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Week 11 Recap: Well Worth The Wait, Time to Fish
Week 11 Recap: Well Worth The Wait, Time to Fish To say the anticipation was high for our 11th week would be an understatement. Rewind to July 29th of 2023 when we had to make the gut-wrenching decision to cancel week 11 due to forest fires and smoke. Overnight in the...
Week 10 Recap: Of Wind, Waves & Big Fish
OF WIND, WAVES, BIG FISH AND FUN The Week 10 gang had a little of everything for their trip: sunshine, heat, clouds, cold, flat water, big waves, big fish and most importantly FUN. It was like three or four trips in one. While it wasn’t the record-setting week we had...
Week 9 Recap: Let the Good Times Roll, Big Pike
“Let The Good Times Roll", Big Pike Right now at Scott Lake we have some good mojo going. The momentum of our record-setting prior week rolled right into Week 9. As if we didn’t know it already, it was confirmed: hot weather means hot fishing. The first three days of...
Week 8 Recap: The Heat Is On! Flyout Lakes are Hot
THE HEAT IS ON! FLYOUT LAKES ARE HOT Coming off a tough five days of cold, cloudy and rainy weather with matching challenging fishing, there wasn't a lot of optimism within the guide crew about Week 8. Getting big fish was a grind, but here in the far north you...
Week 7 Recap: It Happens…Only 89 Trophy Fish
“IT HAPPENS” ONLY 89 TROPHY FISH Fishing is a lot like playing the lottery: you buy your tickets, and you take your chances. For several consecutive weeks we had a ton of winning tickets. Weeks 4 through 6 were particularly gangbuster groups, averaging 179 trophy fish...
Week 6: The Beat Goes On, Steady Fishing
WEEK 6: “THE BEAT GOES ON” WITH STEADY FISHING We were coming off a record-breaking trophy week at Scott and it would have been reasonable to assume that our big fish needed a rest. But the bruiser pike, fat lake trout and acrobatic arctic grayling had no intention of...
Week 5 Recap: So Close… to 200 Trophy Fish
WEEK 5 RECAP “SO CLOSE” TO 200 TROPHY FISH At Scott Lake Lodge our fishing is all about having fun, not setting any records. Over the years we have probably set a few International Game Fish Association (IFGA) line class records but we’re not into that. We’re into...
Week 4: Fishing Fun in the Sun!
WEEK 4 RECAP FISHING "FUN IN THE SUN” It keeps getting better and better. We thought Week 3 was great fishing until Week 4 showed up. With abundant sunshine the big pike and the pike anglers were happy and energized. On 176 occasions a trophy fish brought smiles to...