Fishinfool1978

Thanks Dan, My 70 year old friend is a beef and crop farmer. Depending on weather, wheat can start coming off by the 2nd or 3rd week in July. June is a right off. Both of his sons farm as well. I am trying to coordinate this so both of them will come. Fingers crossed. As far as catching fish, I have been bringing the friend to my own cottage in Eastern Ontario twice per year for the last eight years. We catch all the perch and bass that you could ever want. We are both excited to get into some Walleye and Pike. I will let you know how it goes. Thanks for the comments.

Thanks for the response. My friend is a farmer. The first week of July seems to be the only break in the workload. So we go away when he can. I have heard from many others that mid June is the best. If we don't fair well on this trip, I think we will conclude a combination of inexperience and poor timing will be to blame. Thanks again

Thank you for the response. The camp we were in had about 10 cabins. Only one cabin did slightly better than we did. We tried all the suggested tactics and fishing spots. I have continued to watch the facebook page of this outpost. People catch fish there. In our case, I think it was a perfect collection of unfortunate circumstances. Weather was poor, lots of water to search ( we tried the incoming and outgoing river mouths first) most of our party was pretty inexperienced. With that in mind, do you have any insight into Air Ivanhoe?

Good afternoon all, I think I posted this in the wrong place 45 minutes ago. If so, sorry. Looking for first hand experiences with Air Ivanhoe. Specifically McConnell lake. I have a friend celebrating his 70th birthday in 2021. He has taking a fly in on his bucket list. He used to take a cruise every year and being the current situation... that industry has been decimated. I am hopeful that if he has a positive experience. He will want to take fly ins regularly to replace the cruises. He came with me to a drive in lodge in 2018 that is approximately 100 miles west of McConnell. This lodge was advertised as very remote, little fishing pressure and residents can expect to catch 60 to 100 Walleye per day depending on how hard you fish. We were up at 4:00 am everday, on the water by 5:00 and fished until lunch when we returned to camp to eat. We were back on the water shortly after eating and we stayed out until the bugs were intolerable with dark closing in. All this effort didn't result in numbers of fish. Frankly two of our six people were skunked for the week. There were others in the camp that really laid into the owner. That being said, it was a huge lake and we tried to focus on the west side of the lake and it was still too much water to search in 7 days. If we went back I am sure we would do a little better. Anyway long story short we have tentatively reserved McConnell Lake with air Ivanhoe from July 3-10 2021. We are hoping for some first hand responses. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Good afternoon all, Looking for first hand experiences with Air Ivanhoe. Specifically McConnell lake. I have a friend celebrating his 70th birthday in 2021. He has taking a fly in on his bucket list. He used to take a cruise every year and being the current situation... that industry has been decimated. I am hopeful that if he has a positive experience. He will want to take fly ins regularly to replace the cruises. He came with me to a drive in lodge in 2018 that is approximately 100 miles west of McConnell. This lodge was advertised as very remote, little fishing pressure and residents can expect to catch 60 to 100 Walleye per day depending on how hard you fish. We were up at 4:00 am everday, on the water by 5:00 and fished until lunch when we returned to camp to eat. We were back on the water shortly after eating and we stayed out until the bugs were intolerable with dark closing in. All this effort didn't result in numbers of fish. Frankly two of our six people were skunked for the week. There were others in the camp that really laid into the owner. That being said, it was a huge lake and we tried to focus on the west side of the lake and it was still too much water to search in 7 days. If we went back I am sure we would do a little better. Anyway long story short we have tentatively reserved McConnell Lake with air Ivanhoe from July 3-10 2021. We are hoping for some first hand responses. Thanks for taking the time to read this.

Thanks SirCranksalot! If I were to leave the unit running all the time..... Approximately how long would the batteries last? Akaline, Nickel Metal Hydride, Lithium.

Thanks everyone! A lot of info to digest. Whether I am in the bush or on the water, Do you simply stop (on a long trip) periodically and make new waypoints? or are there functions that allow you to see exactly where you have come from? Like marker tape in the woods or bread crumbs? Sorry for my ignorance!

Hi Guys, new to forums. I joined last week. I have already posted something like this but I can't find it. Anyway, I am looking for advice and concerns for hand held GPS units. I would prefer simple to operate. Any recommendations?

I am going to Dog lake Missanabie in July. One of the gentlemen suggested I purchase a GPS unit. I have been thinking about getting one for the last couple of years mostly because I have been lost a couple of times on my atv and think the GPS could be a life saver. I think I would prefer a hand held device. I would like it to be helpful for both atv ing and fishing. I am not super tech savvy so simple to operate is important. I don't need a tonne of bells and whistles. I saw a you tube video of a Garmin E trek 10 seemed simple enough to operate. I would like to be able to see a map of where I am at any given time as well as chosen way points that I have entered. Any suggestions for a different device or concerns with that device? Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Thanks Doug, New to forums.. PM is personal messages? Where would I find that? I imagine posting this will cause laughter to whom ever reads it so enjoy fellas Adam

Thanks for the tip Chris

Hi Doug, sorry thanks for the info, much appreciated! We have cabin 7. What week were you there? Any luck in Coreshack bay, Emily bay ? Did you try going East Bay 57 or in that area?

Hello Fella's, My wife has reserved a cabin for myself and 5 friends at Northern Walleye Lodge (formerly Camp Missanabie) on Dog lake Missanabie Ontario. We are going on the first week of July. Trying to do early research as only one of the friends coming has fishing experience. Any experiences and tips to share. All advice would be appreciated!