Week 7 In Review: Don’t Let The Winds Win

Week 7 in Review: Don’t Let the Winds Win

What a difference a day makes, our guests flew into Scott on a pleasant sunny evening, spirits were high, as was the anticipation of the week’s events.  For the seventh week, the weather started a bit on the nasty side. There were no flyouts on the first day due to high winds and low ceilings, the anglers plied the waters around the lodge for some pike and trout, while eventually it was a sauna, hot tub and nap sort of afternoon.  The temperatures improved a bit, but the wind stayed with us.  It didn’t stop the enthusiastic group from hauling in pike, trout and grayling. We’ve seen it year after year, any week of the season can be the best fishing and largest trophy total, it all comes down to weather and water temperatures. Despite the best efforts of the group this week fishing was a little tougher. 113 total trophy fish came to hand off the pace of previous weeks.

Peter Myhre, on his second trip of the summer, held best pike honours with a last day 47” fish, guide Nick Elcheson was closely second with a 46.5” fish after he won a closely contested game of cornhole with his guest Jack, who had to guide Nick for one spot the next day!  Russ Gesme, Arin St. Cyr, Randy Moret, Mike Sackash and Jack Mewhort all added supersized 45” Pike. 90 pike over 40” in total hit the nets this week, still pretty amazing fishing.

A pair of 41” lake trout for Mike Sackash and Tom Kehoe were the key pieces in both their entry into the 100+ Club, the duo will both sport new custom jackets as a part of the exclusive club. Grayling was on the docket for the Phillips family, also, a great day in the rapids at Ingalls made some lasting memories of these feisty little northern fish. Wading a seldom seen and more rarely fished river in the Northwest Territories is something that tends to stick with you.

The good news with a windy week was some more deadfall trees to trim up for sauna fires. With the newly renovated sauna area, we are seeing this being enjoyed daily; a great way to refresh after a day on the water. We’ve got one of the largest cold plunge pools right at the sauna door! The group had a lot of laughs and were cheering each other on, one and all, each evening on the Fish Porn slideshow. Stories of moose and shore lunch, and yes, even fish, circulated around the lodge at happy hour. It’s just a fun place to be!