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Welcome to the Summer! Week 6 Review
WELCOME TO SUMMER Sometimes your cherished guest is late, but you will let him (or her) in the door. So, it is this season: summer was very late but we’ll let her (summer is definitely a her) in with welcome arms. Summer gave early notice of arrival on the last day of...
Canada Day and the Start of Summer Fishing: Week 5 Review
WEEK 5 UPDATE A HARDY CREW When the calendar flips from June to July at Scott Lake Lodge, it’s reasonable to expect just about perfect summer weather—highs in the mid-to-high 70s, pleasant south or southwest breezes and lots of sunshine. Reasonable but that’s not what...
Of Pike and Muskox: Fishing Week 4 in Review
WEEK 4 UPDATE PREHISTORIC VISITORS AT SCOTT LAKE BREAKING NEWS: On June 28th strange creatures looking like they just wandered out of a Star Wars movie set were spotted on the shores of Scott Lake. They were stocky with very shaggy long dark coats, horns that belong...
Reviewing the First Week of 2022!
WEEK 2 UPDATE WE’RE BACK- Start of the 2022 Fishing Season What a joy! On June 14th, after 32 months without a single guest gracing this 12-acre island just a long cast from the Saskatchewan/Northwest Territories border, we finally welcomed a couple of dozen of our...
Shallow Water Lake Trout on the Fly
Watch the New Fly Fisher's visit to Scott Lake Lodge last fall. Shallow Water Lake Trout on the Fly is an extraordinary experience only possible during a couple of short windows during the year. This is only a small portion of the footage and amazing fishing we had....
Fly Fishing for Pike at Scott Lake Lodge
Very soon some lucky anglers are going to feel the boat slow as they roll into a shallow bay on Scott Lake or one of its many flyouts. The wake fades and your guide starts pointing out submerged logs that he assures you are big northern pike. A fly is chosen, tied...
Spring Pike Fishing Tip Video
A great Spring Pike Fishing tip video from Philip Rowley's visit to Scott Lake Lodge. Whether the bay is south facing, wind direction, bottom colour and other attributes all dictate a bay's prevailing water temperature in spring. Find the right temp, find big fish...
April 2022
Up And Runningby Jason Hamilton, General ManagerThe Lodge was still cloaked in its winter mantle when our team made the first (human) tracks on the island in six months. There was evidence of a busy winter around the boarded-up cabins and lodge: marten, ptarmigan and...