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The Halftime Report with Tom Klein – Brought to you by Scott Lake Lodge
IT’S HALFTIME! Today marks the exact halfway mark of the 2023 season. It’s Halftime. There will be no breaks though for popcorn, beer or hotdogs. For the crew at Scott Lake Lodge, it’s just another day in our long season of keeping guests into food, fish and good...
Let the Good Times Roll: Week 9 Update
WEEK 9 UPDATE LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL- MIDSUMMER FISHING It’s midsummer fishing season in the far north. And considering that Scott Lake Lodge is just a long cast from the 60th parallel, that magical line that separates the busy world of the south from the empty...
The Heat is On: The Week 8 Update
THE HEAT IS ON! SUMMER FISHING AT IT'S BEST This has been generally a very cool summer, but this week the heat was turned on for summer fishing at it's best. Everyone loved it, including the fish. For this far north it’s been HOT. The week started just nicely warm,...
Some Hot Fishing & The Case of the Missing Terns: Week 7
WEEK 7 UPDATE SUMMERTIME FISHING UPDATE AND THE CASE OF THE MISSING TERNS First, the terns. The Common Tern is a striking beautiful and elegant bird: sleek in design, graceful in flight, wearing a smart black cap and sporting a very sharp red bill that leads the...
Scott Lake Lodge Living: Week 6 Update
WEEK 6 UPDATE THE RHYTHMS OF SCOTT LAKE LODGE LIVING It’s been a month now since the first floatplane landed at our dock on this magical island in the wilderness border country between the endless tundra of the Northwest Territories and the boral forests of northern...
The Momentum Continues: Week 5 Update
THE BIG MO Trophy Fish Excellence Momentum is a wonderful thing. We had big time momentum coming out of Week 4 when a season high (and one of our all-time highs) of 195 trophy fish were landed. The first day of fishing Week 5 picked right up where fishing Week 4 left...
It’s Summertime and the Fishing is Easy: The Week 4 Update
WEEK 4 UPDATE SUMMERTIME AND THE FISHING IS EASY The famous “Summertime” George Gershwin song has been sung for eight-five years and has been covered over 25,000 times. It also became the anthem of our Week 5 group. Finally, it was summertime and the living, along...
A Great Average: The Week 3 Update
In baseball going 2 for 5 is a pretty good day, sporting a .400 average. So should it be in fishing. Not every day is great. For our Week 3 guests they batted .400, having two days of wonderful sunshine over their five-day trip. Add the last day of a little sun and no...