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Ontario Fishing Report - May 30, 2012
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It was a week in which we never took off our rain jackets. However, the rain was heaven sent. Lake levels were a bit low. Fire danger was high. Now neither is a concern. Two brave groups have gone in and returned with tales of rain soaked adventures, (articles and podcasts below.) Both had spectacular success in locating and catching abundant stringers of Walleyes and good numbers of scrappy Northern Pike as well. And, as in years past, opening week provided us with our first Master Anglers of the season.
This week more guests arrive, as does improved weather. We appreciate the patience of our guests who experienced some delays due to weather that made flying in or out of their destinations unsafe... so we waited. And they waited. And - in the end - we are all safe and sound.
Our lodge managers are all in place, and guests will be arriving at our three lodges soon. In fact next week Jim Kalgren's group from the Twin Cities will fill in the details of an email they sent from Striker's Point Lodge saying, "There are fish everywhere...never been this great."
We too, paused on Monday, Memorial Day - the U.S. Holiday - to honour fallen soldiers, and we have set our sights on mid-July when our Project Healing Waters event will take place for it's fifth consecutive year. PHW is our special time to salute the men and women in uniform who protect all of us.
It is always good to see new friends and old, and opening week 2012 was no exception. So "the opener" is now in the books - big fish were caught - with many more Master Anglers to come.
Thanks to Vince Jenness, (that's him waving from his seat on the Otter) our first 2012 guest at ZigZag outpost cabin, for our header photos.
Keep In touch.
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Alan Cheeseman, President
Wilderness North
Ontario, Canada
alan@wildernessnorth.com
1-888-465-3474 (F-I-S-H)
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From the Outpost CabinsZigZag Outpost The Jenness brothers are no strangers to ZigZag Lake. They have searched out the cuts and humps and grassy flats for years. They know the lake so well... they don't even carry a map in the boat. So it seems only fitting that these experienced anglers, Vince from Waterloo, Iowa and Carl from Lincoln, Nebraska should be "first in" for 2012. They and the other three members of their group, Gerry Geinger, Scott Bradfield, and Damon Rockwell all had great fishing last week from our most popular outpost cabin adventure destination. Did the cooler, rainy weather stop them? What? These are outdoorsmen - so NO it did NOT stop them.  Vince reported catching the same 41 inch Pike twice making him our first - and second :) official Pike Master Angler of 2012, Carl also
had a 41, and Gerry of Waterloo, Iowa earned both Pike and Walleye Master Angler pins as well. We caught up with Carl, who shared the details of their ZigZag adventure in this podcast . Click here to listen. Moose Crossing Outpost Joe Harvey, along with seven other family members, were the first to take on the Ogoki Reservoir in 2012, and they report that their trip was great. They live down in Lawrence Kansas, and Burkburnett, Texas in the USA - and drove up leaving early summer behind to brush snowflakes off the bills of their caps out at Moose Crossing, near our Mojikit Channel Camp. Joe, who arranged the trip, turned over our "check in phone call " to his son Caleb, who tells us about fishing, eating those oh-so-good Walleye, wild life spotting, and "the one that got away." Hey? What? They're fishermen. Our chat with Caleb is a podcast . Click here to listen.
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Ontario Weather - Graham Saunders
 From Drought to Flood to Sunshine
Less than one week ago the Northwest region was abnormally dry with concerns about forest fires and spring planting of gardens and crops. Extensive flooding due to heavy rains prompted the City of Thunder Bay in Northwestern Ontario to declare a state of emergency with similar announcements in surrounding communities. Heavy rains of 3 to 6 inches (70 to 175 mm) in recent days were common in the region. The rain alleviated the fire danger in tinder dry forests and recovered water levels in rivers  and northern lakes. It did create some road wash-outs... see photo right. The Sun Has Returned
Although it was 0c - 32f this morning, weather for the upcoming week for Armstrong and Wilderness North lodges and camps on the Ogoki and Albany Rivers will be mainly sunny with seasonal temperatures. Some light showers are possible on Saturday followed by more sun and afternoon temperatures of 21 to 24º C (70 to 75º F). 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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By The Way ...
 "Mom Was Right ...go outside, forget the bugs, your brain will sigh with relief." That's how Jonah Lehrer, writing in his Wall Street Journal column HEAD CASE, begins his story from this past weekend's edition. A fascinating story on the scientific evidence proving the positive impact that being outside has on humans. "After a brief exposure to the outdoors, people are more creative, happier and better able to focus." Lehrer concludes that in our increasingly fast paced world we need, "to make time to escape from everyone else, to explore those parts of the world that weren't designed for us. It is when we are lost in the wild that the mind is finally at home." If you would like a PDF of the entire article, you may request one by clicking here to send us an email. |
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