Pikeslayer8

X2 I never use them anymore.

Sure is a cute little rascal! I mean your son and not your brother.

Well what do you say about the most anticipated report I can ever remember? Massive pike, beautiful giant walleye and an appreciative wonderful family................. Brought a tear to my eye.

Looks like a fun time except the part of no fishing.

Lot of furious Pike, but the real question is.... Did Lil Jack get his snail shell? Nice video Simon!

Yea, I just read the entire thread of "2 days to go before the "X" goes on your ballot." So sad! Personally, I'd a declined my ballot. of course on the flipside, I certainly am not a rich man by any stretch of the imagination. I just have this particular trip as a priority in mine and my boys life. Sure beats going to Disneyland any day!

Talk about a masterful day of Esox slayin! I also love the Johnson Silver Minnow with the 4" white twister. Congrats to you and Tennessee Guy for a successful trip!

While we were waiting for our window of opportunity to fly into Wabakimi, I had a nice long chat with my outfitter. What he told me was very disturbing, but not that surprising to hear. In a nutshell, we walk over to his "Wall of Fame of Fallen Fishermen". He shows me some of the fellas who've died and tells me how their group has fallen apart. Now, my outfitter has never confided with me such intricate details of his operation before. He goes further to bemoan the fact of the Fly-in industry is in such a sharp decline with young people not stepping up to take the place of their forefathers. Now he is not looking to get out by any means. His fine son is ready and willing to take the reins when he does retire. We all on here are pretty much aware of this problem. I place this post on this thread because he told me that even Wabakimi has availability now. Used to be that Wabakimi had a waiting list a mile long back in the day. As it stands, he has long standing groups like mine that he has booked through July but he is considering closing this camp end of July, first of August as opposed to mid September. Heads up if anybody is interested in going to this unique camp on the walleye factory that is Wabakimi.

As an American, I also find this very disrespectful to the home country. Morons.

Thanks Whopper. I don't eat that well at home either. My week on Wabakimi is my sacred most valued week of the year for me. It's like Christmas, Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Boxing Day Lol. All rolled all up into one.

Oh, believe me, those purple crocs have been discussed at length!

Thanks Frog, I do like to keep my Wabakimi memories collected together. It's really not like I'm gonna go somewheres else. A part of my soul resides on lake Wabakimi.

Lol. Jeeze, that was like 3 years ago. I think I got it hung up in like 5 minutes fishing over a reef. Was like fishing with a brick at the end of my line. Call me a sucker for the newest greatest......

Thank you! Talking with my outfitter, says that their are openings available in August if they don't just decide to close it up early. Shame, used to be a long waiting list to get in der.

I'm just waiting for Top Chef's "Camp Cook edition" to come out. Lol

I find it astonishing that you can read through all my bullcrap and find the most pertinent point of the report. Now that I'm back home and everyone who asks me about my trip. I missed my boys and they missed being there. Yah, I didn't realize just how much it would detract from my trip. Thanks for noticing.

Thanks Mike! Yea, maybe this report belongs on a Ontario food network forum as opposed to a fishing forum. Thanks for noticing. Can't wait to see your report on White River!

This year, we brought in a Beef Heart to use as bait. Spent about 4 dollars for a split heart and sliced it into little strips. I would then sculpt the little strips to look and act like a gullet. In my future, I'll be cutting down on live bait Killer bait

2014 Trip My brother and I left Denver @ 4:00 am for yet another very cool fishing adventure. We arrive at Devils Lake at about 7:00 pm and get checked in at Woodlands Resort. The next morning we meet up with our guide for the day Tanner Thomas for an excellent day of fishing. He started us out slip bobbering with his boat tied to some flooded timber. We caught a lot of fish, but the technique wasn't really my cup of tea. We limited out (5 ea) in an hour and a half so we went out casting cranks and finished the day with some vertical jigging. Tanner Thomas was a lot of fun and is just starting out being a full time guide. That night we had a great meal and the pleasure to have the company of Tanner and his mentor, the legendary Pete Harsh. What an awesome man, I could listen to this most accomplished angler tell stories all night. Devils Lake was great. This lake is just teaming with walleye, pike, perch and white bass. It is nice to be surrounded by the most awesome demographic in all the land, the fisherman! We had a blast. June 1 We left Devils Lake and finished our trek to Ft Francis, but first we picked up the other 2 guys from Colorado that my brother invited at the International Falls airport as Denis has his own plane. Another border crossing without incident, but we did have to pay some extra duty. We had lunch at the Harborage restaurant and the pierogies were great. Finished it off with their desert specialty "butter tarts". I had 2. Extra yummy! Picked up my leeches/ciscos & Cuban cigars at Rainy Lake Sports as I always do and then bought my perishables goods at Safeway. Dinner at the Rondesvoux was a bit of a let down this year. June 2 We get to the Northern Wilderness Outfitters at 7:30 but it starts raining heavily and the ceiling dropped. We got delayed by 3 or 4 hours but made it in to Wabakimi about 3:00 pm. Got to hand it to Brad our pilot and the NWO staff, they did everything possible to get us in. As it turned out, Brad couldn't even make it back to base and got weathered in for the night at Savant. We got on the water about 5:00 pm after a lunch of bratwursts. Fishing with Denis, we found fishing tough this first afternoon. Water temps were ranging from 46-54 and it was cold and stormy. We decided not to try a fish fry in the rain and instead opted for Walleye Chowder and fresh baked bread. John did catch a couple of nice pike of 35" & 37". June 3 Again fishing with Denis, and again we were dealing with the cold front. Air temps were high of 50 and water temps were ranging from 48-54. Started off this morning with my brother's scrambled egg dish we fondly call Bob's Eggs. Stayed close to camp and fished the Narrows. Pat with a nice pike Fish fry for lunch consisting of Buck's Baked Beans and Pasta Salad (I made large batch of each for sides for the rest of the week) and our fish breading we feel is perfected. Fished Rusty's Back Door after lunch and the weather started changing for the better as did the fishing. Came back through the Chute via some tainted area. We had dinner prepped at lunch and in the oven so when we come draggin off the lake, we had Country Ribs & Kraut with mashed potatoes waiting. Great on a cold rainy day. June 4 Breakfast of Corned Beef Hash and eggs. Today I'm fishing with Snakehound Eddy. Weather continued to get better. High temps of upper 60's and water temps rising to upper 50's. Winds light 5-10 mph. Went to the West End for a spectacular morning of fishing topped off with a great Shore Lunch. Great way for John to celebrate his 31st birthday! He also catches a 41" pike and is the first of us to ever catch a big ass sucker though I'm not sure how good that is. In the afternoon, we went chasing pike at Bill's Bay. Caught several but nothing of any real size. Finished the day at the Corner and Behind the Corner. Denis caught a 27" walleye on his fly rod with a pike fly. Dinner was Flavor Burgers, Fettucine Alfredo and Blue Cheese Onion Foil Packs with a Blueberry pie for desert. June 5 Breakfast of fruits and yogurt. We are starting to finally get full, time to go lighter. Weather was ever changing. Started with a light wind out of South switching to SE then blowing hard from the East @ 30-35 mph. Water temps up to 62. Fishing with my brother Bob at the West End. Fishing was decent in the morning. I lost a descent pike when it bolted under the boat and my brothers lure catches my line. We ended up getting blown off the lake for some of the afternoon. Walleye Tacos for lunch. Smoked Pork Chop with fresh asparagus and hollandaise sauce with sweet potato fries with Brownies for desert. June 6 Again breakfast of fruit and yogurt and again fishing with Bob. Nicest weather day of the trip, high of mid 60's, winds light outta West, water 62-64. Caught the pike I lost the day before and got my jig back. Looked like this medium sized pike just returned from the piercing and tattoo parlor with a jig in each corner of his mouth. Lol Fishing was great this day as often happens on the last day of a trip. Our new bait was very successful. (More on this in another thread upcoming) Lunch was Blue Cheese Linguine with Buffalo Walleye. Final night's dinner was giant Beef Tenderloin Steaks with Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Apple Pie. Ended the day pulling up the camp boats to empty our gear and to thoroughly wash them out.. Epilogue This year was hard on me as I could not take my boys with me. One had school that he could not miss and the other got himself in some trouble that couldn't be rewarded with a fishing trip. I somewhat felt like I lost my mojo without my boys and I vow it never happen again if I can help it. This year with the late ice-out, the walleyes were in full blown POST SPAWN statis. We caught loads of 16", 17" males but the big gals were not very cooperative. The ones we did catch were lethargic and recently spawned out. The skeeters were not bad at all and were just coming out mid-week. I never used any bug dope and got out with just one bite. I guess they don't like the taste of caffeine and nicotine. Lol OPP plane landed on the lake close to where we were fishing. They were setting out a buoy in the deepest part of the lake anchored to the bottom and had water temperature sensors at about 8 ft. spacing's. Again, I can't sing the praises of our outfitter, "Northern Wilderness Outfitters" enough. They got us into camp as best they could and had to bring in an additional overflow flight with most of our beer which they put into there coolers and iced it all down. Class move! We signed up for next years same week in which the outfitter announces that there no longer will be a prior group. We will now be the first group in camp. Owner Vic Davis said that if we wish, we can now fly-in the afternoon prior to our scheduled trip date, in essence giving us a free day. Hooray! Well. I guess that about sums it up. The NWO camp on Wabakimi is a rustic mystical magical place that we love dearly. Thanks for watching and drooling over my camp chow food porn. Can't wait for next year!

Anybody know what Justin Beiber was doing on the day in question.

Quickly, we get to the heart of the problem!

http://outdoorcanada.ca/36226/blogs/field-findings/red-alert-for-wasteful-walleye-poachers Wonder who?

Roloff is "One lean, mean NWO fish playing machine". Great dog!

Looks like the same guys and the same plane that checked us. The little guy that was closest to you on the pontoon was the pilot and they were interested in nothing other than alcohol. I know this because, at the time, I left mine and my boys' licenses back at camp. They just shrugged it off and said that my outfitter wouldn't of let us go without license or outdoors card. Pretty expensive way to go about alcohol violations

True dat Of course, nothing stops him from making a replica and putting it in his lodge