More New Pictures!

Here are some pics sent us from some of our guests. The first ones here are forwarded from a long time guest from Manitoba. This is a 56 inch Northern that weighed 55 Pounds. That is a 36 inch Northern in his mouth.Here is his email,

"Hi John: Thought you might enjoy these photos, even if the fish wasn't caught at an AMIK Camp. I saw a pike like this once at Vee Lake. Ron Mehmel had just released a walleye that was way to big to keep. The pike scarfed the walleye just as it left Ron's hands. It took forever for the fish's back to pass by the boat.

Hope the season is rounding out well for you guys.

Best regards,
Rob



"A Jeanette Lake Hog! 43 inches!! Thanks Chris

Vee Lake From June. Another 43 incher!! Thanks Chuck.

Just as it is supposed to be, The Little ones catch the biggest Fish.

A few lakes in our area eh!

Fall is coming, the leaves are starting to turn.
Went to Springpole today and a squirrel was very friendly.


The end of August is near and the weather is a little cool. Nice during the day though. Not quite cold enough for a fire most nights, very comfortable as most of our fisherman left HOT weather behind. Have people out there right now from Georgia and Texas this week. I am starting to get the itch to go and call some moose soon.

Here are some notable fish from the past week:

Cobham River Kegler Party from South Dakota. Had a great time and had quite a few walleyes up to 25 inches.

Blackbirch Lake Crilly Party. Friends with the Gerken party who were in previous to them had a little visit on the dock when I dropped them off had a very good week. They did not want to leave. The rookie of the group Brian had the walleye prize, a nice fat 26 incher. He is looking to top that one next time.

Loree Lake Budzinkay Party from Pittsburgh Pa. They drove all the way, 9 guys, they must get along good. Had a fantastic time. Commented that some days the fish were all over 18 inches and had to put them back. Not a bad problem if you are eating steak for supper.

Cherrington Lake Frattalone Party. First time these guys have fished Cherrington and id very well. There is alot of water to cover but they did a good job at checking it out. Here is the Rena was able to catch on their way out.
Joe biggest fish he has ever caught. A 24 inch walleye
Pasquale Sr. 24 inch Walleye
Pat 40 inch Northern
Mike R. 27 inch Walleye
Eric 25 1/2 inch Walleye
Randy 38 inch Northern
David 34 in Northern
The Walleye of the trip. A 28 and a 1/2 incher. Peter is 7 years old, and was fishing with his Dad on the Cobham.

Joey is 5 years old and was an excellent helper netting the big fish and had a 26" Northern and a 20" walleye.


Even Dad (Steve) had enough time to fish when he was not untangling lines or landing fish.

Trophy Northern Pics

Another week has come and gone in the north. Weather has started to cool off and the walleyes are moving a little deeper but still consistant. Northerns are still active as I have heard many stories about Northerns attacking Walleyes. One report of a Northern attacking a stringer of Walleyes.
Here are some notable fish caught this week:

Findlay Lake Patenaude Party. Largest walleye by Sam 28 inches. Caught fish from 9 inches to 22 inches consistantly. "Great Time"

Springpole Lake Eggers Party. First day they were there most every Walleye was 21 inches or better. Hap caught 3 Lake Trout right in front of the camp, about 3,6, and 8 pounds. Bill had a much bigger one up to the boat but did not land him. Had some windy weather but had fair fishing. Hard to stay on the spots because of wind a few days.

Blackbirch Lake Gerken Party. These guys love Blackbirch. They are ecstatic on the way in and just slightly ecstatic when I pick them up because they have to go home. They had 1687 fish for 4 guys for 5 days. They fought the wind a couple of days but that is the advantage of fishing in the area we are in because you can find places to fish when it is windy. Biggest fish for their group were a 32 inch Northern and a nice 27 inch Wally. Numbers were good but the agressiveness and size were excellent. Pat could not have picked a better place to celebrate his 40th birthday.

Loree Lake Eggerding Party. Mark Z. was taking a snooze in the boat as they were fishing along and caught a 41 inch Northern. Funny. That was the biggest Northern of the trip and the biggest walleye they could muster was a 22.5 incher. Fishing was good but unstable weather made the fish change their patterns every day.

Cobham River Burton Party. These guys are from Alabama and most of them had never experienced anything like this before. They saw a bear one day and had Northerns attack their Walleyes 6 different times. They thought that was so cool. They had 4 Northerns over 36 inches in the boat but the ones that attacked their walleyes were much bigger. I guess their baits were not big enough, they should have had baits as big as a small walleye.LOL. Walleye fishing was good and catching fish not a problem. Depths were pretty consistant at 12 to 16 feet. A 24 inch walleye was the biggest being caught by Jesse.

Cherrington Lake Slygh Party. Mike has quite a bit of experience on Cherrington and loves fishing out on the Big lake. They had windy days on Cherrington too, but still caught fish. Just had to do alot of manuevering with the boat to stay on the spots in the wind. Wherever Gramma's spot is it was very productive during their stay. They had a lot of fish between 20 and 23 inches and had a Huge Northern get off right by the boat.

Here are a few pictures from the Comstock Party I wrote about last week on the Cobham River.





Our website will have the link to all of their photos soon. It will be listed under the Cobham River. Check it out.

Fishing is so easy even a Blind man can catch Walleyes.

August is approaching the mid point and summer has just flown by. It won't be long before the leaves are going to start changing. Weather has started to cool off some but sometimes the heat can still come back. Fish are moving deeper but only down to the 15 to 25 foot mark. Heard a few reports of catching some big ones in 40 feet though. Northerns are becoming more active with quite a few 40+ northerns being caught recently. It will not be long before we will be closing the camps. Maybe I could go fishing?

This is Mark E. He has been fishing with us for a few years and making two trips per year for the past few years as well. One to Shearstone in June and one to Loree in August. Yes he is blind but I talked to him about putting this on my blog and he thought it was a great idea. I stopped in there today to add a couple of more souls to the party to make 8 and heard the first fish for one man was a 41 inch northern just past the narrows with the cabin still in sight. Talk about setting the bar high right off the bat.
Here is a picture of a beaver as I am blowing by him. A beaver is a good bush plane but the 1000hp Otter we have is much better suited for the distance we are flying.
Notable Trips:

Findlay Lake, Longshore Crew. These guys have been fishing with us for a while now and Findlay is their favorite. A bunch of farmers from Ohio make the trip all the way up here but judging by the smiles on their faces when they came out, the long drive was worth it. They commented that the fish they caught were bigger this year than in years past. Here is a list of fish they caught this past week.
Ken 41 inch Northern
Phil 40 inch Northern
Ken 28.5 inch Walleye
Phil and Ken 101 fish one day
Lots of 24 to 26 inch Walleyes

Loree Lake, Anton Party. ND and MN boys had a few windy days but caught a ton of fish. 22.5 inches was the biggest walleye but caught over 1000 fish for the group. I can not remember the size but I was told that the first fish one guy caught was a big Northern around 38 or 40 inches if I remember right just past the narrows to the west still in sight of the cabin.

Cobham Daniel Hobson Party. Excellent time, quite a few first timers and had their eyes opened. A 39 inch Northern was the largest fish but caught an absolute ton of Walleyes. The quote as I remember it " Fishing in the cabbage, raising those hogs out of there."

Cherrington Lake, Halepeska Party. Yhese guys have spent a lot of time on Cherrington. This year they stated that the fish were slightly smaller than previous years. A 36 inch Northern was the largest and tried for lakers for a while but had no luck. They had a few windy days which is not good to head out to the big lake. Walleye fishing around the cabin was very good though and a good time was had by the Finns from MPLS.

Jeanette Lake, Grindle Party. These guys have been Lac Seul Airways guests for many years. They have also fished Jeanette lake for many years as well. The fish probably tremble when they get there. Fishing was pretty normal by their standards. A little slower the last few days after the weather changed and it cooled down. Wind played a factor in the fishing on Jeanette as well. They still caught some nice fish:
41 inch Northern caught and released by Greg
37 inch Northern
a few 25 inch walleyes

Cobham Morley, Herrington,Clark Party. Three fathers and sons. Of course the dads won the money for the fishing tournament. The boys all had the biggest northerns but however they do the tourney the dads won. A couple of 25 inch walleyes may have had something to do with the outcome. This is Brad and Brents second trip up with us as they were up in May and Brent was Sad to leave again as he said if he was not so busy in September he would love to come back one more time. The beauty and serenity of the North is pretty addictive. Here are there fish:
Heath 35 inch northern
James 35 plus 40 inch northern, boys all out together and no camera
Bennett 1st trip 32 plus 35 inch northern
Chuck(dad)1st trip 24 inch walleye
Brad and Brent(the veterans) had a couple 25 inch walleyes






I just had to take a picture of this t-shirt. The Comstock Party was into the River this week. They love to fish for Northerns and usually catch the crap out of them. This was one of those years. They had 41 Northerns over 30 inches. A 43 inch Hog was was the biggest and it was follwed by a respectable 40 incher. There was 4 or 5 that were over 38 inches in the bunch too. Not a bad week of fishing. Kipp has been in the Esox Magazine holding some Cobham Northerns and maybe he will get his mug in there again. They only fish walleyes for about 2 hours a day, just long enough to catch a few for supper and then it is back to casting the shoreline. Pictures of fish to follow soon.
Bruce really likes to fish the Big lake at Cherrington. Once you get the hang of fishing the deep water you can catch a bunch of Huge Fish out there.
Bruce and Josh, our dockhand is heading back to college soon. He is a private pilot now and will be ready for a flying job somewhere in the spring when he is done school. He has been a pleasure to have around and has the right attitude. He will do well. Thanks Josh.

New Pics

Here is another picture from J. Henner who was up to the Cobham in July. This strike of lightining was the cause of a forest fire right by the Cobham river cabin to the north. Very nice pictures. I will share them as I get them. Thanks Joel.
Here is a few pictures from early June from the Collins Boys who fished Vee Lake.Doug Collins
Mike Daughton
Phil Collins with the largest fish of the trip measuring a Nice 40 inches.
Stan Collins
Tom Collins

Heat is Gone! Fishing Very Consistant.

We had quite a heat wave this past week or two. It got over 100 a couple of times. Fishing is not usually at its peak when it is smoking hot and fairly calm. This year the fishing stayed good all through the heat. Walleyes were shallow even. You could catch walleyes at many different depths. 7 to 18 feet, Bigger ones tended to be a little deeper though. It got pretty windy when the heat started to break but the one advantage of our lakes is that you can always find a place to fish out of the wind.

Note worthy fish of the week.

Jensen Party Findlay Lake: Two couples, very easy fishing did not go to far from the cabin. Biggest walleye was caught by Jackie at 25", the other female Syd had the most fish. Must be because they had good guides, right boys.LOL

Kalkbrenner Party Blackbirch Lake: Good fishing, James who is 10 years old had a 36" Northern and was a Fishing Machine.

Simpson Party Shearstone Lake: Good times, fish were shallow on the cloudy days and deeper on the sunny hot days. As deep as 22 feet at times. Jeff caught 2- 25" walleyes. One in 8 feet the other in 19 feet. Could be the same fish? Caught not far from each other.

McGee Party Vee Lake: Joe had a 38" Northern and a 27 1/2" Walleye. Doug stated that "The walleyes were on fire" this week at Vee.

The Lange Family Took over the Cobham Lake this week. Randy and a crew in the Morley cabin and Jeff in the Daniel cabin with his family and a friend of their son's. Jimmy had never been to Canada or even in airplane. He had a blast and could not get enough. He caught 2-36" Northern. His Buddy John had a 30,32,35, and 37" Northerns and a few 23" walleyes. Travis had a 34" N and a 23" walleye. Mom, Geniene was not about to be outdone catching some 23" walleyes as well. No fishing report from Jeff though, they call him Lucky Lange but I don't know how lucky he was this week. Just Joking Jeff.
In the Morley cabin they had some awesome fishing as well. Tom and Randy went out in the crappy weather and had the best fishing of the trip. Randy had 85 fish and Tom had 65 fish. They caught the same walleye twice as he had a scar on his side so they could identify him. One day they had 7 Walleyes over 23", and the biggest Northern was 38".

McDaniel Party Cobham River. Excellent Northern fishing. They had 4 over 40" and a ton in the upper 30's. John had a 38", Bill had 40 and a 41", Mike had a 41" and Terry had a 40" Northern. Plenty of 23+" Walleyes. Good Trip.

This is the Toft Party. This is their second trip with us. They fished the River last year and chose to go to Cherrington this year. And fell in Love with it. They have not done many flyins but must be good fishermen. They caught a ton of Big Walleyes. Here is a list:
Marc 27" W
Sam 27" W
Mike W. 26" W and 27" Laker
Jim 25" W
Mike T. 25" W and a Laker
Kevin 24" W
Matt 23" W
These are only the biggest fish for each guy but they said where they are used to fishing, you get the net for anything over 20" but on Cherrington you did not even bring those 20" to 23" walleyes into the boat after a while. Just release them at the side. I hope we have not spoiled them to much.LOL

Might as well get rested up before you get to the Lake. Catching Walleyes is hard work.
Here is my co-pilot from Il, I took into Loree Lake the other day. I was tied to the dock before his Dad woke him up. Must have been a Smooth Landing. They were out fishing before I left and when I flew off the lake I flew over them. Dad was netting a fish for one son in the front of the boat and this young man had one up to the boat at the back. Pretty cool. They had only gone a quarter mile from the cabin. They said fishing was very consistent and easy. Two dads and three kids. Loree Lake is a perfect match.

Forest Fires, Big Northerns, and the Usual Walleyes(Big)

It is hard to believe but August is almost here. Surprisingly though the fish are still hanging out in shallow water. Trophy Northerns are becoming active again after a little break. Comments I have heard is that there are tons of minnows up in the bays and around the weeds. Follow the bait fish and you should catch fish. Walleyes do not seem to have a rhyme or reason to the depth they are in. Someone told me that if you cast up on the rocks and drag your bait out to the 15' of water you are in, you will catch a fish anywhere. Could be at 4' or 13' of water.

Forest fire season is under way as well. Had some hot weather recently and it does not take long to dry out the moss and little soil there is in the North. At some camps the ground is cracked and lifting from the rock. Remember to be careful with your camp fires. Pick your time to burn your garbage. Usually early in the morning there is a dew and it is calm. Always drown it out with water even if it looks out.

The Crowley party was at Blackbirch this week after 10 years of fishing 6 miles to the north at Cherrington Lake. The comment was, "I think we spent more time with fish on our hooks then actually fishing for them." They had a 28 1/2" walleye as well as many other good sized ones. They saw a moose and spent some quality time in the gazebo. The moose sighting is good all around. Pete is coming back in September with an old friend Bill M. for a moose hunt. I have guided them before and now they usually do it on their own. Very good outdoorsmen. I will be guiding on Blackbirch so I always like to hear about fishermen seeing moose.

Dave Bauer and his wife Pat were on Findlay lake this week and saw alot of sun and Walleyes. With her trusty guide putting her on the fish she was able to catch a real trophy. A 27 1/2" walleye. She said it was so heavy compared to the run of the mill 23" and 24" walleyes. The Game Warden also stopped in to see them. No problems but just want everyone to know they do come by.

The Langeland boys from Iowa fished and swam at the Cobham this week. They had another great trip and stated that the day before I picked them was the best day of fishing they have seen yet. Lots and lots of fish. They only problem was that Bill got in the way of a fairly large Treble hook. The Emergency satellite phone came in handy as I talked them through what they should do. You could hardly see the mark after a couple of days. Good thing he is tough. I did hear another tip on getting hooks out, Put a piece of tape over the spot where the hook is going to come through the skin. Skin is very Elastic and if you can make it come through the skin quicker, the easier it will be to get out.

Vee lake had some visitors from Maryland this week. They had a Monster Northern Pike measuring 42" and fat. Hot weather means lots of swimming. And swim they did to keep cool. Also, everyday they would catch walleyes off the dock. Everyday one would be at least 19". One guy in the group had been to Vee when the cabins were brand new and he was up with his dad. Those cabins at Vee and Blackbirch are beautiful and built out of logs from around the lake.

My co-pilot one early morning this weekend was a young man from Indiana. Looks like he is having trouble staying awake. That seat casts a spell on whom ever sits in it. I am surprised I have never witnessed a severe neck injury.LOL Just joking but I see a lot of head bobbing and sleeping.

Nice picture of the Otter. Some pretty wild thunderstorms to the south. It was a cool show after dark as the whole sky lit up with every flash of lightning.
A Very Sick motor.
The first Fire of the year in our area. It was up by the Cobham. They put a crew on it right away and this morning it is pretty much out.