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Week 15 Recap: Trout Time
“TROUT FISHING TIME” For most of the summer big pike have ruled the waves of our blog posts. Finally, it’s trout fishing time. Our “freshwater tuna” (that’s how hard they fight) are now down in the deep holes of our lakes where our experienced guides with the latest...
Week 14 Recap: Some Heavy Hitters
“Some Heavy Hitters” Trophy Pike, Trophy Grayling, Trophy Lake Trout It’s late summer, the heat of the pennant races and it’s time for some baseball talk. Going 2 for 5 in a game is darn good, a .400 average. It’s been 83 years since a major leaguer hit .400. That was...
Week 13 Recap: The (Hot) Dog Days of Summer Fishing
“THE HOT DOG DAYS OF SUMMER FISHING” If, like many of our customers, you hail from the upper Midwest, you’ve heard the expression “The Dog Days of Summer”, referring to the hot, muggy often miserable weather of late July and August. For anglers though it specifically...
Week 12 Recap: Its Summertime Fishin and the Livin’ is Easy
Week 12 Recap: It’s Summertime Fishin and the Livin’ is Easy It was a whirlwind…the group in week 12 came in with some serious excitement and energy. Right off the float planes they hit the ground running and didn’t stop until the floats left the water on the way...
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...