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Shes a trooper!! Hes a licker... lol.. but hes getting old.. hard to believe hes 15. He gets a ride into camp now on the back of the bike. Nope, not this year. We didnt get up much this year so were trying to get as much in as possible. Its funny Lew, theres days I miss the tent, Monique too.....

A mans gotta try lol

Got up to Jiggy last weekend for the first time all summer alone with Monique.. it was pretty nice. It was pretty chilly but we managed to get out for some fishing and hunting. Caught some nice fish and a few birds. We have a great year class of pike on the river after all these years of catch and release. We cant go out without catching one or two pike over 32 inches!! - well.. she can got out without catching one or two pike over 32 inches!! Averys back next week and then its a week of fishing and bird hunting again before we close up camp, and the long wait till Maple syrup begins!!

Good luck!!

Crazy good report as always!!

I know Scott pretty well. This is definitely a really good step in the right direction!

If ever we needed a LIKE button that was it... lol But seriously Mike has helped me out with photos and much more over the years. When ever I visit a clients resort I post here... Mikes reports are wonderful. Mike.. 4 pages of "keep it up" speaks VOLUMES.

The final chapter.... http://www.therecord.com/news-story/5831298-missing-man-s-remains-to-be-returned-to-lake/

Beauty fish!

Thanks every one, hopefully well get up a few more time before it SNOWS!!! ahhgg,, lol

Its been a crazy summer full of obligations, weddings and funerals uhhg, that our trips to camp just kept being put off and put off.. finally we managed to put a time together for the family to get up there. Im really thinking that next summer were gonna have to put our time away as a priority and not "well get there when we can..." We hadnt been in since June so every time its a suprise as to whether things will still be in one piece and happily they were!! No trees down although the 4km trail in has grown in alot. It was nice to be home. (please forgive the pictures.. camera was packed some of the time... had to use the phone) Monique and I were in for a few days before the kids arrived and got some great fishing in every year since we have been going theres a strong year class of pike that are just getting bigger and bigger. And the bass are getting huge. Sometimes I just cant hold them out far enough though.... Kids came in and the weather turned even nicer.. no hot days, to the point where we had a small fire inside at night to get the humidity out. Jadens friend hadn't fished much before and had certainly never top watered or trolled, had a blast She didnt want to touch the fish at first and then by the end of the trip we had her kissing them lol... It was great.. with the kids getting older, its harder and harder to corral them into the same spot.

Not sure what I would have done pick it up or leave it... but I have no patience with crazy outbursts like that. Making the kid cry is inexcusable.

Fantastic!!!

So sorry for your loss. Words dont do this injustice justice.

I didnt speak to many locals.. although the motels were CRAMMED with workers!

Feaking great vid!!!

They had a catch and release policy before many others did, well over 25 years now I'm sure, barbless hooks only. NO PIKE KEPT. max two walleye each for shore lunch. They have done alot to ensure a very sustainable fishery. Thanks Bud, shes raised me from a pup. Living/fishing with me demands a bit of libations... I think its the tannins/darkness of the water. We've been sometimes catching them in two feet of water.. cant see your jig and sometimes pull them out when you set your hook! but the water isnt murky at all ...

With both kids working at Kesagami Wilderness Lodge this year we thought it would be a good year to go up and take a 4 night trip in, see the kids and brush up on our walleye jigging and pike casting (uhhgg) First off I left booking a room in Cochrane till about a week before, after all.. how hard can getting a room in Cochrane be?? We've had some crappy experiences at no name hotels, so up there we've always booked at the best western, its not cheap, but its a really nice place. Unbeknownst to us, there was a HUGE wedding there the night we needed AND a ton of construction workers in town working on a very large solar farm! After going through 4 hotels we were finally able to get a room at the Thriftlodge (This info is for other travellers.. The room was more than adequate, and there is a Steakhouse right next door. I was happy that the difference in price between the Best Western and the Thriftlodge actually paid for a nice dinner and drinks!) The next morning we headed to the airbase, and were surprised to hear that there were enough patrons going into the lodge that we would be using the Otter instead of the usual Beaver. Here us in front of it. I have to say... smoothest flight in ever! And we did get a picture or two of the solar farm itself! Once in we were greeted by the kids and what was probably the best part of the whole trip... served breakfast by our daughter... lol... We were on the water for the first day by 10:00 and headed off to out favorite spot to make sure we had enough walleye (pickeral) for shore lunch.. which turned out to be pretty easy. Monique, as always outfished me for most of the trip, but I think its cause I was usually busy getting fish off her rod! (Get ready for the "Monique caught all the fish show... dammit!) Our favorite spot for lunch was taken so we ventured to a spot we had never been to before and made our lunch, Onions and fish over the open fire. Delicious as always. The next day we got an early start and boy what a day we had. Pickeral were easy to catch for lunch, and our favorite spot (propane and tables) was open so we made fish and beans. The day just got nicer and nicer and by the time we got back to camp, we had put well over 100 fish in the boat, it was one of those days where you couldn't do anything wrong, by mid afternoon, we were just trolling shorelines and picking up a pike or pickeral on our spoons every 5 min, anywhere we went, they were on. I even had a pike come to the side of the boat and hit my spoon when it was hanging over the side of the boat while I removed a fish from Monique's line! When we got back to the lodge we found that they were on for everyone, everybody caught a mess of fish that day. I have to say its probably the best day of fishing I have ever had. The next day was our day with the kids, they were able to switch their shifts around and were able to come out for the day. We were so excited. But overnight the temps went to 6 degrees and this massive cold front rolls through, fog, cold north wind and 4 foot rollers. We weren't impressed, this was after all gonna be family day. But like every good Dad, I endeavor to my my family's life an "adventure" (Jaden would insert the work miserable in there LOL) and we bundled up and headed out into some pretty miserable weather. The boats up there are perfect for that lake, but the wind and spray had us soaking wet by the time we got to our spot, and after no luck fishing (I new it would be hard after the front) we decided to find a wood stove at the lodge and dry out. This picture doesn't do the weather justice. We had a nice sandwich and headed out again this time down the MUCH calmer river to find a small lake called 5 Mile Lake (Im assuming its cause it was five miles away, cause Monique and I had never been that far down the river. It was a long boat ride and Jaden found a way to have a nap! We found what we thought was the inlet to it, which turned out to be just a stream but as we were trolling down it, bam.. we got on to 7 pike in about 20 min. The contest between mom and son was on!! Turning the boat around in there was fun but we got out and found the river we were looking for and got to the lake, it was not so small and pretty choppy... we stayed out of the wind as best we could and found the waterway dumping into the lake, which we trolled up. In one bend of the stream we caught 4 nice pickeral on our spoons, perfect size for eating, Monique and Avery got two of them on at the same time! We decided to stop at the shorelunch spot and have a bit of a break and some pickeral! Then back to the lodge for a late steak dinner, a drink or two and BED! We were exhausted! But I have to say, throwing a little adversity into the day made it all the better. We had a lot of family laughs and some great conversations! The next day was to be our day with our guide Jake. When we are looking for pike we like to have a guide as they are usually pretty familiar with where the best spots are in the lake at what time. Unlike the walleye whose spots we are well aware of, the pike move around during the summer depending on water temp and weed cover. The first order of business was to get our lunch and after the cold front we figured this might be tough, but after the sun came out, we found a spot and must have pulled 30 or so out including a 22 and 25 incher. Of all the fish i think there was only one under 16 inches, they were all hogs and it was tons of fun. At the shore lunch spot, I wasn't sure if I could get another pickeral dinner in me, but to my surprise, Jake put together what I have to say was some of the best fish I have ever ate in my life, and I consider myself to be a shore lunch aficionado!.. I ate more fish than I had any day previous and we left the spot stuffed. - AND now I know his secret!! (It was really nice to sit back and let someone else drive the boat!) We headed over to to Jakes favourite casting spot. Now Monique and I are traditionally trollers, ie to lazy to cast, but up here, if you want the nice pike ya gotta go casting so, in the right wind we started drifting down the side of this 300m section of pencil weeds, and all three of us were using black buzzbaits, specifically these ones (I think they are the Cavitrons??) Over the afternoon we drifted that shore 12 times and EVERY time we at least had a nice boil and hit in the weeds. 3 or four hit right at the boat and we had ANOTHER one hit Moniques lure while her rod was at rest and the lure dangling in the water... TWICE in one trip WOW. We managed to hook three decent pike in there, but I think we were a bit inexperienced in setting the hook using those baits and although the fish tried to latch on, it was usually our over enthusiasm at setting the hook that undid us. lol. Two things I did take away from that how ever, was this that we spoke to another guide who fished that spot that morning for an hour while we were pickeral fishing and didn't even get one bite, AND the biggest one we saw, was sitting in a spot that I know we had ALL casted to at least 6 times. Back to the Lodge we went very tired and very happy for another wonderful day. On Thursday we flew back out and headed home. It was a wonderful trip, leaving me wholly anticipating when we can next make a visit. It was a wonderful time, as always the Manager, Charlie as well as all the rest of the staff go out of their way to make sure your stay is as pleasant as possible. We will be Visiting Kesagami AGAIN!

That is good news!

Ditto

lol

see that little island wayyyyy out in the middle in the first pic.... try around that in the evenings....

Heres some background information: http://speaker.northernontario.ca/2014-search-for-daniel-trask-resumes/ http://www.explore-mag.com/the-story-behind-a-missing-man

Just got this in, I know it will interest some of our members. Ontario Provincial Police News Portal [TEMISKAMING] OPP INVESTIGATE FOUND HUMAN REMAINS 2015-05-28 (CITY OF TEMISKAMING SHORES, ON) - The Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) Temiskaming detachment, under the direction of Acting Detective Inspector Mark Zulinski of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB), is investigating found human remains near Lady Evelyn Lake in Medina Township following a call received on May 25, 2015 shortly before 6:00 p.m. At this time, the Temiskaming Crime Unit, the Emergency Response Team (ERT), the Underwater Search and Recovery Unit (USRU), the Forensic Identification Unit (FIS), and Office of the Chief Coroner are assisting with this ongoing investigation. The remains were sent to the North East Region Forensic Pathology Unit for examination and have been positively identified as Daniel Robert TRASK of Kitchener Ontario who had been reported missing in November of 2011. At the time of his disappearance, he was 28 years old. The OPP will provide further information as it becomes available.

Good for you!