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Full on Fall Fishing! – The Week 18 Report
FULL ON FALL FISHING When you think of fall in the far north, you naturally conjure many images: migrating loons and geese; the fall colors of brilliant yellow birch leaves, the smoky gold of tamaracks and the vivid reds of many groundcover plants; low scudding...
Case of the Angry Pike: The 17th Week in Review
THE CASE OF THE ANGRY PIKE After watching his third trophy pike just inhale his fly, a white whistler, Mark Baker shouted “Damn, these pike are angry”. After conversations with a bunch of other guides and guests it became clear that Mark’s comment was right on target:...
Week 16: Attack of the Bobcats
THE ATTACK OF THE BOBCATS Corporate Group Fishing Trip When one hears the word bobcat there are usually two thoughts—either the furry but sometimes nasty feline wildcat or the neat yellow machines that push dirt around and do some heavy lifting. The only wild felines...
Summertime Fishing Still: The 15th Week Update
SUMMERTIME FISHING — STILL Even though the calendar and yellow leaves on the birch trees give away the inevitable change into fall, summer is hanging on with everything it's got. This late season it has stayed in the full summertime fishing mode with warm nights and...
It Begins: The Week 14 Blog and Fall Fishing
IT BEGINS - FALL FISHING Sometimes you know in an instant when something is about to change. It was on the last day of the Week 14 group: a flock of 50 or so geese in an almost perfect V (the right side just a little longer than the left) flew right over our 12-acre...
The Lucky 13s: The Thirteenth Fishing Week in Review
Lucky 13 Fishing Week Let’s call this group Lucky 13, named after the famous Heddon topwater lure of years gone by. They were lucky twice, make it three times. First, they were lucky to have missed the fire-related shutdown of the lodge. Second, they brought with them...
Of Fire & Rain: The Week 12 Update
WEEK 12 UPDATE “FIRE AND RAIN” In his memorable song “Fire and Rain” James Taylor covered perfectly the story of our Week 12 anglers. Like Taylor they did see fire and rain, but they saw a lot more rain than fire. Fortunately, the fires that swept through the Scott...
Of Smoke and Silence: The 11th Week that Wasn’t
WEEK 11 UPDATE “IF A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND THERE IS NO ONE TO HEAR IT . . . Was there a Week 11 at Scott Lake Lodge? Depends. The calendar certainly noted the passing of the days between July 29th and August 3rd. With no guests on the island for five days,...