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Attack of the Giant Lake Trout: Week 14 Fishing Update
THE ATTACK OF THE GIANT TROUTSome groups this season have enjoyed blue skies, warm breezes and gentle, lapping waves. This group wasn’t one of them. There were a few decent days but we had a couple that were total wash outs with fierce north winds....
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The Old Men and the Freshwater Sea: The Week 13 Fishing Report
THE OLD MEN AND THE FRESHWATER SEAOK, Scott Lake is not quite a freshwater sea, but it is big. And, a lot of people might resent being called “old”. Can’t be too careful these days, but we’re hoping that the Fearsome Foursome who attacked the waters of...
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And so it begins….The Week 12 Fishing Report
SO IT BEGINS: WEEK 12 UPDATEWe’ve seen this before. The skies get heavy; the first birch leaves start to turn yellow; the ground cover of mosses turn russet and the northern lights fight to get through the clouds. Even though it’s early August, the change...
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THUNDER AND LIGHTENING: THE FISHING WAS FRIGHTENING – Week 11 Fishing Report
What a week at Scott Lake Lodge! We had it all: perfect sunny days, a wild storm, four huge pike, a new 100+Club record, the annual staff Trout Derby and a fantastic upbeat group of guests. Most dramatic was an all-day storm on the fourth day that brought...
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THE OLD AND THE NEW, PLUS LOTS OF PIKE: The 10th Week Fishing Report
THE OLD AND THE NEW, PLUS LOTS OF PIKEIt was a very memorable week at Scott Lake Lodge. We had a wonderful blend of old and new customers, with first timers out numbering our veteran guests for the first time all season, but our returning guests had a...
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Sun, Fun and Fish: The Week 9 Fishing Report
SUN, FUN AND FISHFor our ninth group of the season, the fun in the sun just kept rolling on. Like our last group, they were singing the song of summertime. When anglers make the trek to the 60th parallel, they generally aren’t thinking shorts, sandals and...
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Summer Time and the Livin’s Easy: Week 8 Report
SUMMERTIME: THE LIVIN’ IS EASY“Summertime and the livin’ is easy”In 1957 Ella Fitzgerald first recorded that memorable song. It was only 66 seconds long. Our Week 8 guests felt that sentiment right to the bone for five blissful days of summer—the perfect...
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Three Part Harmony: Week 7 Update
THREE-PART HARMONY: WEEK 7 UPDATEAs we approach the mid-point of the 2019, the music is changing. For the first six weeks we had one beautiful and loud note—pike. Our other Scott Lake Lodge gamefish (the arctic grayling and the lake trout) were mainly MIA....
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