Guide Team

Hometown: Kenora, ON

Some guys have all the luck—they grow on water, beautiful water. Jordan was born in Kenora, Ontario in the spectacular Lake of the Woods country. He spent his youth wisely, hunting and fishing from an early age. He never looked back. By the summer of 2003 he was in the back of the boat, guiding. He spent a decade guiding for pike and walleye in Ontario but he couldn’t get visions of truly giant pike and lake trout out of his mind. He became a Scott guide in 2014, always looking for that “once in a lifetime fish”. A lot of guys get excited when there is a big fish on the line but Jordan gets more than excited; he starts speaking in tongues. But he never forgets how to net the big ones. Once the leaves start turning, Jordan turns to Manitoba where he does waterfowl guiding. When the birds are gone, he heads west to British Columbia where he trades his fishing rods and shotguns for heavy duty mountain snowmobiles in search of that next powder day. For Jordan it’s an outdoor life for every page of the calendar.

Hometown: Monteville, ON

Another Ontario native who just had to move further north, Graham grew up in southern Ontario in the Lake Nippissing/French River area. From a large family he was welcomed into the hunting and fishing world by uncles and cousins who instilled a deep love for the outdoors. Graham started guiding in 2001 near Ear Falls, Ontario. Once he got the taste for the guiding life he never stopped. There is nothing else he ever wanted to do. At Scott Lake Lodge since 2010, Graham loves the Scott routine and loves his systems. He is usually the first guide at his boat in the morning and his boat is always flawlessly organized, as is his fishing day. The off-season finds Graham in his cabin deep in the woods on a Lake Superior tributary river, Canadian side of course. His winters are filled with making improvements on the cabin which now should be called a house. There is deer and moose hunting and fishing for steelhead and musky. It’s a guide’s life and it’s a good one.

Hometown: Prince Albert, SK

Mike is a guy that can see for forest for the trees. A professional forester, Mike recently retired from Saskatchewan Polytechnic (a bit early because the waters, salt and fresh, called). When he wasn’t the woods over the past two decades or so he was on the water, chasing big fish. A lifelong angler, Mike joined the Scott Lake Lodge team in 2010 after a few years of guiding at other lodges. It was love at first fish for Mike. He thrives on chasing the big pike and lake trout at Scott. His guests also appreciate his skills as a world class shore lunch chef. Recently Mike renovated and opened a Hostel, The Chill Inn, in Nicaragua. Like loons and geese, many guides feel the pull of water in its liquid form when Canadian water is as hard as a hockey puck.

Hometown: Thunder Bay, ON

Nick is no stranger to Canadian fishing. His passion for the outdoors began young in the city of Thunder Bay, a town that rests on Lake Superior. He recalls not only fishing on this Great Lake but going across the provinces with his family to explore. His first big trip was to the Bow River in Alberta. Only being 10 years old at the time, his eyes grew wide when he started throwing dry flies for Brown and Rainbow Trout. After getting “hooked” on the sport, he had a knack for catching Walleye and Great Lake Steelhead. Nick’s outdoor career has brought him to the mountains of Banff and now, to Terrace, BC. You can find him roaming the rivers with a rod, backcountry skiing and hunting big game animals. Having worked at Lac Seul and Wollaston Lake, Nick is well-versed at the multi-species guiding that he will also find here at Scott Lake.

Hometown: Saskatoon, SK

Greg did not take the normal path to the Scott Lake Lodge Guide Team. Most of our guides worked at other lodges and worked their way up to Scott. Greg came in through the backdoor by working in the kitchen as a dishwasher at the ripe old age of 15. (Was that even legal?) It was a life changing opportunity. Greg watched the guides and knew that’s what he wanted. He hounded every guide on the island to pull every ounce of fishing information he could out of them. It worked. They marked up his maps and shared their wealth of lake knowledge. After a few summers in the kitchen Greg was taking out shore staff and going out on his own. He learned the lake and earned the respect of the guides and Scott management. Fourteen seasons at Scott later Greg is a top guide. Off season Greg runs Bone Quest Outfitters in White Fox, Saskatchewan, guiding hunters on their quest for trophy white-tailed deer and black bears. On the water and in the woods Greg helps people make lasting memories.

Hometown: Saskatoon, SK

Don’t call him Steve: he is Biff. He has been at Scott for in his words “18 short years”. Time flies when you’re having a good time and for Biff that’s the only time he knows. He grew up fishing at a family cabin and on northern Saskatchewan fishing trips with his dad. After working at a lodge on a big lake to the south, Biff heard about this interesting lodge on the 60th parallel. He found a home as a “lifer” in a guide team full of them. It would not be an exaggeration to call Biff a professional entertainer, at least that’s what Scott’s customers claim. If the fishing is slow (don’t worry—that’s rare) Biff fills in the day with running riffs that double over guests. And his guiding doubles over their rods as well. Biff loves the recent explosion of new fly out lakes at Scott, getting in the floatplane whenever he can encourage his customers to fly. His intense summers allow Biff to pursue his other passion—world travel. Winters will find him somewhere in a beach community, usually in South America.

Hometown: Porcupine Plain, SK

Nicholas was born in Porcupine Plain, Saskatchewan. Ever since he was little he would always be on some hunting or trapping adventure with his Dad. He started driving quads at age 3 and boats at age 7. Along with a love for hunting and trapping, Nicholas played hockey and baseball until graduation. During high school, Nicholas spent his summers up north camping and fishing at Wollaston and Lake Athabasca. In winter he would use whatever free time he had to go sledding around Saskatchewan or go to BC sledding in the mountains. Once Nicholas was old enough to drive he started helping his dad guide Deer and Bear hunters every Spring and Fall. Nicholas really fell in love with the guiding life after he took two weeks off school in September, two years in a row, to be an assistant guide for Moose in Northern BC. Now that Nicholas is finally graduating he is more excited than ever to start his journey at Scott Lake Lodge and spend his summer doing what he loves most.

Hometown: Winnipeg, MB

It’s impossible to sum up Jan’s life in a few sentences. He’s not that kind of guy. A Saskatoon native, in 1993 Jan ended up in Whitehorse, Yukon where he is close to the moose, caribou and grizzlies that he chases in the fall. Jan started guiding in 1993 at a lodge a bit further south, but joined the Scott family in 2000. He has collected a lot of stories over that span and isn’t shy about sharing them in the boat. There are no dull moments in his boat. Over the past few years Jan has wintered in Costa Rica which counting the lodge and Whitehorse he considers his 3rd home. If you see Jan in the lodge with his laptop ask to see of the results of his intense life of hunting and fishing. Jan’s plan is simple: spend summers on Scott for “many more years” and head south every winter.

Hometown: Corbeil, ON

Josh grew up in the beautiful lake country of Ontario, right on a lake in fact. At the tender age of ten he was hooked on fishing. He recalls the exact moment: he was dragging his worm when something huge inhaled his bobber. It certainly wasn’t a bluegill. That was it—Josh was a fisherman. He never caught that fish of course but since then he’s caught countless thousands and each one is still a thrill. He quickly became a musky fanatic. Despite starting down a med school path with an undergraduate degree in “biological molecular physics”, he could not resist the siren call of the water. He became a doctor of fishology, guiding at Silver Water Wheel and Wollaston Lake lodges over the past decade. He’s a two-season guide, adding hunting guiding for elk and stone sheep in the Alberta mountains. Josh clearly fits the Scott Lake Lodge guide mold. He now lives in Terrace, British Columbia where steelhead are at the top of his off-season fishing menu.

Hometown: Wawa, ON

Born and raised in Wawa, ON, Brett grew up spending every second he could fishing, hunting and playing every sport he could. This childhood created a love for the outdoors and now he spends his time adventuring and working all over North America. Brett started guiding fishing and hunting trips at 16 years old. Since then, he has guided through his business for a living. This, along with SLL, fills his main season from March-December. Brett’s vacation time also revolves around travel to explore new hunting and fishing destinations. This has allowed Brett to find a love and passion to creating life long memories and friends through guiding. Along with the outdoors, Brett also completed a college degree in Business Administration. He is very excited to spend another summer in Northern Saskatchewan on our small village of Scott Lake.

Hometown: Rosetown, SK

If you look up “Outdoorsman” in the dictionary, you just might find a picture of Spencer holding a fish or fat greenhead mallard. As he puts it, “If I’m not hunting or fishing guiding, I’m hunting or fishing for myself”. A native of Rosetown, Spencer knows the province well. Since high school he has been guiding bird hunters every fall in the southern half. In summer he has been fishing the northern half, starting his guiding career at Hatchet Lodge, and then guiding for three seasons at Wollaston Lake Lodge. Big pike are his passion; he can indulge that passion at Scott Lake Lodge where hundreds of thousands of acres of prime big pike water are scattered over nine million acres of outfitting landscape. That will keep Spencer busy exploring and guiding for decades ahead. 

Hometown: Last Mountain Lake, SK

The J5 thing goes back to 2001, Jon’s rookie year at Scott, when as the new kid on the block he guided a lucky customer to a 50” pike, so he was “J50” for a while. It was just too hard to spit out, so the nickname was edited to just J5. Like all nicknames it either sticks or it doesn’t. This one did. Jon was raised on the shores of Lost Mountain Lake (by the way, there is no mountain there) where his uncle Sparky put a fishing rod in his hand before he could walk. That was walleye country. Then Jon went to a lake where walleyes like he caught as a kid would be bait. That was Scott Lake, Jon’s first and only guiding home. And it quickly became his home: he immediately was hooked, enjoying the lodge life and the guests that travel north to get a taste of wildness. He now counts many of those guests as close friends. No one knows the Scott guests better than Jon because his off-season life is still all about Scott Lake Lodge. Jon is the company’s Sales Manager and spends all winter emailing and talking to hundreds of Scott clients and would-be clients. His sales pitch comes natural because he spends 85 to 100 days on Scott Lake and the fly out lakes. He knows how good the fishing is. All he needs are some spinners and a few Turbo Jacks to connect guests with fish. And he loves creating shore lunch magic. On the water or on the phone Jon is a key player in the Scott Lake family. Just don’t agree to play poker with him…he’s ruthless.