2005 Ontario Canada Fishing Reports
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Lake: Wright
Dates: 9/18-9/27/05
Group Name: Matthews
Guest Comments: We had a good time. Came here to moose hunt and got a nice 46 inch bull. Fishing was good too, caught plenty when we did fish. Water was low, tough to get into the portage lakes.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 9/10-9/18/05
Group Name: Ionia Anglers
Guest Comments: Cabin was excellent & Beautiful, along with location of cabin was close to a major walleye hole to one side, and on the other side an excellent northern hole. Locating fish was easy, and they bit on about anything. Plenty of walleye everyday, no big northern this year but plenty in the middle range. All in all the fishing was excellent. Weather could have been better. Would go back again.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 9/13-9/18/05
Group Name: Meier
Guest Comments: Fishing a bit slow due to weather but plenty to eat! Another great trip with L & M. Strout lake tough to get into but well worth the trip. Windy, rainy weather the hole trip. Plenty of northerns 24-28 inches and walleye ranging 16-20 inches.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 9/11-9/17/05
Group Name: Willocks
Guest Comments: Bass up to 5#, about 400 in all. Northern up to 42 3/4, too many smaller ones to count, lake trout up to 13#, 1 perch 3 inches. We'll be back. Service, cabin, and flights were great. We hit a homerun finding L & M 2 years ago. Scotty, Mark, Steve, & Curt
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 9/12-9/16/05
Group Name: Trauba
Guest Comments: Talk about an awesome time. We came to fish and do to get away and did just that. Caught atleast 15-20 or more fish everyday. And if you want to see some beautiful outdoors this would be the place to go. Ounce your there you dont want to leave!
Lake: Grant
Dates: 9/5/05-9/11/05
Group Name: Vanhorn
Guest Comments: Great week fishing with the kids. Smallmouths were steady, 2-3 lb range. Great fighters for the children and for mom and dad too. Did all the portages, Napanee was the best overall. Great trip & great time as a family. We will be back.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 9/3-9/10/05
Group Name: Brautigan
Guest Comments: Walleye fishing fantastic, several 3 to 4 pound class. Quit counting after 700 walleye! Pike fishing some what slower, but did catch 37 inch and several 20-30 inchers. One walleye caught was 5 1/2 pounds. Camp extremely nice, plenty of hot water and lights. Solar system works well!
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 9/3-9/10/05
Group Name: Rose
Guest Comments: Another great trip. Good cabin, boats, and motors. All caught musky(s). 2 biggest 42+ inches. Others 30, 34, 38 inches. Also caught pike. Fish were deep, used deep divers-ernifs, bagleys, mega bait, etc. Trolling worked well. Saw moose. Will try to book next year.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 9/1-9/5/05
Group Name: Swenson
Guest Comments: 2 out of 4 days was alittle slow because of weather. The other 2 days was alot of 2 and 3 pound smallies & 6 northerns over 8 pounds. Had 1 huge pike on that got a look at and that was it. Capped off with 1 - 12 pound lake trout.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 8/28-9/3/05
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: My 5th trip to Meggise just this year. Weather was wet, rainy, and windy. Seen muskie everyday and caught afew of them. Northern fishing was good.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/26-9/3/05
Group Name: Horton
Guest Comments: Very good fishing. Biggest pike 40 inches and next 38 inches. Alot of nice walleye in the range of 18-24 inches. Great cabin and equipment.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 8/26-9/3/05
Group Name: Flowers
Guest Comments: Weather was rainy most of the week with 1-2 foot waves 1/2 of the week. Each boat avg about 25-30 fish per day. Most of the northerns caught were up to 4 pound range. Total of 10-15 walleye per day 15-18 inches. First time to Shab and took some figuring out what they bite on opposed to Fawcett and Dobie lakes. Orange and red worked well also fire tiger color did well.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/28-9/2/05
Group Name: Shankland
Guest Comments: Had a lot of fun, caught lots of walleye. Enjoyed the wildlife. The northern were in deep water, casting into weed beds was not productive. Good accomodations.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/24-8/28/05
Group Name: Sharping
Guest Comments: Fishing was great! 400-500 walleyes 12-22 inch with 16-17 inch avg. Caught small northerns. Trolled & drifted the points using pink, orange, & while jig heads with berkley gulp & minnows. No luck with night crawlers.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/25-8/28/05
Group Name: Norskog
Guest Comments: Numerous walleyes caught, largest being 21 inch avg size of 16 inches.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/19 - 8/26/05
Group Name: Courtney
Guest Comments: Fishing was very good. Walleyes from 16-25". Biggest northern 34.5". Weather-2 days rain & cool, rest of week 80's & sunny. Good cabin, boats & motors ran great. Flights were on time and enjoyable. Great time! Will be back.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/20/05-8/27/05
Group Name: Bonnema
Guest Comments: Very nice cabin. Good Fishing. Excellent care.Thank you for a nice trip.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/19-8/26/05
Group Name: Hoferle
Guest Comments: Limited walleyes for supper, great facilities. Lots of northerns 30-38 inch range. 2 of the guys portaged up to strout, 2 of the biggest pike 35 and 38 inches.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/20-8/24/05
Group Name: Dimestore Fishermen
Guest Comments: Fishing was great off sign point, and little mouth, as we call it. Walleye was awesome. Pink and Chart. Pike was alittle slow this time. 5 to 10 feet was the key.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/13-8/20/05
Group Name: Stith
Guest Comments: Lots of walleye 18-22 inch, mostly trolling at 17-24 feet of water, northerns up to 32 inch. Wind kept us off much of the lake. Cabin was extra nice. Weather cool, 40's at night. Had a great time. Beautiful lake with rapids and waterfalls.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 8/13-8/20/05
Group Name: Patrongio
Guest Comments: Great week, weather fair. Lost one day to rain. Caught most walleyes on jigs and worms in 25 ft of water on the points and reefs. Largest walleye in the 4 pound range. Most fish 1 1/2-2 1/2 pound range.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/12/05-8/17/05
Group Name: Troupis
Guest Comments: A wonderful trip for the troupis family. The walleyes were scattered but plentiful. Northerns in deep water best caught trolling. Northern lights, shooting stars and a waxing moon made for quite a display. Best of all we were together.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 8/13-8/16/05
Group Name: Chrstianson
Guest Comments: Heavy bass action in the cove across from the cabin in 8 feet of water. Lakers 200 yards off the island in front of cabin on silver spoons & rattle traps. Lakers at 20-30 feet of water, bass also on the North End near Bretz. Good numbers, fish for dinner every night. Loons dont like human swimmers!!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/8-8/15/05
Group Name: Springer
Guest Comments: Good weather overall with the exception of the high winds. Didnt catch a great numbers of fish but did catch good sized pike. Caught a 40, 39, 37, 34 inches. Hard to get into Strout due to the low water but did catch the 40 and 39 inch pike up there. Facilities were excellent as always with L & M.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 8/12-8/15/05
Group Name: Kull
Guest Comments: Great fishing...lots of walleyes!! Like the cabin improvements, esp. the running water in the fish cleaning shed. Besides walleyes, caught 1 bull head not sure where he came from, a perch, and a walleye with a baby muskrat in its stomach. Enjoyed watching the 3 adult eagles.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 8/6 - 8/13/05
Group Name: Meier
Guest Comments: Good fishing nd scenery. Everything ran well including the boats & motors. Will return again.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 8/10/05-8/12/05
Group Name: Christiansen
Guest Comments: Walleye easy to find in 12-20feet. Jigs with white grubs worked good, crawlers worked better. Couldn't find big northern. Accomadations and camp were great. Biggest walleye 22" Had a great time and ate well.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 8/6/05-8/13/05
Group Name: Coplen
Guest Comments: Cabin good. Fishing fair to excellent bass and northern. Caught 8 lake trout. Good weather- 2 hot days and 1/2 day of rain.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 8/8/05-8/13/05
Group Name: Freeland
Guest Comments: Great Trip!! Caught enough bass to have to release. Caught several large northerns. Very scenic, great weather.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 8/6/05-8/13/05
Group Name: Reed
Guest Comments: Weather mid 80's most of the week. Rain on Thursday, wind on Friday- Good week for weather. Caught several bass and northern. Had to work harder for them than previous two trips. Largest fish were 4.5lb bass and 7lb northern. Best baits were tube baits, grubs, and straight tail worms for bass and anything for northern. Slow mornings- better afternoons. Cabins and equipment all worked great as usual.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 8/7/05-8/12/05
Group Name: Rechenberg
Guest Comments: Another great trip with L & M. Fishing was Great!!! Accomadations are clean and with running water in the fish cleaning house it was a treat to clean all the walleyes we caught!!! Can't wait to return.
Lake: Otatokan
Dates: 8/4/05-8/12/05
Group Name: Larson
Guest Comments: This was the best family vacation we've had, and we take alot of vacations! Thank you to the Adams family for your kindness & helpfulness during our trip. The cabin and the lake were wonderful, but the Adam's family made this vacation outstanding. Thanks
Lake: Wright
Dates: 8/4/05-8/8/05
Group Name: Dunn
Guest Comments: Good facility. Great motors. 1- 30" Walleye. Kaminiskag walleyes were 21"-24" 1st Class operation.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 8/3/05-8/8/05
Group Name: Snyder
Guest Comments: All phases of the trip- arrival, stay, and departure- very smooth. Accomadations were very suitable. Fishing notes prior to trip were helpful. Enjoyed + appreciated the boat and motor on the portage lake. Shane did very well in transport + providing info. Everything was positive of course except ending the trip. P.S. We were amazed the nightcrawlers and butter we had forgotten were flown in.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/31-8/7/05
Group Name: Gardner
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing! Walleyes were 15-22 inch on avg. and northerns 16-24 inch range with afew up to 33 inch. Weather was perfect all week with one afternoon of rain. Hot lures were gold spoons, red & white dare devils & lots of pink and white jig tails. Customer service was top notch. We will return!!
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 7/30-8/7/05
Group Name: McHenry
Guest Comments: Caught 10 muskie for the week, largest being 47 inch and one Tiger muskie caught. Lost many more!
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/30 - 8/6/05
Group Name: Scott
Guest Comments: This was our 7th trip and by far the quality of fish was the best.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 7/30 - 8/6/05
Group Name: Lambert
Guest Comments: Great clean cabin and well running motors. Good weather. Great northern action with some muskie follows.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 7/30 - 8/6/05
Group Name: Haar
Guest Comments: Fishing was steady throughout - bass up to 17", avg 9-13" - some northern caught - varying in size - weather - sunny & hot virtually everyday - 1 day w/ rain - 85+ daily
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/28 - 8/4/05
Group Name: Miller
Guest Comments: We enjoyed everyday, lots of fish to eat & lake to explore. The quitness was awesome - saw beavers at work - bald eagles soaring and lovely sunsets - good vacation.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/30 - 8/04/05
Group Name: Ware
Guest Comments: Weather extremely hot, but did noteffect an excellent adventure. Fishing was good. No lunkers, but plenty of fish. Made all three portages. Strout was difficult portage due to low water, but is loaded with quantity & quality fish. Cabins & boats are well maintained. Flights are scheduled and on time!
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/24 - 7/31/05
Group Name: Ryan
Guest Comments: Brought 1000 crawlers, used all but about 30! Yes, the week was HIGHLY productive! Didn't count, but you can do the math. Equates to somewhere betwewen 700 - 800 walleyes!! largest walleye 25", many 17"-20". More northerns than usual & larger, largest 36 1/2", lost 40" at the boat. 4th trip to Dobie & superlative in every aspect as usual!!
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 7/24 - 7/31/05
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Tough week, only 6 Muskie caught on the last 2 days of the trip. caught alot of good northern, many in the slot size, 1-15# & 1-20#
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/25 - 7/30/05
Group Name: Dickerson
Guest Comments: Northerns to 33" & walleye to 29"
Very windy first three 3 days which made fishing tough. Weather improved last day and we caught a few more. Fishing by the falls and rapids was best for walleye. Fishing hump in the middle was most productive for smaller walleye. northerns were tough to find. Great cabin & equipment. All in all a great week! Thanks!
Lake: Grant
Dates: 7/26 - 7/30/05
Group Name: Korzinski
Guest Comments: great accomodations-great fishing!! Numerous Bass & Northern - silver Mepps and chartruese rap(shallow & deep) are the colors that clicked. Deep troll the (20-35 ft) shorelines for Musky (32"&45")- trolled twice, caught 2! Portage into Napanee for one day of fishing - Awesome topwater Bass with the big northerns in 14-26 ft water. Have fun!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/26-7/29/05
Group Name: Murray
Guest Comments: Fishing was slow, it rained 2 days with very high winds. Although did catch some nice walleyes but nothing real large. Had a great time anyway. Cabin was great, everything worked well. Look forward to coming back.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/23 - 7/28/05
Group Name: Raines
Guest Comments: Great fishing. Accomodations had more amenities than we had expected with the fish cleaning house, hot showers, good cooking utensils... The motors worked good and the boats are plentyful. The plane ride to & from was a bonus. We thoroghly enjoyed the trip.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/22-7/26/05
Group Name: Bruening
Guest Comments: Many Elvis sightings. Caught fish at all spots marked on the map by the guys. Strout lake was the best in rough weather, caught one after another using spoons, jigs casting into the shore. Walleyes hit on yellow jigs with leech retriving through 8-12 feet of water. Caught a 40 inch, 38 inch, and a 36 inch pike with many 30 inch class pike.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/21 - 7/25/05
Group Name: Hanson
Guest Comments: Very nice facilities. Very good walleye when you found the spots. 1 - 8# walleye, average 17". Very good walleye where Zion river flows in(21-23"), all the points in that area. Caught northern while fishing walleye. Rapids were beautiful.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/17-7/24/05
Group Name: Reitmeier
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing, and weather rained several times at night but only ounce during the day. Great cabin and everything worked well. Caught lots of walleyes in the 18-21 inch range. Planned pretty well going through 1100 crawlers.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/19 - 7/23/05
Group Name: Swenson
Guest Comments: The reputation of a "walleye factory" was very true. Caught a ton of good sized walleye. We had a great time.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/17 - 7/22/05
Group Name: Wagner
Guest Comments: Very tough walleye fishing, extremely windy. Size was great, but didn't get the numbers we usually do. Strout is a little tough to get to, but we did the best there for walleye & northern. The cabin is excellent.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 7/18 - 7/21/05
Group Name: Dickinson/Dameier
Guest Comments: 320 Bass, largest 18 1/2", 15 - 17 over 17".
100+ walleye, 18" largest
50 - 70 northern, 31 1/2" largest
made long portage in 22 min one way, caught 7 nice walleye
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/15 - 7/21/05
Group Name: Thomas
Guest Comments: Fishing was excellent in spite of every kind of weather - 3 days hot(90's) then big front moved through.. pleasant after that. for fun we tallied the fish, catching & releasing 540 walleyes, 5 fish in the 22-25" range... heavy & wide across the back. Super trip... Thanks L&M, you guys are great - we'll be back! Off Lake Cabins are great... Thanks Lucas & Nicole! Fished 5-6 hours per day
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 7/16-7/18/05
Group Name: Kaemingh's
Guest Comments: Great fishing, had no problem finding fish. Cabin is nice, its big and in a nice location. Good weather, had a great time. Lots of fun. Beautiful spot and lake!
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 7/9-7/18/05
Group Name: Beall
Guest Comments: Great trip, but hot.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/10 - 7/17/05
Group Name: Sieck
Guest Comments: great fishing, great accomodations. Walleye caught everywhere, best luck on the north end. Multiple in the 16- 20" range, largest 24". The northern less active. Did catch one in 44" range. Used jigs & crawlers & also had good lick with "Berkley Gulp".
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/9 - 7/17/05
Group Name: Stuckslager
Guest Comments: Facilities were great! Everything was as advertised, especially the fishing. Our party totaled 1,363 walleyes & northerns. Largest northern was 41", many 18"-23" walleyes - largest being 24 1/2". We are coming back next year at the same time.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 7/10 - 7/17/05
Group Name: Pitman
Guest Comments: Swimming in waterfalls & jumping off cliffs kept us cool in 90 degree heat. Fishing in morning & evening with top water was great for bass & northerns.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/10 - 7/15/05
Group Name: Beaver
Guest Comments: Most walleye 17"-19" range, few 20-22", 2 - 22" waleyes. Walleyes mostly in weed beds in 7-9ft of water in coves and around islands - orange color worked best. Biggest northern 37" Caught several northern in 24-33" range. Same areas as walleyes. Great cabin. Great trip.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 7/8 - 715/05
Group Name: Nelson's Herd
Guest Comments: This was our first time on the lake & it took a while to find some spots. Thae waterfall was great & fishing in general was good. We all had a good week.
Lake: Meggissi
Dates: 7/8 - 7/15/05
Group Name: Vesely
Guest Comments: Very hot.....Fish were very sluggish. Excellent potential....I'll be back.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 7/8 - 7/14/05
Group Name: Cantrell
Guest Comments: Lots of smallmouth caught, biggest being 3 1/4#. Biggest pike 4#. Caught most smallmouth on jigs and leeches, 6-8ft water. Weather was in high 80's & 90's all week.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 7/5-7/10/05
Group Name: Bryson
Guest Comments: Fishing was fantastic- wow what more can we say. Northern every where. Walleye constantly. Both walleye and northern great in the weed beds. Great spots near the falls. 1-40 inch pike, many in the 28-36 inch, tons 20-24 inch. Walleye max was 22 inch, mostly between 16-20 inches. What a thrill, every expectation was exceeded.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 7/5-7/10/05
Group Name: Niemeyer
Guest Comments: Weather, sunny and nice. Fishing, caught fish on everything in the tackle box. Cabin & Boats, all worked well.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 7/2-7/9/05
Group Name: Richardson
Guest Comments: Weather was normal, between 36 degree to 95 degree, windy every day. Wright lake and Granite Boss produced numerous 20-21 inch walleyes. Strout lake was fantastic. 40 inch pike and hundreds of walleyes. We had a hard time catching enough "legal" sized fish for our shore lunches. Local woodchuck and flying rodent were the entertainment for the week.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 7/2-7/9/05
Group Name: Witham
Guest Comments: Alot of small mouth, real nice nice. Caught some nice muskie and saw one huge muskie, and alot of good northern. Good trip!
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 7/2-7/8/05
Group Name: Oran/Swanson Couples
Guest Comments: 500+ walleyes, 20 over 20 inches. Shore lunch every day. Excellent accommodations, great flight. Saw a moose and calf. 2 days over 100+ fish. Fish started moving deeper off the points as the week went on. Girls caught the biggest ounce again!!
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 7/3-7/8/05
Group Name: Rose
Guest Comments: Numerous northerns caught, caught 3 muskies largest 40+ inches. Weather so so, all in all a good trip.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 7/2-7/8/05
Group Name: Amborn
Guest Comments: 75 walleye largest being 29 inch, 72 bass largest being 17 inch, 53 northern largest being 34 inch. Good trip even had golf sized hail during one of the passing storms.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/30 - 7/5/05
Group Name: Muller
Guest Comments: Fish very shallow in the weeds - 4-5 feet / rocky points - minnows find them - then plastics work well
lots of 15-18" healthy walleyes
1 - 39" pike
windy, cloudy conditions, fishing was excellent
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/30 - 7/5/05
Group Name: Lippert
Guest Comments: Cold, rainy conditions, inconsistent winds, very good fishing, unlimited 17-21" walleyes, no lunkers
excellent service & accomodations
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 6/25-7/3/05
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Caught the biggest one I ever caught for one of the guys in the group. Total of 13 muskie with biggest being 47 inch. Caught afew good northerns.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/26 - 7/2/05
Group Name: English
Guest Comments: Caught lake trout trolling 35-40' of water on crankbaits(chart.). Largest lake trout - 9#'s.
Good quality pike caught on #3 Mepps spinner w/ silver blade. Largest pike - 8#'s. Over 200 smallmouth caught on a variety of lures(springbreak sweet beaver, Mepps spinners, finesse worms). Most SM were small, 8-12" range. We did catch a few in the 3# range.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/29 - 7/1/05
Group Name: Mack
Guest Comments: Had a great trip despite the weather. One good sunny day. Bass were good in the lower portage lake. Bass were larger in Grant with several in the 18 - 19" range. Largest northerns caught were 30,31,& 33". Saw the northern lights last night for the 1st time, we'll be back....
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/25 - 7/2/05
Group Name: Reel
Guest Comments: 348 fish caught - Fishtrap is a very strong smallmouth fishery. Northern & walleye were skidish - weather jumped from high 70's to mid 50's. A great time had by all - L&M is highly recommended! A+ in service & Shane rocks!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/25 - 7/02/05
Group Name: Seitter
Guest Comments: Pike - 2 - 44" pike(Strout Lake)
3 - 39" pike(Strout)
1 - 42 1/2" pike (Wright)
1 - 38 1/2" pike (Wright)
several 36 & 37" pike(Wright & Strout Lake)
Lots of 30 - 35" pike(Wright & Strout)
hundreds of 18 - 23" walleye & smaller pike (Wright, Strout, & Kaminiskag)
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/27 - 7/1/05
Group Name: Michael
Guest Comments: Bad weather, good fishing
29" walleye
40" northern
Lots of 18 - 23" walleyes
Nice cabin, great pilot, great boats & motors
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/25/05-6/30/05
Group Name: Geweitz
Guest Comments: Wednesday jiggers. Mr B and Mikey boated 100+ walleyes. Numbers of walleyes on main lake rocks.Wayne and Dave had consistent action all over. Big walleyes 23" northern 32". Great week, good facilities.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/24 - 6/29/05
Group Name: Mack
Guest Comments: Walley fishing was good - by the falls & river inlets & outlets - boated 51 walleyes in 3 hour period. Largest 23" - northern fishing good as well, largest 28" - great time - great place - great people! Thanks, not ready to leave, hope to come back soon.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/25 - 6/29/05
Group Name: Keenan
Guest Comments: Fishing strongest first 2 days. Walleye are all over, especially near rock piles/islands. Fished floating Rapalas at dusk in shallow water & caught many fish on the surface.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/23 - 6/29/05
Group Name: Cook
Guest Comments: Party of 6 had a great time - several smallies over 5#'s(7) - good numbers of bass - pike up to 17# - small tiger muskies & one large muskie - portage lake was excellent.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/22 - 6/27/05
Group Name: Corman
Guest Comments: Excellent fishing & great accomodations. Best fishing on humps on center of lake. Live bait on jigs for best results. The water level in lake was high compared to other visits to the lake. The color white worked best on this trip.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/22-6/26/05
Group Name: Bogenreif
Guest Comments: Great fishing, caught 500-600 fish. Mostly walleye in the 2-3 pound range. Accomadations where wonderful. L & M has done a great job continuing to improve all aspects of the fishing trip!
Lake: Megessi
Dates: 6/20 - 6/26/05
Group Name: Pugh
Guest Comments: Caught several musky - 43, 42, 40, & 32". Caught several northern pike. Good trip.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/21 - 6/26/05
Group Name: Bennett
Guest Comments: Great time! Great fishing, excellent cabin, excellent seats in boat - motors ran well. Good mags in crapper! Caught 500+ smallmouth, northern, & lake trout. Biggest smallmouth 18", northern 34.5", & lake trout 27". Adams family is very nice.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/18 - 6/25/05
Group Name: Roberts
Guest Comments: Fish were in transition between river & lake causing fishing to be slow at times. Some days better than others. Equipment good. Had a fine trip.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/18 - 6/25/05
Group Name: Grynn
Guest Comments: Great fishing - Northerns to 37" Walleye to 23". Plenty of of hot spots, larger fish in portages. Camp clean & comfortable. Thank you L&M for a great trip. See you next year!!
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/21 - 6/25/05
Group Name: Scearce
Guest Comments: Lake behind cabin/very productive vs rest of lake. Walley and big northern abound, couple of big bass 4+lb range caught as well.
Highrock portage - 43 northern, 9 walleye, 1 bass in one day / hooked one fish & couldn't turn it before it broke my 40# braided line
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/20 - 6/25/05
Group Name: Burnham Point Hook & Bullet Club
Guest Comments: 6 Northern over 40" Largest 45"
Fished mostly Strout Lake
Many 17" - 21" walleyes
Five of Diamonds, Fished wind blown bays, cabin was great.
Another great L&M trip
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/20-6/24/05
Group Name: VanBeckum
Guest Comments: We had a great time. We caught plenty of walleyes on twister tails and minnows. The northerns were harder to come by and on the small side. However the woodchuck fishing was excellent. Note: If anyone catches a northern with a scale in its mouth. Please call Jim and let him know what the fish weighed. We also saw a mama moose with a calf and a few eagles. We will be back.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/16 - 6/23/05
Group Name: Troup
Guest Comments: fishing slow on day one and then got better everyday! Several 4# bass out of portage lakes. Several trout up to 24" in south end of lake. Pike fishing slow as weeds were just getting started. Great time, good cabin, & equipment & service. Already rebooked a trip for next year.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/15 - 6/22/05
Group Name: Phillips
Guest Comments: Great place, good fishing, accomodations at the cabin 4*, great hot water heater. Caught 4-5# walleyes late evenings on orange belly stick baits, and saw a moose. Rebooked our spot for next year!
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/17 - 6/22/05
Group Name: Gordon
Guest Comments: Outstanding cabin and the fishing was even better. Had to stop on occassion because tired of catching. This is a true quality outfitter.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/17-6/21/05
Group Name: Voss
Guest Comments: High skies & bright sun made fishing a little difficult. We caught 130 bass, 7 walleye, and 60 pike. All in all the trip was good. Largest bass was 17 1/2 inch which we caught 4 of them that size. Largest pike 33 inch. All walleyes were smaller but great eating.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/15 - 6/20/05
Group Name: Fischer
Guest Comments: Caught alot of northern & walleye in shallow water. Walleye mostly 18" - 21", biggest 23". Northern mostly 24" - 28", largest 35". Caught alot of fish and accomadations were excellent. Weather warm, up to 85 degrees. Saw a bear & 3 cubs, no more. Will be returning again.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/17 - 6/20/05
Group Name: Hood
Guest Comments: Cabins are great, fully stocked and very clean. Fishing was awesome - tons of walleyes and a few northerns. Great hosts, definately will return. Saw moose, several bald eagles, family of friendly woodchucks, and great waterfalls. Catch your dinner from the dock.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 6/16 - 6/20/05
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: 4 days - largest 42" saw several big fish - total for the year is 56 fish - 2 @ 47" for tops.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/13/05-6/18/05
Group Name: Bitzko
Guest Comments: The fishing was great. We caught a lot of fish on beds with plastic baits. The northern fishing was good. We caught them on spoons. The weather was amazing.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/13-6/18/05
Group Name: Eads
Guest Comments: Caught more walleye than we could count. Northern fishing pretty good as well. First class service and accommodations as always. All in all a great time.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/10-6/18/05
Group Name: Stahman
Guest Comments: Very good fishing, best northern was 42 inch with several 30 plus. Best walleye was 26 inch. Excellent cabin, and equipment. Thank you L & M, will be back next year.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/13 - 6/17/05
Group Name: Miller
Guest Comments: Everything was nice & organized
Good fishing with great results
Nice accomodations
Good services
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/13 - 6/17/05
Group Name: Mentor
Guest Comments: 4 days of fishing
1st & 2nd day, rain - fishing was great at all locations shown on map, plus the river
3rd & 4th day - same locations, just a little slower.
used:minnows, leeches, night crawlers, all worked
largest walleye(22-1/2")
northen (38")
total 700 walleye & 50 northern
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/10 - 6/17/05
Group Name: Vuckson
Guest Comments: smallmouth - excellent around the islands - evening 3P.M. on - best
walleye @ Highrock were slow and northerns were slow. good trip despite rain a couple days. This was our 6th annual trip with L&M @ different lakes. Planning next years trip already.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/9 - 6/16/05
Group Name: Patronagio
Guest Comments: Caught 2 lake trout, dozen bass per day, & northen were spotty. Bass in moving water & timber - northerns abundant. weather not good - very wet - still had very good time & accommodations great.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/11 - 6/15/05
Group Name: Tiffany
Guest Comments: Terrific again! Tons of walleyes/best size we have seen. Jim caught a 28" & 29" walleye on consecutive drops. Not to many northerns, but the ones we caught
were larger than previous years (1 - 15# & 1 - 20#) Jack Moore caught a blue walleye and ate it!
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/11 - 6/15/05
Group Name: Burget
Guest Comments: 1st day was a bit slow at the mouth of Granitboss but severalvery large northern pikewere caught(40" class). Shelf on south end of Wrightwas doing good - better in evening.
2nd day Fairly good fishingbut we went to Strout and fished the narrows and it was extremely hot. The rest of spots in Strout were fair.
3rd day We went to Granitboss Lake. Fishing on first penninsula very good. When left in evening, mouth of Granitboss creek(Wright Lake)great
4th day Strout great all day, large #'s, fair to average size. At least 100 fish/boat.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/10 - 6/15/05
Group Name: DeHart
Guest Comments: We had rain every day. Fishing was a little slow due to the weather, but still caught alot of fish. Pike seamed to bite better when the sun shined. good top water bite in the morning. Then went to Mepps or spinnerbaits later. 33" Pike and 3#4oz smallmouth were the largest for the week.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/7 - 6/13/05
Group Name: Tomasovic
Guest Comments: Good fishing in the 7' range
Lots of fish in the 2-4# range
7 in group - 160 fish a day for group, no real big northerns
Already planning next years trip
Lake: Otatakan Lake
Dates: 6-10 to 6-13-05
Group Name: Hildre Party
Guest Comments: Cabin & boats & motors--excellent
fishing--excellent
walleyes---16" to 19"
northerns--25" to 30"
walleyes caught on jigs & minnows
northerns primarily on surface lures.
L&M runs a superior fly-in operation!
Rebooked same time next year and some returning again in the fall for annual fall trip.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 6/4 - 6/11/05
Group Name: Rhudy
Guest Comments: Fish scattered
Lots of big pike 12 - 15 lbs
Some over 40" 1 - 20 lbs
weather rainy/cloudy all week
Rebooked for 2006
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/5 - 6/11/05
Group Name: Ibsen
Guest Comments: Fawcett is a piece of heaven. Great camp, great fishing, cloudy weather - cool - wet. A pleasure! Already rebooked for next year and some are returning again this fall.
Lake: Dogfly Lake
Dates: 6/03 to 6/11/05
Group Name: Bristow
Guest Comments: Bass fishing good to excellent (on the beds) Pike good to excellent.
Trout fishing poor this week.
Service--excellent. Best outfitter and hardest working family in Ontario.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 6/5-6/11/05
Group Name: Cohlmeyer
Guest Comments: Weather rough all week & fishing was slow. About 200 fish all week. 3 muskie's were caught with having one on looking pre historic. Cabin, boat, outfitter all great.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 6/5/6/10/05
Group Name: Troupis
Guest Comments: Fishing was excellent with hundreds of walleye, rating 19 inch and above. Northerns were very good, with many in the 28-36 inch, and one at 42 inch. Wine was superb, with bublitch catching and sharing from his wine cellar, 10 bottles, including the 1992 wine spectator wine of the year, 5 rating 90+ points and 2 topping out at 98 points. We missed Sarah and James.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 6/5-6/10/05
Group Name: Schaadt
Guest Comments: Raining and windy all 5 days. Didnt fish out of the boat first couple days as caught lots of walleyes off point from the cabin. A few small northern. Walleye wanted live bait.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/5-6/10/05
Group Name: Salzberg
Guest Comments: Bass tight to timber on the shoreline. No fish on the reefs yet or spawning beds. Water temp 60 degrees. Bass were in moving water at entrance to Napanee portage. Largest bass 5 pounds. Largest pike 9 pounds, Great trip as usual. L & M is a class act! Thanks.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 6/3-6/10/05
Group Name: Lengvarsky
Guest Comments: We had a wonderful time despite daily rains & strong winds. Naturally we would have liked to catch more fish but did pretty good all told. Cabin was well equipped & clean. Lake & surroundings beautiful. It was definitively a memorable vaction. Loved the plane ride too! Thank you!
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 6/1-6/7/05
Group Name: Hagen
Guest Comments: Awesome fishing, great accomadations, would love to come back. 1 boat caught 49 walleyes plus 1 39 inch pike, 1 40 inch pike, and a 36 inch pike. Very strong fishing. Cabins were very comfortible and well stocked. Had a super time.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 6/3-6/7/05
Group Name: Tierney
Guest Comments: Water was warm and the beer was cold! Weather was pretty good, fishing was good. Lots of northern in the 20" to 29" range with 1 37 inch pike. Walleye fishing was furious, tons of eater size. Lots we were too big to eat. Several 18 inch to 24 inch. Excellent fishing. Fished Austin and all the portages.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 6/1-6/5/05
Group Name: Care Free Landscaping
Guest Comments: Excellent results with walleye & northern. Unlimited amounts of fish at the down rapids. 7 northerns between 30-35 inches. Largest walleye 24 1/2 inch. Fish are coming out of the streams. Northerns are feeding in the grass areas, and the walleye surrounded the islands and in the streams. Had a great time.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 5/29-6/4/05
Group Name: Haberer
Guest Comments: Walleye in large numbers, over 100 per day per boat. 2 that were 6 pound the rest 1-2 pound avg. Small northerns in the rivers, large ones hard to find but did get afew in the 6 pound range. Sunny 70-80 degree all week, calm to light wind with no rain intill the day we departed.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 5/31-6/4/05
Group Name: Mellentine
Guest Comments: Great cabin, fishing was wonderful. Walleye 2-3 pound avg up in the rivers. Double catches all day long.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 5/29-6/4/05
Group Name: Weber
Guest Comments: Muskie are active and hitting on smaller baits-single bucktails, mepps minnow hitting in the evenings on zara spooks. Landed 11 total but had many chances. 2 of the muskie's where over 40 inches. Caught only 1 trout but didnt fish long for them. One 37 inch pike was also caught. Had a good time.
Lake: Grant
Dates: 6/1-6/4/05
Group Name: Brown
Guest Comments: Cabin & motors was very good. Bass fishing, bass on the beds. Each boat caught 60-70 bass a day off the beds. Biggest bass 20 inch and a 19 1/2 inch, and several 18-19 inch. We had a great trip. L & M done what they said they would, good people.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 5/31-6/4/05
Group Name: Coltrain
Guest Comments: This was our 6th trip with L & M. All have been special. L & M continues to up grade & improve the facilities. Everything at the site is in excellent condition. Fishing is always good. 4 people in our group this time for 4 days. Roughly 350 fish mostly northerns as most where over the 28 inches.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 5/28/05-6/4/05
Group Name: Samuel
Guest Comments: Caught 215 fish. Pike and smallmouth being the best. Rain first two days and fishing slow. Warmed up and sunny and fishing picked up. Took the short portage with mosquitos and ticks. Walleye and pike were excellent. Saw 2 moose and 2 bald eagles. Excellent service and accomadations.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 6/1-6/4/05
Group Name: Shuey
Guest Comments: Main lake tough for bass intill we found them in the current by the beaver ponds. Roughly 350 bass for the 3 days, 2 of us. Northern were everywhere, roughly 100 pike between 6 to 8 pounds.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 5/29-6/3/05
Group Name: Buddenhagen
Guest Comments: Plenty of walleye, lots of 18-25 inch northern this year. Portage lakes did well again as always. Got to see the northern lights this year. Good times, cold beer, cant ask for much more. Thanks L & M and Family
Lake: Grant
Dates: 5/25-6/1/05
Group Name: Gottlieb
Guest Comments: The renovations to the cabin were terrific. Lots of northerns, some bass, and a close encounter with a moose. Fun as always. Kathy and Steve
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 5/25-6/1/05
Group Name: Cusentino
Guest Comments: As always had a great time at a great lake even though we had poor fishing conditions.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 5/28-6/1/05
Group Name: Brown
Guest Comments: Cabin was very nice. Had no problems with the boats and motors at all. Walleye fishing was pretty good, biggest was 23 3/4 inch. Northern pike fishing between 12 noon till 7 o clock was great. Caught alot with the biggest being 40 inch and acouple 37 inchers. We had a great time with good fishing.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 5/26-6/1/05
Group Name: Erwin
Guest Comments: Everything was nice. We had fair fishing, tough to find fish in the main part of the lake as the rivers is where we found the best fishing.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 5/27-5/31/05
Group Name: Gepner
Guest Comments: Weather fair and calm to freezing and rain (no snow). Rivers good for walleyes 15 to 25 inch. Bays good for pike. Named one bay in Wright lake, bay of pigs. Caught lots of big pike there. Largest pike was 45 inch with a good number of pike at and above 40 inch class. Cabin good, boats good, beds good, sleep sound, comrades great. Already booked for next year.
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 5/17-5/29/05
Group Name: Bill
Guest Comments: Weather cool and wet. Caught 40 muskies with 5 being over 42 inch. Biggest was 47 inch. Lost too many muskie to count.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 5/24-5/29/05
Group Name: Cedar
Guest Comments: Walleye fishing was outstanding. Large percentage were 2 1/2 to 4 pounds. Caught fish all over the lake with real good action in the rivers. Good numbers of pike. Cabin, furnishings & equip. excellent.
Lake: Austin
Dates: 5/24-5/29/05
Group Name: Jack
Guest Comments: Fishing was good, walleyes were between 13-19 inch class. Cabin very clean. Biggest pike was 38 inch caught right in front of the cabin.
Lake: otatakan
Dates: May 28- May 31
Group Name: Shuey
Guest Comments: Fishing good, northerns (150) walleye (900).Wallye in the river good, lake still scattered, pike shallow in weed beds. Walleye 8' to 20'. Weather was 2 cloudy days and 1 sunshine. Temps 50 at night
70 - 80 in the day.
Lake: Fawcett
Dates: 5/21-5/28/05
Group Name: James Schumaker & Co.
Guest Comments: It was awesome, the cabin was comfortable. Fishing was really fun, if you cannt catch a big sized walleye during your trip your having bad luck. Fishing really improved through out the week, trolling rigs with minnows worked best. We found a lot of walleye in the weedy areas and a good number of northerns in the mid 30 inch class range.
Lake: Otatakan
Dates: 5/21-5/27/05
Group Name: The Hislopes
Guest Comments: Despite bad weather all week we had a great time. Good fishing all week. The cabin is in great shape. No complaints or problems.
Lake: Fishtrap
Dates: 5/22-5/28/05
Group Name: Weaver
Guest Comments: Each boat avg 20-25 fish per day on the bad days and 50 plus on the good days. Start of the trip started slow but ended much better. Very good accomodations and friendly people. We caught pike, small mouth, walleye, and a couple perch.
Lake: Wright
Dates: 5/20-5/27/05
Group Name: Mierzwa
Guest Comments: Rained 2 days otherwise very good weather. Caught lots of walleye in 3-6 feet of water, most of the walleye were 20-24 inches. Northerns in shallow water and the biggest caught was 46 inches. Great fishing and a excellent outfitter. Shane missed out on Jager Bomb night. Be back again next year.
Lake: Shabumeni
Dates: 5/21-5/26/05
Group Name: Fresk
Guest Comments: First 2 days had heavy walleye concentration in the rivers. Slow fishing in the north part of the lake. Fishing in the southern part much better in the main lake the last 3 days as the weather got warmer. Several large northerns caught, 39" and 38" being the largest, and many between 25-30" class. Walleye avg. 16-18 inch with many 19-22 1/2". Bald eagles, 5 moose, and a friendly wood chuck at the cabin were some of the air breathing animals we saw.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 5/19-5/25/05
Group Name: Indianapolis DDS - Schinbeckler
Guest Comments: Good fishing. Small mouth up, pike up, and the lake trout down. Good fishing in Bretz too.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 5/20-5/24/05
Group Name: Skiba
Guest Comments: The walleye fishing was great as always. Avg size was 16 to 20 inches caught mostly on plain jig and plastics. Lots of northerns, plenty in the upper 30 inch class , and largest being 40 inch. Year after year its a great place to go! Thanks again
Lake: Austin
Dates: 5/21-5/24/05
Group Name: C.M.I.
Guest Comments: Opening weekend 2005 fishing trip. 4 guys and 1 grandfather @ 79. Water temp at Austin 60 degree's F. Had good fishing, until the winds dropped to calm and the temp reached 80. This was the calmest/warmest conditions we've seen in many years for Canadian opener. Caught walleyes which most where small but great eating. Best northerns found in front of cabin. Cabin/equip. all worked great. Try to be back this fall even though James lost 80 $$$ playing cards.
Lake: Dobie
Dates: 5/13-5/20/05
Group Name: Malling
Guest Comments: Had a good time, caught a pike bigger than Ol' Dobie.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 5/17-5/20/05
Group Name: Skiba
Guest Comments: Fishing was good! Lake Trout were varied from 10 to 40 feet. Small mouth were just starting, as always great accomodations! Thanks
Lake: Grant
Dates: 5/14-5/19/05
Group Name: Ellingson
Guest Comments: On Grant- 36 inch muskie, few lake trout in SW end, northerns were scattered. On Pull over lake, several northern and 3 bass. On Napanee lake, good northern fishing 28 to 34 inch. Great "suckers" in the creek.
Lake: Dogfly
Dates: 5/12-5/17/05
Group Name: Cusentino
Guest Comments: Great lake like always, great service, great cabin. Fun time
Lake: Meggise
Dates: 5/12-5/17/05
Group Name: Pierson
Guest Comments: Daves 20th canadian trip, Kris' 10th. 18 trips to Meggise. Lakers just up, weather still cold. 54 lake trout, 8 northern. Ounce again, great service, professional safe flying. Thanks again L & M!
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