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Ontario Fishing Report
June 8, 2011
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A number of guests have now had their opening week adventures -  and returned with stories of weather from "winter like" to full summer. Now, about those fisheries? ... again all we can say is WOW.
Over a half dozen trophy Walleye up on the Albany River at our Makokibatan Lodge. Even a 22 inch Brookie. Trophy Pike at Striker's Point Lodge on Whitewater Lake, and on the Ogoki Reserviour out of Mojikit Channel, and in ZigZag Lake. Post spawn patterns mostly on the Walleye, but full bang bang bang attacks from the Pike. Lake levels are at normal pool...and we are off and running for a great 2011 fishing season in Ontario.
My Featured Destination of the week: Mojikit Channel Camp, a cluster of clean, modern cabins, with Boyce and Alma Randell as Camp Managers. Opening week welcomed Dr. Marty Guinta and his group of eight to camp, and our first official Master Angler Pike caught and released. Listen to Marty's podcast about the adventure by clicking here.
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Alan
Alan Cheeseman
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News From Makokibatan Lodge
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Master Angler Walleyes Add Up - Already !
Opening week at Makokibatan Lodge was an awesome one. Water levels are good, compared to last year's low, low levels. Nicolas Klivokiotis, part of the Danny Gentile group of Montreal, caught and released a nice 27 inch Walleye on a jig and twister tail. Issac Nate guided the group on a "river trip" where they enjoyed outstanding Brook Trout angling, as well. On that trip, Sam Alame got a beautiful 22 inch Brookie. Also in camp last week was a father son duo, Dan and David Heistand, of Powell, Ohio. David joined the Master Angler fraternity with a 27 and a 26.5 inch Walleye and Dan got a 27 and a 26 inch Walleye as well, all on white or chartreuse jig heads with minnows.
The Golichowski brothers, of Kewadin, Michigan had a successful trip as well. Greg reeled in a 28 inch Walleye on a silver and blue Thunder Stick crank bait. Ralph Hodges, of Kalamazoo, Michigan caught a trophy 27 inch Walleye on a yellow jig and minnow at "the cut." Scott Betzler (middle photo on right with walleye) wrangled a 26 inch Walleye on a Hot 'n' Tot Crank bait in the alley. Roy Betzler also reeled in a chubby 27 inch Walleye on a yellow jig head with a minnow. The Betzlers are also from Kalamazoo.
By the way, senior First Nation guide legend Eli Baxter is returning for another season. All in all, the first week way up on the 51st parallel was a great one and its clear the trophy Walleye are plentiful again in 2011.
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In Their Own Words
Everything at ZigZag was great as always. Fishing was good. We hit the post spawn so things were slow and we had to work a little.
The Northern bite was good. I caught a 42-inch, 41-inch and 39-inch Northern and my sister caught a pair of 39-inchers. Walleye fishing was good. We caught several 23-inch fish, but no lunkers.
I've attached the pic (on the right-bottom photo) of my sister with her Pike...the first big Canadian fish she ever caught. It was her first trip north and she absolutely loved it.
All fish were caught in ZIgZag. Nothing caught in Crescent.
Weather was warm the first two days, cold and snowy the next two days. See you next year!
Vince Jenness Party - Waterloo, Iowa
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Graham Saunders Weather Ahead
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Wacky Weird Weather...Oh My
 A litany of savage weather events throughout North America in May have gone into the record books: floods, fires and tornadoes plagued many locations. Northern Ontario was not immune but severe weather caused inconvenience, not crisis. May was quite dry and wildfires prompted the evacuation of Allanwater, a small community west of Armstrong. An intense storm on May 31 brought some rain and lessened the fire danger but also damaging winds with gusts to 70 mph. Forecast It is risky to predict relatively seasonal weather after many weeks of anything but let's risk it. North of Armstrong and Nakina on the Ogoki and Albany River systems expect some showers with some widely scattered thunderstorms today and into tomorrow. Average daytime temperatures are around 71F at this time of the year and these are likely today and tomorrow. Expect a little cooler conditions with sunshine later in the week, followed by slightly warmer than average on the coming weekend. |
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PHW Countdown
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On July 9th, soldiers who have been wounded in battle will arrive in Thunder Bay for a little peace and quiet as our guests for our annual "Salute to Soldiers" event.
Both U.S. and Canadian military men and women who have been injured while defending our nations, will climb into our float planes with fly rods in hand, and enjoy the natural beauty of Ontario's Boreal Forest.
To learn more click here, and if you can make a financial contribution to the event, please click here.
Project Healing Waters- our way of saying THANKS to those who serve.
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| Worth 1000 Words |
The photos above prove the point. A picture IS worth a thousand words.
We love it when guests share their photos with us. You can send them in an e-mail. Click Here to start the e-mail.
There are a few rules. All trophy fish pictures should be of the fish in a horizontal format. Our belief in "catch and release," has taught us that the highest survival rate for fish is the result of carefully landed fish and for fish that are always handled on a horizontal plane.
Take the photo with the sun over the shoulder of the photographer, shining on the angler and the fish. And leave plenty of space around the angler and the fish, making cropping for our use that much more successful.
Then carefully release the fish into the lake or stream, so that it can swim off. Keep the fish out of the water for a very short time...just enough time to get the photo.
If you plan to have a trophy for your den, take the photo to a taxidermist (we can send you a brochure on a company we really like) and they will create a beautiful replica for you, painting the details from your photo on your trophy mount.
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