Summer?
Fall?
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- - - By Graham Saunders
We have
to go back to 1992 to find a summer cooler than the one just experienced in
northern Ontario. Perhaps it was a misplaced summer and it begins now.
Today's temperatures will be similar to yesterday when highs of 75 to 80 F were
common in areas around Armstrong to north of Miminiska, Ontario. The outlook
for the next week is for considerable sunshine and summer-like temperatures.
Are showers banned? Probably not, but any rainfall on the weekend will be light
and brief in duration.
Will it really be summer persisting through the fall season?
Probably not,
although warmer than seasonal temperatures are likely to stay with us at least into
mid-September.
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Graham Saunders is Professor of Meteorology at Lakehead University - Thunder Bay ON
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The Cool Down Causes
a Heat Up - Is That Possible?
...by Alan Cheeseman
The
weather is cooling down. Fall is here and our girls - Sierra and Megan - have
headed back to school. In terms of actual nice weather, we are experiencing the
nicest days of the year. Graham's weather column claims it might just be the
delayed start of summer. HMMM?
It seems the cooler water temps, and the rising water levels are all "leading indicators"
of the fall frenzy that is beginning. More importantly - so are the number of
Master Angler pins distributed this past week. Joe Pichey has the recap on the
fishing at the outpost cabins. Tyler has a list of big fish to report from
Whitewater Lake from his post at Striker's Point Lodge. Groups are still to
arrive for D'Alton - Ogoki Lake - and ZigZag adventures. So we still have 2-3
weeks of fall angling to go. The fall colours are coming on and frost is
finding its way in the low-lying areas. Every returning guest reports big fish
in the shallows as the days get shorter.
Both
Albany River lodges are now closed for the season and Bernard and Meryl
report that their season at Makokibatan ended on a great note.
As we
look forward to 2010 we are not planning to change our pricing - at least now
through the end of the year. We are offering our "Reel Deal" plan again, in
which guests save 10% on their 2010 adventure when booked and paid in full
before December 20th. Many of this year's guests have already booked
their trips for 2010, so this is a perfect time to check your schedules and
reserve your dates.
We
appreciate the loyalty of our many guests and the chance to meet new folks as
well. We look forward to next year.
I always
value your comments and questions. Send them to me by clicking here or call at 888-465-3474.
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The End of the Year At Makokibatan
...by Bernard and Meryl Carroll
What a
great and final week here at Makokibatan Lodge on Ontario's historic Albany
River. Beautiful weather, lots of enormous and unbelievable numbers of fish. We
had the Kempt group from Wisconsin this week, who again, had a wonderful trip
to camp. They were great guests. Leo Malin, of LaCrosse, Wisconsin caught and
released a 27-inch walleye good enough to earn another Master Angler pin. The Gallagher father and son party came in for a three day trip and
the Gary Conn group from Ontario were really impressed with service and fishing- especially the guiding of our
First Nation chief guide Eli Baxter (photo right).
There are
no more guests scheduled for this year, however, we are staying a few weeks to
finish up the painting and renovation projects we began about a month ago.
We really
enjoyed meeting and getting to know all the guests we've had in camp this
summer and hope they all return next year. We have learned that this part of
the 600 mile long Albany River is ripe with trophy walleye, aggressive pike,
and those famous Albany River brookies - no wonder so many folks come back so
often. Booking early for 2010 is great idea and when you call ask about the
"Reel Deal" to save on your future trip.
We will
be returning again next season and hope to see you in 2010. Have a great
winter.
Bernard and Meryl
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I Told Ya'll !
...by Joe Pichey
A few
weeks ago, I broke the news to the entire world (Wilderness North World) that
this time of the year is my favorite time of the season for trophy fish. So
far, our outpost guests are making me look like a genius. The master angler list
is growing faster than a fisherman's lie about the one that got away. We are
starting to see the larger Northerns come up shallow chasing the ol' shiny
spoons.
Ogoki Lake has produced several master anglers in the recent week
even with the water rising. Jim Looman of Holland, Michigan boated a 44-inch
beauty on the old reliable Red and White Daredevle while his partner in crime
Allan Smith netted a 42-incher on the same set up.
The Rotenberger's from
Pennsylvania also had a great trip into Dawn Lake this past week. Dawn gave up
two trophy pike a 41.5 for Wayne Rotenberger and a 44.5 for Jim Rotenberger,
Jr. Great job guys!
And Tuesday morning, the Rimmer party came out of Arril Lake and quickly filled in their master angler sheet. Ben Wootton of Enola, Pennsylvania tricked a nice 46-inch
toothy critter with his "Spoon." (Fisherman just hate to give any more
details than absolutely necessary.)
The weather this week is supposed to be sunny and if this warmer
weather holds, we should see even more trophies boated this week. I am planning
on heading into Striker's Point Lodge later this week to visit some guests and
grab some world famous "Marg Peanut Butter Cookies" and I might even get a
chance to dip a line in the water. I look forward to next week's report and who
knows, maybe I will finally make it on the Master Angler list myself.
Wish me luck!!!
Good Luck...Good Fishing...
Joe
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Brisk Mornings...
Big Walleye
...by Tyler Lancaster
We know the season is
drawing to a close when the boat seats are frosted over in the mornings and we
have to say goodbye to Par Shiree and his group for the third time in three and
a half months. Par, and his lovely wife Gwen, were accompanied by Doug and Barb
Whitney as well as good friend Hormoz Alizadeh for their third trip of the
season. Gwen Shiree caught the biggest walleye and pike of the trip with
respective 25-inch and 38-inch fish. We were glad to have you all here once
again and look forward to seeing you next season.
Craig Fitzpatrick, and brothers Jim and Dave Beall also joined us this past
week. No strangers to the lake, it was great to hear some of their stories from
past visits. One that really grabbed my attention was that of Jim Beall's
50-inch northern a few years back that was caught in the northern regions of
the Whitewater Lodge lake basin. Brother Dave was able to nab a 26-inch
walleye beauty this trip and all three combined for several walleye in the 22-25-inch
range. Craig tallied three nice northerns in a very short time span, wrangling
a 33, a 35, and a 36-inch.
Three other returning guests, Paul Gilling, and "Big" John Davidson,
of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Richard Lyles of Atlanta, Georgia also spent the week with us
here at Striker's Point Lodge. Richard earned himself a Master Angler pin for
the second year in a row with a 42-inch submarine (see upper left hand header photo) caught on a trusty Johnson
Silver Minnow (JSM) at the "Whirlpool", down river. Paul Gilling
tagged a 36" beauty about 10 minutes after Richard's battle - also on a
JSM. Big John spent his days hunting the elusive "Lunker Wally."
Although he didn't end up with a master, he caught oodles and oodles of "eyes,"
many of which beat the 20-inch mark.
We look forward to welcoming the Davidson's as well as the Hill's, who will be
arriving on September 4th. Guys, remember your Canadian "Toques," and warm
weather apparel, see you soon!!!!!
Tyler Lancaster
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