air ivanhoe's rice lake

[barbiejune]

Guy's and gal's, been a while sense my last post and this post relates to the last one. Have been using Air Ivanhoe for about 10 years know, been to Blue Springs, Paul, Lemoine, Rush and a few others. Could not make it up this year so could not talk or have a look at the maps that George has in the lodge. I like the looks of Rice with its many bays, narrows and points. Would like to hear from any one who has fished this Lake in the past few years. This is basicaly a family trip, brothers brothers in law and good ol dad. Looking for a Lake that holds good numbers and good size not looking for any trophys or any thing like that just decent fishing as this will likely be the ol guy's last run so would like to go out with a bang sort of speak.

 

Have had a look at Hawk air as well, have never used them so any info on them and their lakes that anyone here has used would also be appreciated. Personaly I would love to head to Nakina as I have read this is the place to go but as I said this is being put together for the ol guy and 14 hrs in the passanger seat at 80 would do the butt and back no justice.

 

Thanks in advance.

[bare foot wader]

heart air has good options, they put us on a good numbers lake last july, just can't remember the lake name right now, flight was about 45 mins

[Andrew Grant]

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Edited January 30, 2014 by XxX

[bare foot wader]

PAB - we were on hilmer, i'd highly recommend it

 

http://hearstair.wordpress.com/about/hillmer-lake/

[walleyebob]

Iam going to rice lake in august any info would be great.

[barbiejune]

Thanks for responding guy's, will have a look at what Hearst air has to offer.

 

Walleyebob, if you have not used Air Ivanhoe in the past I will say George runs a top shelve operation. If you could pass on your thoughts on Rice when you return it would be appreciated. Enjoy your trip.

 

Thanks

[barbiejune]

Well if nobody has been into Rice, how about Air Ivanhoe's Nemegosenda riverside outpost, not the lodge on the lake but cabin down river. Kind of like the thoughts of a river as if the wind comes up on a large lake one is playing cards for the day, but if Rice is the better of the two I would be willing to take the gamble.

 

 

[walleyebob]

Hopefully no news is good news.

[Pipefighter]

Hopefully no news is good news.

 

 

We were there last sept and the main lodge you drive to no fly in there is 3 cabins that you can only boat to ,we were in the farthest , 22 miles down river. It was beautiful very secluded never really seen many boats down that far tons of little pike only a handful of pickerel not what we were expecting driving that far. I have a post on the board here somewhere about trip.

[chris.brock]

Never been there myself, but we do alot of research for our fly-in trips, I've heard good things about Rice walleye. It's a big lake with lots of islands/ bays, it once was a pike only lake and had walleye introduced 15 years ago (?). There are people (natives?) accessing the lake by ATV or 4wd truck from what I remember reading. I'd pick Rice over the Nemegosenda.