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News from the 60thIt Begins: The Week 14 Blog and Fall Fishing
IT BEGINS - FALL FISHING Sometimes you know in an instant when something is about to change. It was on the last day of the Week 14 group: a flock of 50 or so geese in an almost perfect V (the right side just a little longer than the left) flew right over our 12-acre...
The Lucky 13s: The Thirteenth Fishing Week in Review
Lucky 13 Fishing Week Let’s call this group Lucky 13, named after the famous Heddon topwater lure of years gone by. They were lucky twice, make it three times. First, they were lucky to have missed the fire-related shutdown of the lodge. Second, they brought with them...
Of Fire & Rain: The Week 12 Update
WEEK 12 UPDATE “FIRE AND RAIN” In his memorable song “Fire and Rain” James Taylor covered perfectly the story of our Week 12 anglers. Like Taylor they did see fire and rain, but they saw a lot more rain than fire. Fortunately, the fires that swept through the Scott...
Of Smoke and Silence: The 11th Week that Wasn’t
WEEK 11 UPDATE “IF A TREE FALLS IN THE FOREST AND THERE IS NO ONE TO HEAR IT . . . Was there a Week 11 at Scott Lake Lodge? Depends. The calendar certainly noted the passing of the days between July 29th and August 3rd. With no guests on the island for five days,...
OF FUN, FISH AND FIRE: The Week 10 Update
Trophy Trout Lead the Way Our Week 10 group had it all: good times at the lodge, giant fish and some drama to end the trip. The fun was obvious every evening. This was a group with long ties to Scott that knew how to have a good time. The evenings were celebratory and...
The Halftime Report with Tom Klein – Brought to you by Scott Lake Lodge
IT’S HALFTIME! Today marks the exact halfway mark of the 2023 season. It’s Halftime. There will be no breaks though for popcorn, beer or hotdogs. For the crew at Scott Lake Lodge, it’s just another day in our long season of keeping guests into food, fish and good...
Let the Good Times Roll: Week 9 Update
WEEK 9 UPDATE LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL- MIDSUMMER FISHING It’s midsummer fishing season in the far north. And considering that Scott Lake Lodge is just a long cast from the 60th parallel, that magical line that separates the busy world of the south from the empty...
The Heat is On: The Week 8 Update
THE HEAT IS ON! SUMMER FISHING AT IT'S BEST This has been generally a very cool summer, but this week the heat was turned on for summer fishing at it's best. Everyone loved it, including the fish. For this far north it’s been HOT. The week started just nicely warm,...