Hello from Jim and Julie’s Wabaskang Camp. Week 14 was another good week of fishing here on Wabaskang Lake. Our guests enjoyed mild weather and dry days. We had a full camp this week, which means plenty of big fish to report. The northern fishing was decent for eaters and good for the occasional trophy fish. Giant plastic baits and wooden stick baits caught the trophies along with a simple jig and minnow set-up. Tim Schaeffer landed a 36″ pike, I wrote it on the board, but it was only to make him feel good. Curt Lerum caught a chunky 37 1/2″ pike, Kevin Holm reported catching a nice 38″ northern. Jeff Schaeffer landed a monster 41″ pike to show brother Tim how it’s done. Camp legend Luke Brocka caught a 39″ and a 41″ pike in spite of being paired with his dad Doyle most of the week, of course all the northern mentioned were released by our guests.
Walleye fishing saw plenty of 15″ and 16″ eaters and also some real nice released fish 18″ and over. Ann Brocka caught a 22″ walleye under the watchful eye of husband Doyle. Thea Wubbena caught a nice 23 1/2″ walleye, and by the way Thea I found two of Stan’s fishing poles in your cabin after you left so I’ll hold on to them until I see you next season, I’d try and sell them but they don’t look like anything anyone would want to buy😀 Luke Brocka reported a 23 1/2″ and a 24 1/2″ walleye this week. Bernie Stankewicz made it back to camp after missing a few seasons, but he still has what it takes and reported catching a 24 1/2″ walleye, Pat Stovkwell was fishing in camp for the first time but managed to catch a beautiful 26 1/2″ walleye. Lenny Sonnek had a decent week, he reported catching a 25″ and 26 1/2″ walleye. Bev Harms really had a good week, she reported catching three 25″ walleyes and a 26″ beauty, her husband Allyn was told to stand back and get out of the way while she brought the fish to the boat which is hard to do considering how small their boat is. The biggest Walleye of the week was caught by Travis Holm, he landed a monster 30″ trophy which was his easily his personal best, great job Travis. Most of the walleyes mentioned here were caught using Lindy Rigs and large minnows or a simple jig and minnow combination. All the fish were released after a quick picture.
Bass fishing was spotty this week with most of the fish being caught while our guests were walleye fishing. Yep, a jig and minnow was a bass favorite this week and usually white or pink was the best color. Tim Schaeffer reported the biggest bass of the week, a chunky 18″ beauty. That’s all for week 14, hopefully next week we will see some much need rain and cooler weather.
This is Jim from Wabaskang.
