What I like about a lake like Irene is the variety of fish you can catch.
Last week’s efforts:
Mike H has got the walleye, bass and northern pike techniques down. Pretty much a grand slam. Now if he gets me a picture of a lake trout he will have completed the cycle.
She said it was a 1/4 oz chartreuse jig with leech attached in 8 feet of water. Her husband picked the spot, circled twice to make sure then said “drop your jig here”. Before the second twitch of her rod the Walleye struck and the fight was on.
The guys (there were two couples) freely admitted that the women caught the biggest fish this year. They did however boast about winning most of the card games.
Irene Lake keeps producing huge walleye. We don’t see the numbers that we see “up north” but the quality is there when you put in the time. Irene Lake also boasts lake trout, smallies and northern pike.
Don has been making an annual trip to Seseganaga Lake for a few years now. This past week he was standing on the dock surveying a slice of paradise when something caught his eye. He thought it looked like a hand just breaking the surface about 30 feet off shore. With further inspection he determined it was the tail of some fish. Thinking it was a walleye he grabbed his light rod (1/4 oz jig with a twister tail on 4 lb test) and casted in the direction of the swirl.
What he thought might be a walleye turned out to be a 45 inch northern pike. His yells for help brought the others out of the cabin thinking he had hooked himself. Eventually Don worked the fish in close and it was netted, measured photo'd and released. Dennis grabbed the net and Bud grabbed the camera. Kyle did the official measurement. This was not a moment they wanted to miss.
It was a team effort. Buy the time the fish gave up the battle it had moved the guys down the shore a tad to a nice rock.
Not bad without getting into the boat. Just another tale to add to the post fishing trip get togethers.
Everyone in the group managed a little success last week. Mike and Darla brought their friends and did a little “educating”.
Chauncey Niziol's Great Outdoors interviewed Brad again last Saturday May 28/2011. It great to chat with Chauncey about fishing at Ignace Outposts. Here is a link to last Saturday’s show if you’d like to hear the interview. Great outdoors
Brad is on at about the 23 minute mark.
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For those who wonder why getting certain dates booked, even a year in advance, at our camps is not possible, here is the reason:
The other day one of our long time guests returned from Metionga Lake. Frank and I chatted a bit about his trips to Canada and I found he made his first Canada fishing trip in 1958. Since I have been told that is the year I made my appearance, I reckon he is a long timer.
I know Frank has been up to Ignace Outposts from the Chicago area every year since I’ve been here – 26 this year – and although he can’t remember if he started in Ignace in the early or mid 60’s, he is likely our longest time guest. He was able to describe most of those trips with a big grin on his face, but it absolutely beamed when talking about the latest few with his boys. He was up again this year with his 4 sons and some close friends.
Frank booked his 2012 trip – same date – same Metionga Lake cabin before he left the yard.
Many of our “regulars” predate our 26 years in Ignace. Some of our “regulars” are on their 2nd or 3rd trip but one thing is for sure, an Ignace Outposts fishing trip can be habit forming.
A large part of our business involves safe transportation of our guests to and from remote lakes on our fleet of seaplanes.
Our aircraft are proven and reliable, maintained in excess of Transport Canada standards. Our flight crew are experienced and commercially licenced professionals whose primary goal is your safety and comfort. Randy our chief pilot ensures our crews are well trained and qualified. Randy is one of the most experienced float plane pilots in the country with over 35 years flying these aircraft (23 years with our company alone).
We do wait for bad weather choosing to be safe rather than take chances. We appreciate our guests and passengers understanding that delays are for their safety and even though may seem inconvenient, the decisions are made carefully and properly.
As a preparation to a seaplane flight I encourage all our readers and guests to check out the following link regarding Transport Canada’s seaplane safety information.
Karen puts a monthly desktop calendar on her blog as a free download. For June she has a photo of our Beaver landing on beautiful Agimak Lake.
For a free download to put on your June desktop click here.
