know it is spring in Ignace when Joe starts rounding up his summer supplies.
For 20 summers our camp attendant at Metionga Lake has been John. This summer we have a change of personnel with Joey filling John’s big shoes. Joey has worked for us for several years here in Ignace and we have no doubt he will fit well into the role as Master of Metionga Lake.
Jim A. sent me this photo. He can’t remember how old the sweatshirt is and neither can I. I think it must be at least 20 to 25 years ago that we had that design. In any case it is advertising Ignace Outposts in Mexico.
Thanks Jim. Any other Ignace Outposts T’s, sweats, or hats been photographed around the world?
Karen’s May desktop is now available. The picture is back by popular demand. Seems like this one is a favorite.
here is the link. May Desktop Feel free to download it and put on your desktop. There are various sizes to choose from to match your screen. It is easy then to think about your next fishing trip with Ignace Outposts.
