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Late Season Update
Usually, the seasons merge seamlessly at Scott Lake Lodge. A few birch leaves start to turn yellow, the ground cover starts to turn red and the temperatures gradually start to drop. For the 2018 season that transition happened in a single day—the third day of our...
The Week 16 Scott Lake Lodge Fishing Report
DOG DAYS OF AUGUST? NOT! At many lodges throughout the northern US and Canada, August is the time to go swimming, have a picnic, play shuffleboard, take a canoe paddle or just sit at the bar. August doesn’t have a good reputation for fishing. Unless you...
The 15th Week Fishing Report at Scott Lake Lodge
THE BATTLE OF THE SEXES What a pleasant week at Scott Lake Lodge. It’s early fall, a wonderful time to be in the far north. While we had, (again) stronger winds than we would have liked for easy boat travel, we still had great fishing. It was another week...
Week 14 Fishing Report at Scott Lake Lodge
ROUND TWO FOR NORTEK This was Round 2 for the Nortek Global HVAC summer fishing retreat. Another crew from all across the US and Canada converged at Saskatoon for the two-hour charter flight to our float base at Stony Rapids, 50 miles southeast of Scott...
Week 13 Scott Lake Lodge Fishing Report
GOING STRONG At the beginning of week 13, we were nearly two months into the 2018 season. It would be reasonable to assume that either or guides or the fish would be getting just a little tired of the whole process. Not so. Both are hitting their stride:...
The Scott Lake Lodge Week 12 Fishing Report
A Full Retreat Nortek Global Hvac, LLC, a global leader in air handling technology, decided to send some customers, engineers, sales reps and company executives from all over North America on a three-day corporate retreat to Scott Lake Lodge. But they...
Week 11 Scott Lake Lodge Fishing Report
DAMN THE TORPEDOS: FULL SPEED AHEAD After 50 consecutive days of guiding, cooking, cleaning, flying, fixing and muscling around baggage, fuel and food, the Scott Lake team would have plenty of reason to start slacking off. But that’s not what this group is...
Mid Season Update
As of July 24, we have hosted nine five-day groups at Scott Lake Lodge, exactly half of our 90-day 2018 season. So, is this glass of perfectly clear Scott Lake water half-empty or half-full? We’re kidding. Of course, it’s half-full. Scott Lake Lodge is that kind of...