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I grew up playing a lot of sports as a kid and I think thats where the love of a good nickname came from lol Sometimes I was given them - Gordy, Gordo, Taco, Drew and Panjo to name a few and sometimes I gave them The Jigging Gnome for my friend Mark is one of my favorites - its started when he caught this walleye Full story from our trip to Shekak Lake is here https://www.northernjacks.com/post/the-jigging-gnome-of-shekak-lake Hope you enjoy Andrew

Back in 2014 our group made a big jump and completed our first fly in In a word it was epic and have been on 3 since then and are headed out again in 2020 PB walleye were caught, we were stranded in Thessalon and so much more A few quick shots below but you can check the full story here https://www.northernjacks.com/post/50-mission-cap-our-first-fly-in

Any one have any experience flying to any lakes serviced by White River Air? Any info would be appreciated.

The planning started back in January as to where to go and who would be on this trip. The obvious call as to where to go was Mike Borger of course and once again he did not disappoint. He had a few suggestions that were within everyone’s budget. After some discussion, Jembi Lake with White River Air was the destination. The months past quick and the next thing you know we are days away from the trip. Due to some unfortunate family concerns, one of our guys had to cancel. It was tough to find anyone that last minute with most having their vacation plans in place. So Joe, Ken and I made the trek to Jembi Lake, AKA – A Walleye Factory. We were fortunate to get in a day earlier and that all of our schedules would allow us to do so. A late departure got us to the Soo by midnight with an overnight stay there that gave us a fresh start for the last leg of the trip. Up and on the road after a quick bite got us to the base camp, loaded the plane and sitting at our home for the next few days by noon. Our chariot for the trip up at the air base Joe was just a little excited I think.... https://youtu.be/YLzSKik9Q8w Jembi Lake The winds were pretty crazy the day. We figured they were likely pushing 40-50k gusts and had waves that were 2 to 3 footers crashing on our shoreline. We unpacked and got the rods and tackle ready, stood there pondering how the heck we were going to get the boats in the water without sinking them. And if we didn’t, would we really want to be out in that washing machine of a lake? We had some lunch and decided just to wait it out for a bit and fish from shore. Well that windblown shoreline was a hot spot. The pike and walleye were quite willing to grab our baits. Before you know it we have our first fish fry for dinner and never even started a boat. The dinner was excellent and the winds died down enough to get the boats in and head out for a few hours. The fish were still cooperative as we came to the end of the first day. The next day, Alarm Clock Joe had us up bright and early. With the coffee brewing we grabbed a few shots of the much more favourable conditions. I wish I had my camera when I went down to the dock to throw a cast as there was a moose in the next bay. As always, it was very cool to see. With coffee in hand we made our way down the lake trolling to explore these new to us waters. Once again it didn’t take long and the fish were chomping at are baits. I always enjoy exploring a new lake and figuring out the hot spots. On Jembi Lake, it was made pretty easy as the fish just seemed to be everywhere. There were areas that did produce better than others but overall you could not go wrong anywhere you dropped a line. There was a good average size of 18 inchers but great numbers of 20 inch plus fish were caught by all of us. I could ramble on more but I might as well let the pictures do the talking. Every day was the same with eat, sleep and fish being the only objectives.