September greetings from Jim and Julie’s Wabaskang Camp. We are down to the last few weeks of the season and are excited to update everyone on fishing this week. We had some rain this week but only enough to settle the dust. I’m hoping for decent rain later this month after we finish shingling three buildings next week. Our guests enjoyed another week of mild temperatures and calm winds.
The walleye bite was good for 15″ and 16″ fish but a bit slow for the 18″ and over fish. A jig and minnow or crawler worked well along with twister tails and small crank baits. Ray Rausch came all the way from Indiana, but he sure was proud of the 26″ walleye he caught. Scott Phippen stepped out of his June date this year and tried a September trip instead, his biggest walleye was a nice 25″ fish but his daughter-in-law Maria was the real star of the family, she caught fish of 23″, 24″, and 26″ to show husband John how’s it’s done.
Northern fishing was really a non-factor this week, most fish caught were in the same areas the walleyes were being caught in. A jig and minnow was the best bait. Corey Katzung reported catching a 34 1/2″ pike but his fish fell short on the leader board when Mark Burkhardt reported catching a 38″ brute.
Bass fishing was good this week with some nice fish being caught on weed-lines and rocky reefs. Darlene Katzung landed a chunky 17 3/4″ bass, Scott Phippen caught a nice 18″ bass but our friend Randy Cook topped everyone with his 18 1/2″ beauty.
Next week I will finish stripping shingles, and our friend Neil will be staying with us and we will hopefully get all the buildings shingles by weeks end.
That’s all for now, this is Jim from Wabaskang.
