Yes week 14 of our 26th season has come and gone so let’s find out how fishing was. Our guests are fishing in the deeper water now for trophy walleyes and still working the weed lines for eater sized walleyes. Rapala Jigging Raps are extremely popular along with Lindy Rigs and soft plastics. Blue and silver were two great colors this week along with a crayfish brown.
Bev Harms started things off when she released her 26″trophy, and fish which landed her in a solid 9th place at the end of the week, once again a fantastic job guiding by her husband Allyn—–not. Jeff Schaeffer released his 24″ trophy, Mike Greiner hadn’t been our guest for almost ten years, but he released a chunky 26″ walleye while fishing with his father Tom in Tom’s new boat. Dan Roose released his 27″ trophy walleye; a trolling motor malfunction kept him from doing even better according to anonymous sources– probably Dan. The bigger walleye released this week was caught by Jim Marks, he landed his 28″ brute on his grandfather’s pole which really makes the fish special, great catch Jim.
Northern fishing took a back seat to walleye this week, but we did see some nice fish being caught and released. Many northern were caught while walleye fishing on deep humps and boulder riddled reefs. Dan Edeker released his 35″ trophy, Laura Lerum landed and released a chunky 35″ trophy, Patti Schaeffer was really excited to show us a picture of the 36″ northern she released, her personal best. Doyle Brocka is our guest each season- unfortunately, but he did manage to release a beautiful 37 1/4″ northern. Luke Brocka had a good week; he released a 36″ and 38 1/2″ northern. Terri Roose is the obvious angler in her family, her 39″ brute is back in the lake waiting for a rematch with her next season. The winning northern of the week was caught by second year man Jeff Schaeffer, he released a monstrous 40 1/4″ pike to take top honors and proudly wear his winning hat.
Bass fishing kinda just happened this week for our guests, most weren’t really fishing for them but caught them while walleye and northern fishing. Ann Brocka made the board by releasing her 15″ bass early in the week, the only time a 15″ would make the board is very early before all the other guests even have their boats in the water😀a cookie bribe next season might get her back there again. Jack Langftitz was really excited to show us the picture of the 18 3/4″ bass he released. Jim Marks caught a beautiful 18 3/4″ bass he decided to put on the wall. Dan Edeker released his 19″ trophy, his best here in a long time. Kyle Lerum was a hat winner with the 19″ bass he released but we also awarded a hat to Terri Roose when she reported releasing a 19 1/2″ bass late in the day on Friday.
Once again only a handful of crappies reported so no trophies to talk about.
Week 15 is off and running and we are excited to see how our guests do this week. Have clean and dry boats when you enter Ontario to help prevent the spread of invasive species. Licenses can be purchased online from home or at Clark’s Bait and Tackle in Vermilion Bay or Dutchies General Store a few miles up the road in Perrault Falls, great gifts can be purchased at both stores as well. We are always getting great reviews from our guests that go out and enjoy a great meal at the Whiskey Jack Restaurant, it is just a stone’s throw away from our driveway and a great place to eat and enjoy time with your family and friends. It is still very dry here but not as much smoke as previous weeks.
That’s all for now, this is Jim from Wabaskang.
