No formalities here

No need to dress for dinner at Metionga Lake or any of our other outposts. 

 

 

  

 

Formal cocktail hour aside, many groups do have some semblance of a dress code. 

If you do choose no dress, we don’t really need any photos to prove your daring. 

One of the first

Many year ago, in the late 80’s we began a program of “Catch and Consume” in regard to our fisheries.  Our goal then was to preserve the fisheries under our stewardship for generations to come.  We were one of the first outfitters to implement such a program of only killing fish we would eat and returning all trophies to the water unharmed. 

Beginning in 1990 and for several years afterward, we rewarded our guests with a patch for their part in helping our conservation efforts.

A long time guest sent this photo and a note indicating how he has seen the fisheries improve on our outpost lakes over the years. We appreciate the efforts of our guests and are pleased to do our part in conservation of our precious natural resources. 

Conservation is the future of our industry.

Pitching in

The jobs at an outpost camp are always best shared.  Working together is better than having one person do all the work. 

While Karen is cleaning up some dishes, Bill is preparing his world famous Ceasar salad.

Once the prep and work part is done, everyone can sit down and enjoy the meal and evening with good conversation and a few laughs.

Another reaches 30 trips!

Last fall I wrote about Ed Pierce from Wisc who completed his 30th fishing adventure with us since we arrived in 1985.  Last month his brother Jim completed his 30th too!

Jim writes:

“This was my 30th trip to Metionga lake and each year the fish get healthier and consistently bigger by weight. It was great to see you guys and I am already looking forward to next year.”   jim

Great to see you too Jim.  See you next season.

More Seseganaga Lake fishing reports

Phil and Andy sent the following note.

“We caught several 25” walleyes this year.  Not extreme monsters but always a nice tussle on the end of your line.”

Having the odd large northern latch on to your line makes a good fight too.  I think their smiles say it all.  They spent a week on Seseganaga Lake in June. 

Escape

On Thurs evening Karen and I managed to escape to Flindt Lake with my cousin Bill and his wife Dawn from Las Vegas.  Bill and Dawn were in the area to visit Bill’s dad and to attend Bill Sr.’s 80th birthday party.

Of course, a walleye fish fry was in order and in short order a few walleye were made to order in the frying pan. 

Getting a camp ready for guests is always a pleasure when a few extra minutes are available for product development.

Seseganaga Trout Fishing report

Atlanta is a long way from Seseganaga Lake but as Phil reports from his annual trip, these lakers are worth the travel.

 

 

“Here is the second Laker I caught.  It is a twin of the first…about a half inch difference.  ~ 33” each.  I caught them both inside of 10 minutes of each other on our last day on the lake.  Fish on steroids!  Wow what a fight.  I was shaking like a leaf after these two guys were in the boat.  The water was very high this year in June but our party still managed to catch lots of fish and among them we boated a very large northern 40s, several very nice 25” walleye and these two 33” Lakers.   Another great trip. Thanks.”   Phil

July? We are happy it's over!

We've been fighting the weather this whole summer. July really wasn't much of a summer month. I don't think we even hit temperatures that came close to seasonal. Yesterday morning we could see our breath. The month of July has been more like Sept or early Oct. No sun tans among our crew. I am wearing a sweat shirt and rain jacket again today.
Yesterday the weather prevented us from getting all our groups moved and today we awoke to more of the same. Needless to say we are tired of rain, and fog... and cold. I have to give credit to our pilots however. Safety is our first priority and if we need to set down to let the bad weather pass; so be it. We have done a lot of sitting and setting down.
I've noticed that Alaska and the Yukon Territory have been having warmer weather than we've had this month.
Let's hope August is a little more seasonal weather wise.

ps. The fishing has been good; the fish don't care about a little water; in fact I hear they like it.