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Sun, Fun and Lots of Fish – Week 14 Update
WEEK 14 UPDATE SUN, FUN AND FISH (LOTS OF FISH) Some weeks at Scott Lake Lodge it just all comes together. In this space we attempt to celebrate the time our guests spend at the lodge, but we also try to tell it straight. The straight dope: it’s been the absolute...
The First of Many – Week 13 Update
WEEK 13 UPDATE REMEMBER WHEN (Fishing Memories) Most anglers remember, even if it’s vaguely, their first fish or their first fishing trip. For nearly all that first fish would have been a six-inch bluegill, crappie or maybe a twelve-inch black bass. Lachlan Williamson...
Welcome to Fall Fishing…Scott Lake Style – Week 12 in Review
WEEK 12 UPDATE WELCOME TO FALL FISHING, SCOTT LAKE STYLE It happened suddenly on the fourth day of this group. Fall fishing arrived. It’s not the fall on the calendar which is still a long way off, but it was the first feeling of fall. Maybe it was the slant of the...
Return of the Trout: Week 11 Report
WEEK 11 UPDATE IT’S THE LAKE TROUT RETURN In last week’s highlights we gave the abundant lake trout of Scott Lake and our many fly out lakes a clear ultimatum: they had just a few more days to figure out where they should be! Apparently, they listened. While only...
The Guides Begin to Crack the Case of the Missing Trout: Week 10 Update
GROUNDHOG’S DAY, AGAIN? Trophy Pike and Trophy Trout For the last three groups it’s been like the Groundhog’s Day film. With just a few name changes, the highlights of the past fifteen days have been close to carbon copies. Like the previous two groups, our Week 10...
Glimpses of Summer and Big Fish: The Week 9 Wrap up
WEEK 9 UPDATE DAY AT A TIME This has been an interesting summer. We are getting it just one day at a time. We just can’t seem to get two warm, sunny days in a row. The pike have been a bit confused; they love warm water and a steady barometer. We’ve had a lot of cool...
Northern Fish Tales: The Week 8 Fishing Report
WEEK 8 BLOG POST NORTHERN FISH STORIES—TRUE ONES Show and Tell How about a fish story? Imagine that you just turned nine years old. Now imagine that you are on a cool fishing trip way, way up north with your mom and granddad. You get in a big noisy airplane with...
High Drama on the 60th Parallel: The Week 7 Review
WEEK 7 UPDATE: HIGH DRAMA ON THE 60TH PARALLELEvery life needs a shot of drama now and then. Our seventh group of the season got their share, from the waters and from the sky. First the water. As we have written often in this space over the past couple of decades, at...