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Last Call...The Books Are Closing
....by Alan Cheeseman
So lets run the total tape. In just a couple of weeks our final groups will be heading
home from their early fall adventures...and the absolute 2010 Master Angler Count
will be in the record books. And what a season it has been. At this moment we
have tallied up 163 walleye and 63 pike. The total number of anglers who have
the master anglers pins is 54 pike and 89 Walleye. So here is the analysis. Makokibatan Lodge and Outpost has tallied 142 of the 163 walleye
on the books. This truly was the summer of the walleye up on the Albany River.
Is it due to the number of anglers that headed out to Makok? Was it the guiding
services? Or is the fishery just loaded with giant glass eyes. Probably yes to all those ideas. We can
send you a list of every angler, dates, and tackle selection if you like. Click here to receive a PDF file of the seasons catches. Again in 2010 the big pike came
mostly from Whitewater Lake checking in with 54 of the total of 63.  This is no
surprise since previous records show very big pike - trophy pike - call
Whitewater Lake their home. Second place destination for walleye was Whitewater Lake
scoring six and second place for pike was Ogoki Lake with eight. So what happens next? First we want all of our guests to
check the list, ( click to get list) to insure that their Master Angler is
included. Once we finish the season, we send the information to the OFAH who
contact anglers with a certificate of registration. Guests on both sides of the border will be celebrating
Labor Day, this weekend. We hope your long weekend is a good one. There will be
NO newsletter next week, and we send out our next edition on September 15th. Keep in touch Click Here to send me an e-mail. Alan |
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Fall on Whitewater Lake
...by Ryan Lacey
Hello from Striker's Point Lodge.
We've had another great week here on Whitewater Lake.
Fall has arrived, the leaves are beginning to change
colour and there is a chill in the air. This past week the fishing has
continued to be productive. The Nagle family from Windsor, Ontario experienced
Whitewater Lake first hand. We've had some rough waves, and powerful winds
throughout the past week, but recently the weather has been gorgeous for late
August. The Nagles' enjoyed the great fishing, and caught a good mixture of
walleye and northern pike. Pat Nagle was lucky enough to land a 41.5-inch
northern, which happened to be his first fish of the day, what a start. The
41.5-inch was caught while fishing structure for walleye. Stephanie (that's her photo in Alan's column) also got
into a big pike; the 36-inch northern was a healthy and heavy catch. She was
casting towards a rock island off the third point heading down river. The boys
Jordan and Spencer Nagle enjoyed being on the lake and sharing the great
experience with their parents.
Some fellow staff members have found some time to come and enjoy the fishing
before the season ends. Brian Campbell and family came up from Thunder Bay for
the weekend as well as, Jason Hull and friends. They enjoyed a tour of the lake
on their first day (guided by Bill and Marg Carroll). They all enjoyed the
beautiful weather while pulling in walleye's. The biggest caught by Jason Hull
coming in at 25-inch, a fat walleye. Barb Campbell also managed her own nice
walleye at 21.5-inch. Both groups landed some feisty northerns, ranging from
25-35-inch in length. We enjoyed their time here, and meeting the family and
friends.
The Zulliani's from Thunder Bay, are mid-trip and catching lots of walleye
mostly around 17-18-inches. They will be here until Tuesday, and we wish them
the best of luck continuing their fishing trip.
Again, we all enjoyed our week with all our guests, and hope to see them all
here once again at Striker's Point Lodge.
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 Interesting Week at Makok
...by Meryl and Bernard Carroll
Hello from the the Albany River's Makokibatan Lodge and outpost cabin.
This week was described as absolutely wonderful,
interesting, accommodating, and the food was wonderful. The "prince of guiding,"
as Pat McKune from Duluth, Minnesota, describes him, Eli Baxter, guided Pat and
his friend Brook Davis from Nasswa, Minnesota for three days. On the first day,
they went to the south channel and caught about ten brookies, two of them were
19-inches and over three pounds. The next day they went upstream to the rapids.
Then they had the day on the lake; no real big ones but they caught at least 30
walleye before lunch, just over 24-inches. Pat has now been guided by three
generations, Eli, son of Eli, Norm, and grandson of Eli, Rex.
The Rolbiecki group, father and son Jim and John from Minneota,
Minnesota. Jim caught a 27-inch walleye and lots of more in the 20+ inches.
"Lots of fish," they said and the shore lunches have been great!
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Late Season Push for Master Anglers
by Joe Pichey - Outdoor Specialist
As we round out the month of August and ease in September,
the Master Anglers begin their late season push. Right on Schedule. This
is my favorite time of the year to go hunting for monster fish as they go on
that last big feed prior to winter. It's not uncommon to have guests
register as a double or even triple Master Angler. Many in both species. Just
ask Debbie Rotenberger from Trappe, Pennsylvania about her double master angler
trip into Dawn Lake. Debbie is an annual guest and loves looking for the
big "golden-eye". She landed not 1, but 2 big girls on a floating jig and
worm. The first came in at 27.5 inches.  3 days later, a monster 29-inch
walleye (pic on right) decided to take the bait. Typical patterns work extremely well
this time of the year as they seem less picky. Another successful trip happened out at Machawaian Outpost
with the Daniels group from Thunder Bay. Brian Daniels tricked a 44-inch "water
wolf" on a jig and leech one day after boat mate Matthew Forrest landed a 40
incher on a Blue Fox. Stanley Andrews from Stansbury, Missouri, went into
D'alton looking for big walleye and was rewarded with a 27.5 inch beauty. This
fish went for the jig and leech combo that works so well this time of the year.
D'alton is a great spot for trophy walleye each season and has a reputation as
one of the best walleye lakes in the Wilderness North family of lakes. Another spot with great numbers is Mojikit Channel. This walleye hot spot
decided to change things up a bit and enter a 41-inch northern pike. Brian Riley, Mason, Ohio landed this master angler on a Williams Whitefish. This is Brian's first time in with us and at 19 years old, we hope not his
last. Way to go Brian!!! How are you going to top this next year? We have a big rush of guests heading north in the next few weeks and hope to
add some healthy numbers of Master Anglers along the way. Let's hope this
late season push continues (as we know it will) and some 50 plus inch pike and
30 plus inch walleye are caught and released. We all know they are out
there, we just need to find em'. As always, I look forward to hearing from you. Send me an email.
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 Is Summer Over? Not Quite.
...by Graham Saunders
A change in the weather is in process. Conditions during
the last week were defined by a ridge of high pressure. It delivered
considerable sunshine and, especially in recent days - HEAT and humidity. Some
records were set in Armstrong and other locations. Temperatures reached the mid
and high 80s F but high humidity created "feels like" reading of 100 to 103.
The ridge had prevented cool air and two cold fronts from more typical west to
east movement. It started to break down on Monday with intense lightning and
some heavy downpours, especially in the Fort Hope and Miminiska area. Yesterday
and today featured more of the same in the region.
The following days will have a pronounced cooling trend with some shower
activity. It still looks cool on the coming weekend but with considerable
sunshine.
Is this it for summer? Probably not! Seasonal temperatures are likely to return
in about one week.
Wilderness North Weatherman Graham Saunders teaches weather at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, and writes a weather column for the Thunder Bay Chronicle.
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