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Week 17 in Review: A Farewell to Summer
Week 17 in Review: A Farewell to Summer Fall Fishing is on the Way For a few groups now, we’ve been circling the idea that fall fishing is on the way. There have been hints, yellow leaves on the birches, the sky a slightly darker shade of blue, and it gets dark just...
Week 15 in Review: The Leaves Turned Yellow and the Fishing Was On Fire!
Week 15 in Review: The Leaves Turned Yellow and the Fishing Was on Fire Trophy-sized Pike, Trout and Grayling The past five days were truly a whirlwind! Each day so many stories permeated the happy hour and dinner conversations, excited anglers recounting just...
Week 14 in Review: Of Rapids and Grayling
Week 14 in Review: Of Rapids and Graying Targeting the Arctic Sailfish It may have never happened…pike representing a minority of our trophy count throughout a five-day trip. It wasn’t because the pike fishing wasn’t good; there were lots of fish and a lot of big...
Week 13 in Review: A Return of Summer and Beginning of Fall
Week 13 in Review: A Return to Summer and the Start of Fall A Great Time to Fish In five days, it happened… we felt summer’s fleeting grip on our subarctic home slip away for another year. There were clues for a few days now, the fall skies turn a slightly different...
Week 12 in Review: Wet and Wild
Week 12 in Review: Wet and Wild Fishing the Northwest Territories It started with an exclamation point! The energy coming in for the twelfth week was high, happy and ready for fun. The first evening in the lodge was wonderfully wild; the sun was out; it was downright...
Week 11 in Review: Hot Weather & Big Fish
Week 11 in Review: Hot Weather & Big Fish Any week of the season can just hit right on the weather, and the fish respond; you never quite know what you are going to get. What was that Forrest Gump quote? Something about the south wind and stable weather makes...
Week 10 in Review: …Wait Five Minutes
Week 10 in Review: …Wait Five Minutes “If you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes.” It’s the adage about the way weather can change on a dime in the north country. Our anglers this week nearly wore their dry bags out pulling rain gear and layers out, and...
Week 9 In Review: A Mixed Bag
Week 9 in Review: A Mixed Bag Trophy Grayling, Pike and Lake Trout Week to week up here at Scott Lake Lodge, you never quite know how things will play out. The weather will change, which affects fish behaviour, rain tests even the toughest Gore-Tex suits. Nothing,...