Greetings from Jim and Julie’s Wabaskang Camp. We had another good week of fishing here on Wabaskang, week 15 saw plenty of trophy walleye, northern, and bass being caught and released. The weather continues to be warm and exceptionally dry right now but there are a few isolated chances for rain next week. The water is low around the launch and docking area, but our guests are still able to come and go with no issues.
Walleye fishing was best in the mornings and evenings for our guests this week. A jig tipped with a minnow or piece of worm was the ticket for the 15” -16” walleyes and large plastics cleaned up on some nice trophy fish. Best depth was 15’ in the mornings and evenings and then once the sun started to go behind the trees the big brutes moved into the weedy shallows and were eager to grab any large bait that came their way. Tim Schaeffer caught a 24” walleye, Jeff Schmidt reported catching a 26 1/4” trophy walleye. Keven Berns landed a 26 1/2” and 27” walleye, Richie Kozisek caught a beautiful 27 3/4” brute. Kristy Lammers had a good week and her biggest walleye was a whopping 28 1/2” beauty but her husband Mike Lammers once again took top honors for the week with his 29 1/2” monster walleye, nice to see he remembered all the things I taught him years ago about fishing, and for sure all walleyes caught 18” and over were released by our guests so all the trophies are back in the lake and maybe another guest will get a chance to catch a monster walleye on their trip to camp.
Our northern fishing was slow this week mainly because most of our guests were angling for walleye all week. Some trophy northerns were caught using plastics and spinner rigs tipped with large minnows. Once again Jeff Schmidt reported a mediocre 35 1/4” northern, I humored him and write it on the board but it wasn’t long before his fish was crushed by a fella who has fished Wabaskang for over 40 years, Larry Luhring landed a monster 41” brute while fishing for walleyes with a simple jig and minnow combination. Kristy Lammers did report catching a chunky 36” northern but that doesn’t cut the mustard around here. Once again, all northern over 27 1/2” must be released to fight another day.
The bass fishing was outstanding for our guests that actually targeted the feisty fish. Twister tails and crank baits caught plenty of bass especially mornings and evenings. Kristy Lammers caught a chunky 19” bass but her dreams of a free camp hat were quickly crushed by her husband Mike Lammers, he reported catching bass of 18”, 18 1/2”, and 19 1/2” to once again find a way to disappoint his wife.
We are looking forward to next week and the possibility of rain is in the forecast. Remember to provide us with a copy of your fishing license when you arrive in camp so we can have them on file if the MNR drops by and does a fish check in camp.
That is all for now we will chat again soon, this is Jim from Wabaskang.
