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Great fish Really big head That shows she will get even bigger before she is done. Congrats

Oh this is fun, brought out some great memories. I can recall catching a line attached to a daredevle in a 44 inch pikes mouth. I removed the hook and released the fish. A stringer of walleye. Lots of rod and reel combos The strangest was when I actually watched a guy lose his rod, caught it a yr later, gave to my sister in law, watched her throw it overboard when she hooked a fish and had a glass of wine in one hand. (she said she didn't want to spill her wine) . Then I caught that rod for the second time the following yr. ( I let her use it again this summer). Watched a guy fishing off the dock and a pike take all his line "spooled him" jumped in a boat went out and scooped the line up with my rod tip and tied it to my line reeled in a forty something pike for him. released it. A stringer of walleye with a pike that swallowed one of the walleye on the stringer. had pike eat walleye on stringers tied to the the dock or the boat back in the days before livewells. (guess that says something for using a stringer aye! ) rocks that I've actually landed (many times). The best was a 6 foot balsam tree Had me very excited for a while it moved slowly with slow head shakes and moved in a semi circle I was sure it was a huge walleye for a few minutes. a 12-14 foot wide Manta Ray ( in the bahamas) on a hand line. It came out of the water and did a barrel roll. Didn't land it. I've had pike jump into the boat One time from the opposite side from where I was casting. Had a pike do a head stand on the gunwale of the boat. A pair of sunglasses. various clothing. an anchor rope with an anchor attached. Watched a guy lose a 40 something pike with a Johnson silver minnow on which he had paintes little smiley facesand then caught that fish with the same spoon 4 miles away a few hours later. Have caught Pike with lures in their mouths many times but that was impressive. A 48 inch silver pike ( world line class record) A pike with an exact muskie stripe pattern but in reverse Thanks for the thread

You are correct sir great name

July 24-31 7/24 Clear skies in the am and afternoon until about 4pm. Strong winds came in with out warning from the north east. Winds died down after about 20 minutes. Scattered showers for a moment, then clear and beautiful evening. Water temperature was at about 66 F. 7/25 I fished with Al and Alex Krupa I showed them a few spots to fish for the week. Then stopped at Ferrit island sat in 14 feet and cast jig and minnows up to the edge of the rock bar. caught a bunch of walleye the walleye quit biting I saw the big pike on the graph I suggested Alex get out his casting gear. On his third or fourth cast bang a rather nice pike. I took Deb and Seanna over to the back side of Wolf Island We sat on a mud/sand bar coming off the island near the tip where it dropped into 28 on the side and 22 off the tip we sat in 14 foot Had 4 pike grab walleye. biggest one was in her mid 40s lots of fun. Would have stayed out longer but Belinda called and sold us on the Prime ribe dinner. It was awesome, maybe even better than catching a few more big pike or walleye. (did I actually say that?) Bret Hodne and the guys are in camp they said for a few hours they literally could not touch bottom with their jig and minnow or jig and worm. They were fishing 12-16 feet mostly in big bay and that area. "probably about 800 for our group, today" Domonic Cosgrove said they caught hundreds all around the mid lake basin, biggest was 26.5 Tom Chaladak and his son did very well yesterday with their first walleye being 25 1/2 but were a little off today. I'm sure they will do well tommorrow. 7/26 Scattered clouds throughout the day with strong winds coming from the north. Water temperature at 65 F. Some sprinkles later on in the day. Everyone was catching fish everywhere today. weather was perfect southwest wind a bit strong at times but felt good with temps in the hi 80s Beautiful full moon last night. The Hodne group caught "about 1500 today" "couldn't even touch bottom most of the morning and it was even better in the afternoon. The usual stuff , put your bait down , catch a fish" After 37 years they pretty much expect it but at the same time are not dissapointed if the fish aren't jumping in the boat. The used jigs and minnows or worms in 12-18 feet. Mostly in big bay and the east end. Domonic Cosgrove and his family caught hundreds all over the main basin east of the sand flats and had some big pike in north bay. Allen and Alex Krupa caught 60 or so walleye while chasing Pike Had several good pike and missed a couple of really nice ones. Roger Hagan "did very very well" but didn't expand on that. I know Roger and I have a feeling that means several hundred fish with plenty of big ones mixed in. I took the family and Belinda and Gage down to big bay. Fished on one of Brets spots ( could have been any one of a dozen places down in that area) We anchored up in 12-14 foot and commneced a catchin we fished from 2.30 to 4.30 We had several quads a bunch of triples and countless doubles. Thanks goodness Seanna and Hayden can bait their own lines and take their fish off or I woldn't have fished at all. Now if I could just get Deb to do the same. Deb caught about 30-40 Hayden and Seanna each caught about the same. Belinda and Gage must have had 20 each. I caught about 60 So we were pretty close to 200 in about 2 hours. We went thru 6 dozen worms and 8 dozen minnows. Hayden was thrilled to bring in this Giant Pike to round out the afternoon. 7/27 Clear skies in the am, heavy showers in the afternoon and calm by the evening with clearer skies. Winds blowing from the north with water temperature at 63 F. Bret Hodne and his group had the usual good day, hauling in a total of about 800 with plenty of eaters and some size with the biggest at 26 and a few pike. They fished out of north bay using a variety of jigs, minnows, and crawlers. Tom and his son John went out to pike alley and had a good day with about 130 the largest at 23". Mainly using crawlers. Al and his son Alex went over to the wall and big hump. Brought in about 87 the largest at 24 and a few pike using crawlers. The Cosgrove group went out towards big bay and brought in about 190 the largest at 25". The Hagen group fished out of jacks hump and the wall bringing in about 150 using spinner rigs and minnows. 7/28 Scattered clouds throughout the day, with mild winds from the north west, with water temperature at 67 F. The Cosgrove group went out strictly for pike today fishing various weed beds and reefs towards pike alley, and had some nice ones including a 40 and a 38, fished mainly with spoons and bulldogs. Al and his son Alex were "exhausted" from all the fish they were catching. They decided to come in around 4pm for a little siesta. Then headed back out to the hump for a little evening fishing. They brought in about 120 for the day with a few pike. The Hagen group had a good morning, but then slowed down for them in the afternoon. They still managed to haul in a good number including the biggest at 25". They used mainly gulp minnows. Bret Hodne and his group had a great day, bringing in about 1000 with some good size fish including a 27" walleye caught in north bay and plenty of eaters. They used crawlers for a greater part of the day as well as minnows and suckers that brought in a few pike. Tom and his son had a good day as well, bringing in about 80 with the biggest at 25. His son John had a pike come up and take a swipe at a walleye he was reeling up. 7/29 Clear skies in the am, and throughout the day, with a beautiful evening. It was a beautiful day throughout. Mild winds to cool off. Some of the kids in Hodne group went tubing to cool of a bit. The Hodne group had success today, breaking the thousand mark before lunch, with a total of about 2000 for the day. However, they will have to leave tomorrow due to the death of a family friend. Let us send prayers their way in this difficult time. We will miss this group indeed. See ya next year. Tom and his son John had an ok day, bringing in about 80 for the day the biggest at 24, using crawlers. The Hagen group had close to 200 with the biggest at 23" with a few pike. They mainly trolled using spinner rigs and minnows. The Cosgrove had a good day with about 150 and later went out after supper. They used jigs with crawlers. Al and his son Alex had a rather slow day and fished mainly for pike, the lake was dead calm, so that may of played a role in the slow day. 7/30 Beautiful day today, dead calm "glass lake". Water temperature at 68 F. Slow day for most. Mild winds from the north Tom and his son John, had about 54 with the biggest being a 38" pike, using a gold spoon and crawlers. The Cosgrove group caught about 50 the largest at 22" walleye using crawlers on a spinner rig.

Dennis Kellner caught this massive walleye in 19 feet of water about 400 yards from camp. Will post further details and last weeks full report asap

This is getting ridiculous Yes I also have horns on my head and eat small children for breakfast HOWEVER I am still certain that readers are able to see what is really happening.

Hi David I'm not suggesting anything about you. I am sure you take no pleasure in trashing me and have no reason to lie. Yes I will take extra good care of OFNers. One person (twilight) says I'm not making it clear who I am and that is not right. I say I'm not hiding my name because I dont' want to mislead anyone. Someone else says that is self promotion. Both must be right. Nipfisher Yes I will take good care of you. If you want to find a problem, you probably will. If you want to have a great trip you definitely will. But let me know what your expectations are and I'll do my best Obviously I can't guarantee you fish You expect 801 fish for a group of how many? Seriously let me know tcioz Thanks I think your right except I have been around for a lot longer that 6 years My family has been in the industry since 1949 Luc G thanks for your kind words I'm glad you enjoy my reports. Chugger and the rest thanks , glad you enjoy them. FisH The Hodne group reported to me that they caught at least 800 walleye. that is a FACT and I don't doubt them at all . In fact I bet they caught more than that. I can't find where I said 30 walleye were attacked by pike I did mention 12 that I could recall. FisH Nobody can control what others choose to say about them. Many people reading this thread are surprised by the forcefullness with which non- stakeholders express their opinions. I just keep reporting things as they happen. Some believe that I shouldn't. Some belive that I should and thank me for doing it. Does it help my busines or hurt it??? Apparently it makes you not want to visit my camp at any price. Others think it is a great offer. Some camp owners say I should never offer a discount are they right or wrong? It is a lot easier to sit in the weeds and take pot shots. That is why Pike are so successful. I'm not going to get all Zen or anything but- There is a reason for everything. There is a reason my family has been successful in this indutry for over 50 years. When things don't make sense- there is a reason. People will make up their own minds. If you choose to visit AK great - you will have a great time, if not then my family a lot of fish will miss you. Just a quick note on staff I have developed a great staff It took a few years unfortunately a great employee and dear friend passed away a few years ago and left a gaping hole. His performance has not been easy to replace. Have you ever heard of anyone working at a factory, as store or ________ who complains about their boss, the company, their job, how much they get paid,how hard they work, how much they want to quit etc etc. Consider this!! Why would it be any different at a fishing camp, especially where workers are seasonal???? I don't know anyone in business with employees that aren't complaining about their lot. Am I surprised that I'm a target here, of course not. Heck it makes me a target in my hometown. I'm just a guy who took a huge risk and made a huge investment in a business that I love trying to make it work during the worst economy in our lifetime. Am I enjoying it? Mostly Yesterday one of my friends and guest asked my son what he was gonna do when he grew up Hayden said "I'm going to run a camp and play hockey". Am I glad I started it? you bet. Am I going to get bullied off this board? Not as long as there are people out there who enjoy what i take the time to write about Hey gotta go I have guests and friends to fish with tommorrow. Oh and I will still try to get those pics on here tommrorrow.

I agree somewhat However I don't expect my guests to print brochures and attend sportshows for me. This is a new type of advertising. But even in the old types of advertising negative talk about competitors never worked in the long run. You don't have to wonder who I am and what I'm doing (also I'm a dad and just can't help myself when it comes to my kids big fish or big adventure) I try to make every post informative. Today was dead calm , the lake was flat. It was an absolutley gorgeous day but mile high skies ( you know) I knew some of my guests would have a difficult time So I went out and spent a bit of time with a few that were not doing as well. Others were just fine, Like the Hodnes who were well over 1000 by lunch. I had Hayden and Dennis with me Dennis doesn't need much help but still appreciated it. I also had our cleaning lady Belinda, she loves to fish. The biggest change I mentioned to people was to cover a little bit more area. I mostly simply anchor up and cast the areas even if it is 14-20 feet. Use 1/4 oz or lighter and let it fall on a tight line. The lack of wind makes it much easier. I spent a lot less time vertical jigging under the boat. Can move the boat a bit but not a lot and keep it slow. The nice thing about that is that the pike get spread out and you have more active walleye. If the walleye are laying flat to the bottom then there is likely a pike active right there. a good time to anchor up and work it for 30 minutes or so. Most people would give up when the lake is like glass all day. I'm not sure how many we boated in 4 hours but I caught 70 and their were 4 of us, so? Belinda had this nice walleye Hayden had several nice ones I managed this Giant walleye before we headed in for supper. Which was unfortunate because we were just on top of a bunch of big active walleye. oh well. Sorry i will have to post photos later have some things to take care of kg

a few photos of my shacks

Hi Headhunter Thanks for the advice however I do need to point out. I HAVE BEEN ADVERTISING WITH TJ for 6 years. I have banner ads on this site and 5 or 6 others of TJ's I receive a lot of traffic from TJs sites to mine and I appreciate that. I've spoken and emailed with TJ many times. TJ has never had any issue with anything that I've posted and appreciates whatever I bring to the board. All is well

Thanks sketty55 and weedline I try to make it very clear who I am with my name and my signature. I used to be a minnow now I'm a NET ATTENDANT Darsky yes we can do it in 2011 I can't do it in June of course. but the same time frame Yes of course all negative issues are resolved quickly.

Hi twilight I'm not sure about you but Lew - you know very well there is no point in my addressing those comments. I've been thru this type of thing before. fish 4 eyes - In January and February I've posted non fishing related items on here that were extremely unique and of great interest to ourdoor lovers and had nothing whatsoever to do with my business and I still received negative comments. I must add that I also received a lot of positive comments and emails. Hi Darsky I'll give all OFNers a 40% discount on trips between august 14 and sept 15 I've had a bunch of OFNers visit and they had glowing reports.

Hi Dan Good to hear your enjoying Red Lake and Catching lot of nice fish. It really is a great place to spend the summer.

Well 'm grateful that I'm doing some things right. It has been very rewarding developing the business and the many friendships that come as part of it. I've grown the business thru this recession. I have a good base of guests who have become friends and repeat customers Many come twice a year. Most of the groups in camp right now are here for the second visit of 2010 One group comes for 10 weeks. One is planning their third trip of 2010 for early September. I was out with the kids for a few hours again today. Caught about 40 walleye in 90 minutes We fished in 11-14 feet. using jigs with minnows and worms worms seemed to have the edge. Seanna caught this nice walleye Dennis caught a Monster Walleye in 26 feet of water on an orange jig tipped with a minnow. Right after he released that monster I set the hook on a small Walleye and within a few seconds a huge pike grabbed it. I played with it for about 30 minutes but it wouldn't come off the bottom and finally spit the walleye out. Al and Alex caught a "bunch of walleye several 23-24 a 25 , 26, 27 and had about a dozen big pike grab their walleye. One grabbed a 31 inch pike. they were fishing near the wall on a hump in about 14 feet of water. "We're starting the get the hang of this lake - awesome" The Hodne group has been coming twice a year since our second season. One young man they call Snowball caught his first 40 inch pike today, the rest of the kids caught about 800 walleye including a few 27's and several 25-26 worms on jigs were the rule in north bay today. "It's just crawling with em as usual" Domonic and his sons are up for their third visit. they caught so many walleye yesterday they needed a break and went strictly pike fishing. Haven't got their report but will do so tommorrow. Roger hagan and his son and friends have been doing extremely well on their third visit. 27 inch walleye the biggest so far. they were fishing big hump most of the day varying from 14 -22 feet. I will get photos from everybody when I do the weekly report. Here is Hayden with a happy look on his face. Can't see how anyone would not want to see that. "priceless"

I just read it again I think it has some very good fishing information. Most people enjoy other peoples success especially childrens success. ???? oh well It sounds like several people enjoyed it. If you don't like it or don't want to read it that's fine why the need for a personal attack on me. "shacks, brutal" why so rude. regardless I like sharing little bits of fishing info that might help others catch a few more fish. Have you noticed that the weather stays the way it is during a full moon????? Maybe it's not such a mystery after all? stable weather of whatever kind has always been good to me. The reality is whatever the weather whatever the fishing success, it is always a good time to be fishing. As years go by I enjoy teaching and sharing what I've learned over a lifetime in the outdoors especially with kids and even more so with my own children. Seeing them learn and enjoy all aspects of the outdoors makes the best of memories. I have no problem admitting that I'm proud of all of their successes. Seanna can finesse a jig with the best of em. Hayden can drive a boat 16 miles down the lake and back without a problem. I try to share just a few bits of info each time on the water. It is amazing how much they have learned.

Yes I was only half full last week (This is not a big fancy resort with all the fast paced activities of such a place) But when I talk with dozens of other outfitters that are less fortunate than I then I ask myself "what am I doing right" and then I just continue to do the best I can and be thankful for what I do have. Oh I just can't help myself. Sorry this isn't from my guests but here goes. I went out with 2 of my guests for about 3 hours yesterday showed them 5 spots and then stopped to fish for about an hour. It did my heart good to see Alex - a nice young man catch this beauty on about his 4th cast. http://anglerskingdom.blogspot.com/'>http://anglerskingdom.blogspot.com/ I went out with the family today. fished from 2.30 to 4.30 caught about 200 walleye in a few hours biggest about 25 inches. Hayden caught this nice little pike here is the pic for all the details http://anglerskingdom.blogspot.com/

Thanks Guys Actually I have quite a few groups from All over Ontario One group just left Saturday and they are part of the report They can't say enough about the fishing and beauty of this area. I have people email me all the time thanking me for the reports. I'll keep em coming

July 17-24 7/17 Overcast throughout the day with mild winds from the north east. Clear skies by the afternoon. Water temperature at 64 F. 7/18 Scattered clouds throughout the day, with occasional sunshine. Clearer skies in the late afternoon and evening. Soft winds from the south east with water temperature at 67 F. We fished a 14-18 foot flat coming out of 35 feet of water. We caught a bunch of nice eaters. Seanna had a 40 inch pike right up to the boat but it got off the hook. that slowed the walleye for about a half hour then had a 30 minute frenzy with several 20-4, three 26 inch walleye, a 27 and 28 1/2 All in all a pretty good couple of hours. Last Wednesday Seanna had a 35 inch pike come out of the water 3 times chasing her walleye. while it was doing that the other walleye started biting like crazy. A few minutes later another pike over 40 inches grabbed a different walleye, it let go beside the boat. 5 minutes later a third pike about 33 inches grabbed her walleye. None held on long enough to land but Seanna was thrilled. Every time the pike were busy the walleye fed voraciously. In the past week I counted 12 different pike attacks on walleye. The Wolosak group had one they figure went over 50 inches grab a walleye and get right close to the boat. ( last year they had a big pike go after a 27 inch walleye they were netting and ended up in the net) I was releasing Belindas twenty eight (28) inch walleye and had a big pike come up and grab it. 7/19 Showers in the am with scattered clouds in afternoon. Showers resumed by 5pm. Mild winds from the north east. 7/20 scattered clouds throughout the day with light showers by the evening. Wind blowing from the north east. water temperature at 64 F. Tim and Jim had a good day fising out of the sand flats and bringing in about 130 the largest at 25 using jig heads and minnow gulps. Ron and his family had about 67 the larges at 22" using minnows and crawlers. Also had a few pike. fished out of jacks hump. 7/21 Clear skies in the am with some scattered clouds in the afternoon with a little humidity. Mild winds from the north. Water temperature at 66F. Ron and his family went out with Kevin today and had some good numbers. Plenty of eaters and the occasional size. Tim and Jim had a great day hauling in about 137 walleye, the largest at 24" and a few pike, using spinners, minnows, and worms. 7/22 Scattered clouds in the am and throughout the day. Mild winds from the north. Water temperature at 67 F. Ron and his family went out to sand flats and brought in about 40 then moved on to the wall with another 54 the largest a 24". Jim and Tim went out to pike alley and had several pike and about 67 walleye. Used gold spoons and jig heads with crawlers for the walleye. 7/23 I wanted to do a little exploring around the sand flats. ( The Hoekstra group caught literally hundreds of big eyes around the flats this week) however the kids wanted immediate results. So after dodging a small thunderstorm I went a proven mid lake hump. I spotted a bunch of big fish off the southwest corner and anchored up. Within minutes Seanna had a Huge walleye. I had to return to camp to take care of some things for my guests. I continued to see a bunch of big active walleye and baitfish on the sonar unit. I rcognized the kind of thing you don't see everyday and didn't want to miss what was going to happen. I left my anchor in place and tied a small noodle on it. Dennis and Seanna jumped in with Hayden who tied his boat to my anchor rope so they would be in exactly the same spot I was gone about 25 minutes and in that time Seanna had caught 2 more monster walleye. Hayden had put them in the livewell so I could photograph them when I returned. So here is an unusual photo of Seanna with two Giant Walleye. Because we release all walleye over 18 inches this is a rare event. Hayden got in on the act and Dennis also caught two or three nice big walleye They also caught about two dozen nice eaters. All within about an hour. They were on the edge of the drop on the south west end of the hump all in an area the size of one boat. In 20- 26 feet of water. All on orange jigs and frozen shiners. When I returned and tied my boat to Haydens it altered the swing and moved them slightly off the spot maybe about 30 feet. No big walleye. As soon as I untied my boat and Haydens boat swung back into optium position Dennis caught two more Giant Walleye. This was a prime example of being in EXACTLY in the right place. When going over the map with my guests I've often said to people that when I say right here I mean RIGHT here. THE spot on the spot is often a very small area. Even on spots that I've fished often I will criss cross looking for fish with my sonar unit then try to place the anchor to put the boat in EXACTLY the place I want. Sometimes I need to reset the anchor 20 or 30 feet one way or the other to get the boat exactly where it needs to be. Big walleye action on these small areas is often for only a short period of time. So timing is critical and it is imperative that you "stay on em" Typically what is happening is that the walleye have a school of perch or ciscoes pushed up against the edge of a structure. They will feed voraciously on them and then the school is either eaten or scattered and the fish catching subsides as the big walleye move on. When you find them spread out over a large feeding shelf it can last all day while you catch one here and another 20, 50 or even 150 yards away. 7/24 Clear skies in the am and afternoon until about 4pm. Strong winds came in with out warning from the north east. Winds died down after about 20 minutes. Scattered showers for a moment, then clear and beautiful evening. Water temperature was at about 66 F.

Hey finally two days without rain or thunderstorms. LOTS of numbers yesterday. 12-14 ft in am a bit deeper in afternoon. A few big ones 20-22 feet will post pics and report asap

Thanks

Some footage of a few eagles fighting for fish. Up at Nungesser Lake......Enjoy http://anglerskingdom.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html

July 10-17 2010 7/10 Scattered clouds in the am. Showers by the afternoon. Calvin went out with Jim to windy point and brought in 94, the biggest at 24” 7/11 Clear skies in the am. Light showers in the afternoon with clear skies by 6pm. Wind blowing pretty hard from the north east. Causing some 2 to 4 foot waves. David and his family had a slow day, catching about 47 walleye, with the biggest at 20" Bruce and Lorie went out with Dennis "The Walleye Wizard" and had about 35 with a few pike Doug and Bob's group brought in about 53. Brian and Chad's group from cabin five had about 68, the largest at 24" 7/12 Clear am, scattered clouds in the afternoon and evening. Nice sunshine with cool breeze to compliment it. Winds blowing from the south east, water temperature at 69 F. Denny Burns and Carlos went out with Kevin had about 50 walleye and 35” pike fishing out of north and south bay. Dave and his family had about 67 fishing out of wolf island and the three sisters. His son hauled in a nice 26” walleye near wolf island. Doug and Bobs group came in with about 50. Brian and Chad’s group had about 72 the largest at 22” Bruce and Lorie again went out with the “wizard” and had a good day, catching lots of healthy 15 to 20” walleye 7/13 Clear am with strong winds blowing from the east, causing some big waves. Wind continued thorough out the evening. Water temperature was at 65F. Bruce and Lorie went out with the “wizard” to north bay for a half day and brought in about 40, the biggest at 22” David and his family went out with Kevin today and had a good day, brought in about 87 with a few pike. They also had a nice bundle of eaters for an great shore lunch. Kevin had a walleye, and again, a huge pike came and took hold of it, then let go. Brian and Chad’s group hauled in about 137, with the largest at 23” Doug and Bob’s group had a good day, catching 120 the biggest at 23 ½” and a few pike as well. 7/14 Strong winds blowing from the south east causing some 2 to 4 foot swells. Heavy Rain with some hail from noon to about 6pm. Brian and Chad’s group caught 100 with the biggest at 24 ¼” Doug and Bobs group brought in about 120 the largest at 22” David and Family went out to the flats and had about 80, the biggest at 22”. Bruce and Lorie went out with Dennis to North Bay and had about 78. Using minnows and anchoring up. 7/15 Rain throughout the day with mild winds blowing from the south east. Water temperature at 66 F. Doug and Bob’s group went out for a few hours in the morning and caught about 37 before coming in due to the weather. Mainly fishing with jig heads an minnows. Bruce, Lorie, and the wizard stayed in for the day. Brian and Chad’s group (the die hards) went out despite the weather and brought in about 120 the biggest at 24”, using mainly minnows on spinner rigs. They also caught a few pike using suckers. 7/16 Light rain throughout the day and evening. Winds blowing from the east. Water temperature at a constant 63 F. Doug and Bobs Group went out to the flats and hauled in 67, the largest at 22”. They mainly used spinners and gulps. Also had some nice pike, with one coming in at 40” Bruce, Lorie, and the wizard went out to the three sister for a half day, brought in about 37 walleye using minnows. Brian and Chad’s group went out and fished the north and south bays bringing in about 140 with the biggest at 25”. and a few pike the biggest at 40”. Using suckers, minnows, and crank baits. 7/17 Overcast throughout the day with mild winds from the north east. Clear skies by the afternoon. Water temperature at 64 F. July 3-10, 2010 7/3 Sunny and calm in the early morning until about 10am. Sudden storm that took off a few dozen trees within a matter of minutes, the storm also lasted about 15minutes. Strong winds from the east with water temperature at 67 F. Clear skies in the evening with subtle to no winds. Dan from cabin 6 went out after the heavy storm to eagles nest and caught about 47 walleye, the biggest at 20" Craig and his group got in about 4pm and went out for a few hours and caught a few dozen. No doubt is was a slow day due to the heavy storm. Things should pick up tomorrow. 7/4 Morning overcast with slight sprinkles in the afternoon from 1 to 5pm. Clear skies by 5:30pm. Subtle winds from the northeast, water temperature at 68 F. Craig and Jims group did a lot better catching about 93 walleye, the biggest at 23" Jim from cabin 2 had about 72 with the biggest coming in at 21" Dan went out with Dennis and Carlos for a half day and hauled in 38 with the largest at 22" and had a few pike. Bruce and his group from cabin 1 had about 80. 7/5 Scattered clouds during the day, clear skies by the afternoon with some warm weather and a nice breeze from the north to cool off. Water temperature at 68 F. Dan, Dennis, and Carlos went out with Kevin today. Had some ok numbers just not the usual monsters. Kevin hooked a walleye and as he was reeling it in a northern came and took a swipe at it, then came back and swallowed half of it. Craig's group had an ok day hauling in roughly 47 walleye. Jim from cabin 2 also had an ok day with about 34 walleye. Bruce and his group had about 38 walleye 7/6 Minor clouds in the am, with threats of rain in the afternoon. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the south causing some 2 to 4 foot waves. Dan went out to the wall and had about 43 walleye. Craigs group had a rough day due to the winds, but managed to catch around 67, the largest at 20" Calvin went out with Jim today and hauled in about 50 with the largest at 22" Bruce and Dans group had an ok day, with 60 walleye, and a few northerns . 7/7 Scattered clouds throughout the day with strong winds from the northeast. It was a nice day, however, not too hot and just perfect temperature for a day of fishing. Water temperature was at 68 F. Dan, and Belinda went out with Kevin today to fish out by the wall and the sand flats. Had success in both spots catching about a dozen walleye over 24". Hauled in a total of about 87 the biggest at 28" Craig and Jim's group had a good day, with roughly about 90, with the biggest at 22". Dennis "The Walleye Wizard" had the day off. Jim from cabin 2 had a good day as well, bringing in 68 the largest at 24" Bruce, Fred, Dave and Rick also had good fishing today, bringing in about 80 with a few northerns. 7/8 Skies clear in the am, however, dark clouds moved in quickly with threats of rain. Slight sprinkles but nothing major. Mild winds blowing from the north west. Dan went out to the wall again and fished the "flats" for a bit, had a good day, bringing in about 39, the largest at 22" Craig and Jims group had an ok day, fishing out of North bay, they hauled in about 77 walleye, with the biggest coming in at 21" Jim from cabin 2 had a good day, bringing in about 40 the biggest at 22" Bruce, Fred, Dave and Rick had a good day, bringing in roughly 97, they fished wolf island and the narrows. Fished with gulps mostly. 7/9 Scattered clouds throughout the day, with nice sunshine from time to time and a cool breeze to go along with it. Water temperature was at 69F. The fish were hitting at a depth of 15 to 20 feet. Dan, Carlos, and Dennis went out to the flats, bringing in about 28 walleye, then hit the wall for a total of about 58 and a couple pike. Dan hauled in a 25" at the wall Craig and Jims group went out to north baby and jacks hump bringing in roughly 87 the biggest at 22'' using gulp minnows and leaches Bruce, Dave, Rick, and Fred had a good day, catching about 120 the larges at 23" using live leeches. Jim went out with Calvin and brought in about 78 with the largest at 23" using minnows

June 26-July3 6/26 Showers all day, with winds blowing from the East. Water was at 60 F. Darryl from cabin 3 caught a 23 ½" Walleye using gulps. They had a total of 61 fish. Chuck and Paul Shubert had 44 total, fished a ¼ day. Used leaches and plastic baits(gulps) Don Nemer fished a ¼ day, and later went out at night. Caught 2 pike 30 and 34". Had a total of 47 Walleye. Randy Ridlon and group caught 73 walleye the biggest 26", and 3 pike 30", 29, 31 6-27 Early showers, hard wind from the north east. Sun came up later in the afternoon. Darryl and his brother Dan caught 34, 37" pike, and 38 walleye. Chuck and Paul Shubert caught a 30" pike with "shakedown lures" and 30 walleye the biggest being 25". Don Nemer and group caught only 20 walleye the biggest 25" , and 6 pike Randy Ridlon and group caught 79 walleye, 23" the biggest 6-28 Morning clouds, cleared by the afternoon with sunny sky but still a little chilly. Mild wins blowing from the east. Don Nemer and group went sight seeing, and so only caught 3 walleye and 1 northern. David and Bradley Joseph went out with Dennis Kellner and had a good day. 65 walleye the biggest being 24 ½" . David had a walleye on when a huge pike took two swipes at it before diving deeper. Chuck and Paul Shubert caught 24 walleye, the biggest was 27" Randy Ridlon group caught 172 walleye, with half a dozen bigger than 23" the biggest being 25". Still having success with the minnow gulps. 6/29 Clear skies all day long. Warm with low to no winds. Chuck and Paul Shubert went out with Dennis today. Caught 66 walleye with the biggest at 25" David and Bradley caught 86, their largest coming in at 24" Randy and Darryl's group caught 161, the largest being 25 ½" . Dons Group caught 28, 23" the largest. 6/30 Clear Skies with strong winds blowing from the north east. Rocky waters. Water temperature at 63 F. Late showers. Chuck and Paul went out with Dennis again, Paul had an exceptional day, pulling in his biggest walleye so far at 26". Their total was 87 David and Bradley brought in a total of 138 walleye, with the largest at 25. Using gulps and spinners Randy and Darryl's group came in with 167, the biggest at 26. Using leach gulps, and crawlers Dons Group caught a total of 57 7/1 Early overcast with strong winds blowing from the east. 3 to 4 foot swells, pretty rough. Chuck and Paul again went out with Dennis, caught some nice sizes including Paul's 35" pike for a total of about 150. David and Bradley brought in about 120 walleye, the largest at 23". Bradley also caught a 32" pike by the sisters. Randy and Darryl's group had a slow morning but picked up in the afternoon with some good sizes including their biggest at 27" for a total of 187 Dons Group caught a total of 87, Dom caught the biggest Pike of his trip at 34"

June 12-19 June 12 -19 2010 Saturday June 12- Rainy and cool with winds from the northeast Dennis Kellner the "Walleye Wizard" arrived saturday and wasted little time catching his first 40 inch pike of the year. He rounded things out with several hudred walleyes throughout the week. "They were in 13-18 feet for the most part. Points and bays. " change over day Sunday June 13- a bit of the same. Rainy with slight winds from the east. Dennis the "Walleye wizard" got a 40 inch pike on his first day of fishing. Monday- June 14 was clear and calm by all accounts the fishing was slow However the Walleye Wizard continued to hammer the walleye, boating about 75. Not bad for a slow post cold front day. Tuesday June 15- Clear skies all day, slight winds from the north Tom Banger and his group with 24'',25'' and 26'' walleye. Tom Bangert, Kurt Brueninig and Mike Enge “We didn't catch 3 fish under 23 inches today and we caught over 50. The three of us probably caught 150 over 23 inches this week the biggest was 26. Hundreds of smaller ones. mostly 12 to 20 feet once in a while we'd get one in 8 the "S -turn" was the most productive. the Biggest came from north of "The Wall" All along the face of that bay every pass And if didn't get a bite all I had to do is start the motor It was fun, we spent all day there and it was out of the wind (wind was East and South) Even in these nice big boats I didn't want to be out in the wind today." Wednesday June 16- Overcast with some rain in the afternoon. Water temp at 65 F. Calm to some strong winds. Ken Nichols I just wanted to drop you a note and thank you for a great week at Angler's Kingdom. We found the staff to be courteous and attentive. The boats were large and well equiped and the fishing was excellent. John and I have been going to lodges in the states and Canada since 1984 and you are the first that actually gave us a guided tour of the lake. I am trying to get my son-in-law and another buddy to join us on our next trip. Thanks again and have a successful season. Thursday June 17 Steady winds from the east. Overcast with water temperature at 63 F. Tom and his group caught 77 walleye, the largest at 23. Friday June 18 Moderate to rain with winds from the north east, water temperature at 62 F Here are the pics from our trip. Jack (age 14) with a pair of nice pike. 41" and a 42" fatty. Jack with a 29"walleye caught the last night on a muskie killer crankbait fishing a windy point in 7 feet of water. Sam (age 9) with the best pike of his life. Gage also caught his biggest pike this week. Another fella in our group caught two 45" pike within 30 minutes. He was shortline trolling in the propwash of the motor on both of them! Have a good season! Todd DeMoss Fairly good weather with water temperature at an average 65 F. One minute you have the sun blasting at you and the next, it's raining. But that did not deter the fishing up here. Phil Roede caught a 43'' pike right off the dock here at camp. He also caught a 39 and 40 on the same day within 10 minutes apart. Everyone else did very good averaging 30-40 walleye a day per group. We had a full house this week.

May 30 - June 3 Weather is on and off. Rain at times, water temp is at an average 23c. a total of about 238 eaters and 200 larger walleye. The people seem to be catching them mostly on minnows and leaches, some jig heads as well.