Another wonderful week here at Jim and Julie’s Wabaskang Camp. Week seven was a week of great weather and decent fishing. Our guests enjoyed great trophy walleye fishing and also caught plenty of the 14” to 17” “eaters” as well. The walleye are in a transitional period right now and are being caught in any lush green weeds near deep water and can also be found lurking just off the top of shallow rock piles. The key seems to be to find large schools of bait fish and work in the area until you find some hungry fish. A jig and minnow combination worked well but a simple slip bobber and night crawler also caught a huge share of the fish. Twister tails and crank baits caught fish in the early morning and close to sunset each evening. Cory Luchtenburg caught a beautiful 27 1/4″ trophy, my brother Mike Lammers had a 27″ and 28″ beauty to his credit, Tim Bruns fished alone this week so his 28″ walleye is suspect at best, the biggest walleye caught this week was a beautiful 28 5/8″ monster skillfully landed by Scott Destival.
Northern fishing was very good for the fish in the 22″ to 26″ range. Most of our guests used crank baits or soft plastics to catch the toothy critters. The northern are actively roaming the weed lines looking for a quick meal. A few trophy pike were caught this week by the “Corn Lady” Kristy Lammers, her two biggest were 36 1/2″ and 39 1/2″ and easily beat the competition.
Bass fishing is very good here on Wabaskang. The bass are now moving into a summer pattern, so our guests caught many bass in the morning along the rocky shoreline and again the same place just before dark. Mepps Spinners and top water baits all caught bass this week. Jason Lemm was a newcomer to camp this week, he was fishing with Mark Nihoris so expectations were low but he did make the board with a beautiful 18 1/2″ bass, camp phenom Jonny/Johnny Harms depending on who tells you how to spell his name also had a great bass, he caught a chunky 19″ brute, the biggest bass of the week was caught by another newcomer to camp, Doug Nelson landed a 19 1/2″ trophy to take home bragging rights this week.
No crappies reported but Louis Christensen brought in a monster 13 1/2″ perch for our leader board.
Weather forecast looks like continued dry conditions and the MNR has imposed a ban on all open fires as of now. Remember to give the Whiskey Jack Restaurant a visit if you want mouthwatering barbecue or tons of other great sandwiches. Try to make a copy of your fishing license for me when you arrive at camp so I can make sure you are aware of the limits of conservation versus Sport Fishing licenses. You can get your license online or at Clark’s Bait and Tackle in Dryden or Vermillion Bay as you head this way, you can also run up the road past my driveway two miles and get your license and anything else you may need at Dutchies General Store. Remember all our guests must release all walleye 18” and over and all northern over 27 1/2”, no trophies can be kept. That’s all for now, this is Jim from Wabaskang
