The Weather is still Great and the Fishing is Too!!

The Jones Party came out of Blackbirch this morning from their first trip with us. They had a Blast. The weather was perfect and the fishing was Great. One morning 3 of them caught and released 107 fish in 3 hours, Jenni was fishing off the dock and caught 12 fish, these are just a few of the stories we heard this morning. They also saw a bear swimming across the lake and eagles who befriended them and followed them around all day, waiting for an easy meal.

Jenni was so happy to be the co-pilot on the way home:)




Here are a few highlights from the past week,

Findlay had the Longshore Party from Ohio. These guys have fished here many times and Findlay did not disappoint once again. A Pair of 27's and also a Pair of 26's in the Walleye category. It was fairly hot for their liking but it cooled off at night. They also saw a bear crossing the river coming out of Russell lake.

Morleys on the Cobham had the Cook Party fishing this past week. They had a number of 40+ inch northerns up to the boat but...those ones got away. Seeing them up near the boat and how big they are is almost as good as actually having the pleasure of holding one of those monsters for a picture! They did catch 3-35 inch northerns and tons of walleyes. One 35 inch northern was caught on an ultralight. The mid-sized fish are generally the hardest fighters and catching a healthy northern on light tackle with no leader is a lot of fun!

Cobham River had our Hardcore Northern Fishermen from Parts Unknown! These guys love to eat walleyes but only fish them long enough to catch supper, then its back to the hunt for the Big Ones!!! This year they did great once again. The Largest fish of the week were 42.5, 42, and 2-40 inch Trophy Northern and had 41 measuring greater than 30 inches. Scott told me if you looked at each years pictures, you can see the fish pictured are larger each trip they make. They are getting more experience on the waters they are fishing and our conservation policy is paying big dividends. Here are last years pics from them and I will put this seasons up when I get them.

Bob H. and some friends came out of Cherrington yesterday, one of his friends was from Berlin, Germany and had never fished walleyes before. They said that the walleye fishing was totally crazy!! Bob H. said that their walleyes averaged between 20 and 24 inches. One of the many times they had a double header on, it turned out to be two Beauties, a 25 incher on one side of the boat, and a Big 27 incher on the other side. He said they make a trip every other year and he definatly wants to go back to Cherrington!!

New Boardwalk at Springpole Lake

Today Brett and I ended up at Springpole to finish building a new section of boardwalk in front of the camp. It was another fantastic day in the north...80 degrees and a 10 mile an hour wind from the south. Perfect for working.......


Maybe we should go for a boat ride....



Maybe a little Fishing too....

Here was the first fish, a nice 18 incher. Actually of the 30-40 fish we caught, only 2 or 3 were under 18 inches. It has been awhile since I fished Springpole and it felt good to reaffirm some of the spots I mark on the map for guests.


Notice the color of my Jig and Tail. I like the bright colors.

Northern lites have been Awesome!

The days are getting shorter quickly now. One advantage of this is that it actually gets dark at night.....really dark if there is no moon. Some guests in the past few days have commented how beautiful the lites were a few nights ago. I should be getting some pictures of some good ones soon. With no light interference you can see absolutely everything up in the sky.

It seems that we are still getting a lot of first timers up north! With the weather we have had lately combined with awesome fishing, I can say that we have sure opened a lot of eyes here at Amik.

The Hagen Party came out of Daniels today and did not want to go home. Grandpa was the saddest one to leave today. They caught oodles of walleyes with the biggest one measuring 24 1/2 inches. Almost all of this 3 generation trip were first time fly in fishermen and really enjoyed themselves. Excellent people, I hope to see them again.

Blackbirch had some new fishermen on it recently as well. Bryan H. and his sons have been here before but brought along some "new blood"(with all of the mosquitos around, pardon the pun) to catch a few hundred fish. The guide must have done his job because everyone that came out of there the other day was smilin! There was 3 Tim's in the party and they caught the biggest fish! Tim caught 2-26 inch walleyes in the narrows east of the camp and Tim had a 26 incher and 2-24 inch walleyes. Bryan had the largest northern, a Fat 39 incher. It is sure nice to see lots of younger people coming and experiencing the peaceful North.


Here is Ty. He spent a week on Vee Lake recently with his Dad, Grandpa and some friends. Fishing was excellent! Ty had a 26 1/2 inch walleye pictured below, and overall these guys said that this is by far the largest walleye on average they have ever caught. Tons of those Fat 20-24 inch fish. Lots of sun lately has kept those big ones down in 15 to 20 feet of water.

Walleyes moving out to their summer haunts!

It is the end of another busy weekend and the weather was perfect, light winds and no clouds. Fishing slowed down slightly but was spectacular during the week. One day of rain and the rest was sun! Walleyes are being caught more consistently in 15 to 20 feet of water with all of the sun we have had but the big ones seem to be givener! Here are some of the highlights:

Loree Lake had the Cadman Party. They have the biggest northern of the year so far, caught on the first day by David. They said the head was Enormous on a huge 48 inch Northern. Pictures to follow!!! David also caught a 37 inch northern. There was some young men in this group as well and they are becoming quite the veterans, this was their fifth year with us. Jack had a 27 1/2 and a 28 1/2 inch northern, George had 400 fish for the trip, and Harry had a 33 inch northern. Giles(dad) had a 28 inch walleye and a 8 Foot Stick! No picture of that though:) They said the Northern Lites were awesome last night along with a great show of falling stars!

Vee Lake had the Patnode Party this week. This crew has fished a few of our lakes and were very impressed with the quality of fish on Vee. "The walleyes were so thick across the back" is what I heard from some of the guys. They even caught a bunch of walleyes throwing northern lures on their last day! Many times when it was time to catch lunch or supper, the walleyes were to big to eat. Not a bad problem to have....Bob had a 28 inch "Fat" walleye being the biggest.

We have had lots of first timers recently and their faces are always lit up a little more when I get there to pick them up. The River had the Sander Party back for a second time this season and had mostly first time fly in fishermen in the party. They had some good guides along though with lots of experience, Tom and James were heading up this party of 8. The rest of the group were a bunch of hard working guys,(I can always tell) and they were all smiles on the way out! Some 42 inch northern were caught and released as well as James "the guide" catching a nice 28 inch walleye.

Denise and Jeff A. were in Jeanette with their boys and her dad on our family plan for the past 4 days. They had a blast. Catching lots of fish and eating plenty! They even heard wolves howling one day! On the last night it was just Jeff and one of the boys in camp relaxing when at the same time Jeff was headed for the Outhouse he saw a bear with his head in the door of the outhouse! Once he heard and saw Jeff, he hightailed out of there and wasn't seen again. Right after that he heard his son hollering from the dock that he had a big one.(there are many trophies caught there) A great fight and they did see it once.... but then it ran and then it was gone. Denise also went out with her boys one night. They proceeded to catch a nice 32 inch northern. The Boys did not want anything to do with that toothed beast so guess who had to pick up the ball,take out the hook and put him back.....MOM! I hope to see them again, the boys Really enjoyed the time in the Otter.

Summer seems to be here for awhile so I hope it stays.