Very wet up here! It rained up here for almost 24 hours straight so the camp is a muddy mess. Also the portage lake trails are muddy and slippery. Bear Trap portage is almost impassable due to the water. More rain on the way, off and on for the next 7 days. It’s been cool… Continue Reading
The fishing in the last 6 days has been very good to awesome at times. The trout are really starting to pile in at spots so the jigging is getting to be excellent. Bruce and David Turner have found the trout trolling and jigging. Today was very windy, rainy and cold so as the rest… Continue Reading
Unfortunately I’ve never seen the Mosquitos as bad as they are this year. It is making going to a portage lake almost unbearable. Something has happened to make the perfect storm for mosquito hatching. On the good news the last storm just missed us to the south and dumped huge amounts of rain that I… Continue Reading
Dan Schantz party left today.missed talking to them as I was hauling bear bait from Wisconsin. They did kill the northern in Rainmaker lake as usual. A double portage so doesn’t get fished much but they always go in and love it. Biggest trout in their 4 days was a big 29″. They caught a… Continue Reading
Atikwa lake lodge was hit hard by last winter. Today we finished the last power line and mast that was ripped off cabin 7. Also the deck on cabin 7 collapsed due to the snow load and we finally got that jacked up and new supports flown in and installed. Generator is fixed and the… Continue Reading
Our first guests of the year left yesterday and they all did very good. The frank Hansen group had the best fishing of all the 6 years they have come up, with Ralph Oestmann taking a big 32″ laker right by camp in the evening. Iwas sad to see Frank leave since it was the… Continue Reading
For the last week its been in the 70’s near 80 and sunny. Water temp is still cold but will warm up fast with the weather the way it’s been. Frank Hanson group is catching lots of trout trolling small cranks. Franks been here 6 times and yesterday he got off the plane and in… Continue Reading
Water is extremely cold due to late ice out. That means trout can be found anywhere in the water column, walleye are just starting to spawn and northern are very lethargic. We’ve done very little fishing but Eric has been catching trout out in front of camp on small crank baits. Can even get trout… Continue Reading
Ice went out even later than last year so a very late start to the 2014 season. Water is very cold and extremely high. Bring rubber boots since our boat house has flooded and you will be up to your ankles at least. We barely got the camp ready in time for our guests today… Continue Reading
The winter that never ends is finally coming to an end. We are looking forward to a great season at Atikwa this year. Apparently so is everyone else. Our booking are up quite a bit this year. If anyone is procrastinating or on the fence about coming up, you will need to act fast. We… Continue Reading