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The Tenth Week: A Resurgence of Summer
THE SWEETNESS OF SUMMER On the 60th parallel summer often comes in small doses, but our tenth group in camp had a full serving. The weather was about as perfect as it could be for at least four of their five day stay. And then just a cloudy day to...
What Happened During the 9th Week of Fishing at Scott Lake Lodge
FAMILY FUN WEEK If there is such a thing as a typical Scott Lake Lodge guest, they would look, well, male for starters, with just a bit of white around the temples; they would own a business (or two or three) and would be experienced anglers. Half of the ninth group...
The 8th Week of 2018 Fishing Report
BOYS JUST WANT TO HAVE FUN (TOO) Cyndi Lauper famously sang “Girls just want to have fun”. Well, at Scott Lake Lodge in mid-July it was the boys who just wanted to have all the fun. This was a rare all-guys week here; they made the best of it. Starting...
Week 7 Review
SUMMERTIME IN THE FAR NORTH The heat was on for the seventh group at Scott Lake Lodge. To the surprise of many, we do get summer here on the 60th parallel. They may be short, but they are intensely sweet. For four straight days our guests who...
The Third Inning: A look at Weeks 5 & 6 at Scott Lake Lodge
INNING #3: TALES OF BIG FINS AND BIG WINDS Well, we’re still hanging onto the baseball theme. And the theme of one smashing at bat followed by another with struggles at the plate continues as well: our fifth group hit it out of the park and our sixth had most of their...
The Second Inning: Weeks 3 & 4 In Review
THE SECOND INNING: THE TALE OF TWO TAPES Keeping our baseball analogy as we document the season, we will make a diving catch to catch up on the fishing at Scott Lake Lodge. The first at bat in the top of the second (our third group in camp) featured...
The First Inning: Week 1 & 2 In Review
THE FIRST INNING It’s summer and it’s baseball season. So why not frame the recaps during the 2018 Scott Lake Lodge fishing season as a baseball game? It’s such a good fit. We have 18 groups (or 18 at-bats) during this summer, just like a regulation...
Bringing in some new wheels
A cool quick video of the helicopter bringing in the new island side by side. Scott Lake Uber is now open!! No paved roads, no gravel roads and no ice roads lead to Scott Lake. Everything comes in by air. https://youtu.be/w9Lg3FNhxkk