Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Still one of the most affordable fishing trips

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Our 2012 rates are now posted on our website. It's the first change in rates we've had since 2008. As you can imagine, a lot of our ...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tim Horton's is up and running in Red Lake

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No sooner do I write about Tim Horton's restaurant in Red Lake being nearly completed than I see in the Northern Sun newspaper that it...
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Monday, November 28, 2011

Our Boreal Forest world's largest ecosystem

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When you come to northern Canada such as Red Lake in Northwestern Ontario, you will be immersed in the world's largest ecosystem -- the ...
Saturday, November 26, 2011

Walleye fishing to be incredible for years

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Walleye fishing on Red Lake is going to be spectacular for years, based on the fish we caught last summer. There seemed to be a million wall...
Friday, November 25, 2011

Tim Hortons, Super 8 coming to Red Lake

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Red Lake is getting two renowned food and accommodation franchises: Tim Hortons restaurant and Super 8 motel. Both will be located along Hig...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

"Lifejackets." Learn from Professor Popsicle

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At Bow Narrows Camp we provide comfortable PFDs for all our guests. PFDs are personal floatation devices which most people would call lifeja...
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Tuesday, November 22, 2011

North shore of Lake Superior -- awesome!

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There are stunning scenes like this at every bend on Hwy 17 between Sault Ste Marie and Thunder Bay. Brenda and I took this route around the...
Monday, November 21, 2011

Gorgeous cross fox visits our home

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Caught this photo of a beautiful cross fox at our home in Nolalu this week. It comes by every few days. It isn't very afraid of our ch...
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Sunday, October 30, 2011

Cabin 7 gets a real, below-frost-line foundation

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Our brother-in-law Ron Wink and staffer Ben Godin turned into gophers to put in a superb foundation for Cabin 7 in September. This entailed ...
Friday, October 28, 2011

Many, many thanks to our great 2011 staff

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Steph Aires, Ben Godin and Jenn Bucci were our spectacular staff in 2011. On behalf of Brenda and myself and all of our guests I would like ...
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Monday, October 24, 2011

Tough sledding for MNR trout team

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Brenda, Sam and I are back home for the winter. We arrived in Nolalu yesterday. The 2011 summer will go down as one of the best Red Lake has...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

I'm finally "back" to blogging again

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There have been precious few blogs in the last month or so and the main reason has been my health. My back went critical on me way back near...
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Saturday, August 27, 2011

More big fish for young fisherman

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It's all Nathan Manni can do to hoist this chunky 25-inch walleye for the camera. It was one of many walleyes in the 20s that this ang...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Young anglers are landing the big ones

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Brett Styve, 12, hefts a chunky 25-inch walleye that he caught and released while fishing at Bow Narrows Camp a couple of weeks back. Bre...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

How hungry are the pike? This hungry!

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Bow Narrows angler Ken Lehmann has had some pretty incredible things happen during the years he has fished Red Lake but last week was the ...
Sunday, August 7, 2011

Fish don't seem to mind smoke from forest fire

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My great nephew, Hunter Baughman, holds a nice 36-inch pike that he caught and released on Friday. Notice the forest fire smoke in the back...
Thursday, August 4, 2011

I catch a sauger; smoke and ash fall one day

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I don't get out to fish much but when I do, it seems like I catch the most unusual things. Here is a nice sauger I got just down the sho...
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Friday, July 29, 2011

Label your luggage and belongings! Fishing is great!

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When our camp boat, the Lickety Split takes you to and from camp, you will be traveling with many other guests. Everyone's luggage and b...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The lake is everybody's way to cool off

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Brian Spillar and son, Keenan, snapped this great photo of a large cow moose wading in the shallows during a hot spell we had last week. The...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

Trouble getting connected to write blog

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Once again, I'm finding it difficult to connect to the Internet to write this blog. It's taken weeks of attempts just to make this c...