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Temagami Report March 2011


Joey

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Paul and I were invited to join Lloyd, Terry and Lloyd's brother, Ralph, in a cabin on Lake Temagami for a week in March and had been waiting since January for March 5th to finally arrive. We had all our gear packed and were on the road by 9:30 a.m. on that Saturday morning, in a pretty good snowfall. Not my favorite driving conditions, not to mention we had heard highway 11 from North Bay to Temagami was closed due to a serious accident the day before. We took our time and kept in contact with Terry all the way up. He ended up being stopped by road closures all the way up, but we managed to sail right through on the tails of a competent semi who obviously knew that road well.

 

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Despite the bad road conditions, the scenery was a winter wonderland.

 

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5 1/2 hours later, we arrive and unpacked and checked out our home for the week. It was a lovely cabin with satellite TV, running water and a fireplace. Our room was huge and even had its own sink for teeth brushing and face washing.

 

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We all settled in and watched a bit of TV in anticipation of the week to come of fishing and snowmobiling and great food and company.

 

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We had a good night's sleep and headed out early Sunday morning with visions of sugarfish dancing in our heads :D

 

All set up and ready on a beautiful, sunny day, with a temp of -21, with wind gusts making it feel like -31, brrrrrrrr!!!!

 

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But it was nice and toasty in my little hut.

 

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And there was plenty of ice, at least 25 inches or more.

 

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We had our walkie talkies to keep in touch and razz each other. Paul called out on his walkie talkie that he had a pretty good sized pickerel, so I ran over with the camera and measuring tape. 26 inches. Over slot :thumbsup_anim:

 

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That's the only fish pic I took of the day, but here are the stats for Sunday:

 

Paul - 1 pickerel

Lloyd - 1 laker

Terry - 2 lakers, 1 whitefish

Ralph - 1 laker, 1 whitefish

Joey - skunked :(

 

Back to camp and had a great supper and early night and were up and at it again early Monday morning. It was cold and sunny with wind again and fishing was not so good Monday.

 

Monday's Stats:

 

Paul - 0

Joey - 0

Ralph - 0

Lloyd - 1 laker

Terry - 1 laker

 

Tuesday we decided to go to Kokoko Lake, which was a good distance so we left even earlier in the morning than the two days previous. It was cold and sunny again and we made our destination in about 45 minutes. Had a nice drive through the bushes too which is always neat on a sled.

 

Kokoko is a beautiful landlocked lake with no road access.

 

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Paul found the fish that day and after several hours on the lake, we decided to head over to join some OFC'rs who were staying at Loon Lake Lodge to see how they were making out, and even managed to fish there for a bit.

 

Tuesday's Stats:

 

Lloyd - 7 lakers

Terry - 3 lakers, 2 whitefish, 2 herring

Paul - 3 lakers

Joey - 1 laker

Ralph - skunked :(

 

We headed back and sundown and had another great meal! Put on over 100 miles that day :o

 

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We saw promise at the area near Loon Lake Lodge the day before so decided to head there first thing Wednesday morning. Temps that morning were -9 so it was a bit warmer.

 

I got a nice little laker right off the bat!

 

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At one point a bunch of huge fish decided they didn't like the bottom of the lake any more and shot up for some reason. They were definately not interested in my lure. We figure they might have been ling!

 

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We decided to leave that area and head to Lloyd rock for awhile, and made it just ahead of a huge snowstorm that turned into freezing rain later on.

 

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States for Wednesday:

 

Joey - 1 laker

Paul - 1 herring

Ralph - 0

Lloyd - 1 laker, 1 whitefish

Terry - hemmeroids :lol:

 

Back at camp Lloyd cooked us up another feast. We also got a good laugh when he tried to throw his sock up to his loft and missed :w00t:

 

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The Chef at work:

 

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The rule was, if you got skunked, you had to do the dishes :D

 

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We decided that night that we liked Kokoko so much we were going to head back there Thursday morning. It was +2 with wet snow all day, and we went and had a great time. Terry even hooked up his helmet cam and got some good footage of the trip through the woods. footage is a bit wet tho.

 

I caugth my first herring ever :thumbsup_anim:

 

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Snowed allllllll day!

 

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and alllllllll night!

 

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Thursdays stats:

 

Joey - 3 herring

Paul - 1 whitefish

Terry - 3 lakers, 1 herring

Lloyd - 5 lakes

 

We had a little tourney that day, 2 bux apiece for whoever caugth the most fish, so Lloyd took that win. It was back and forth between Terry and him all day, but he clinched it in the end with one more fish :lol:

 

With Lloyd feeling so rich with his $10 win, we headed to town for supper that night.

 

We got up Friday morning and it was another storm, with the forecast calling for heavy winds both Friday and Saturday. With some situations arising with flooding in some of the guys' homes and the weather forecast, we decided to head home a day early, much to everyone's disappointment.

 

We knew the drive would be bad, but right off the get go this was what we ran into :o

 

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It was not a good drive back at all!!

 

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I was so happy to get to North Bay we stopped for a Timmies and I got a shot of the Dionne Quintuplets' home.

 

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After North Bay, it turned to freezing rain, and still more accidents.

 

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But we made it safe and sound :thumbsup_anim:

 

 

It was a really awesome week of fishing, good food and especially great company. Was a pleasure to meet Ralph and a pleasure as always Lloyd and Terry. When are we going again :thumbsup_anim::clapping:

 

Joey & Paul

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I've been driving a truck for a looong time and I still don't understand why they like to park like that in the winter. Thanks for sharing the report; looks like good numbers, good food, good company and a really nice cabin!

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I'm so glad you all had a good time and all got home safely! Another beauty report Joey. Love your pics too!

 

I was wondering though, were Terry' s hemorrhoids in the slot?

 

Thanks for taking the time to document your great trip for us shut-ins. You're wonderful!

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great report, it's almost like being there

 

oh I was there..LOL

 

I had a great time

 

the drive both ways could have been better...much better but we all made it there and back, so..

 

here are a few pictures and short video

 

 

 

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Looks like you guys had fun, and caught a few fish too. Good stuff.

 

I like the deal if you get skunked you have to do the dishes....Hmmm, on second thought....never mind.

 

 

I drove truck up and down that highway for several years. There were more lumber trucks going back then, but there were not as many guys hitting the bush as there is now. Back then you didn't go to driving schools, you learned from pros first.

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