Jembi Lake Fly In Trip - A Walleye Factory

[fishnsled]

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 23, 2015 by fishnsled

[fishnsled]

Part 2

 

 

Countless numbers of doubleheaders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice stringer of fish for our next meal.

 

 

 

 

 

Another beautiful sunrise.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The hunchback of Jembi Lake?

 

 

 

This is always a great treat

 

 

 

We got all the food groups but chicken, not bad! lol.

 

 

 

 

 

As for the accommodations, they suited us fine.

 

It is call a 6 man cabin but we felt with 4 it would be tight but manageable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stove and wood stove worked fine.

 

 

 

 

Generator was nice for the lighting in the evening and worked like a charm. There was also an outlet if you had to charge up your batteries for the next day.

 

 

 

The boats and motors were great, no issues there.

 

 

Our fly out morning was slightly delayed by a bit of fog.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The fog did clear quite quickly which was nice.

 

 

 

The future of the lake. We did catch quite a few pike but nothing really photo worthy. I'd have to say it is not really a pike lake and weird how all the ones we got were so skinny with such a great forge base.

 

Lots of these guys swimming around.

 

 

Our ticket out.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://youtu.be/vw6GJR5Iwug

 

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Overall a fantastic trip with a great group of guys and great fishing!! Looking forward to next year’s adventure already!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited August 22, 2015 by fishnsled

[adolson]

Nice pics! Sounds like an amazing trip.

[Gerritt]

Nice report!!!!!!! But I see a distinct lake of fish whistles!......

 

That has to be the reason the pike weren't biting.... You weren't calling them in!

 

G

[misfish]

Great report Will. Joe does fish eh.LOL

 

Hope you dont mind the help here. It,s been a bit of a P3TA posting vids here and there.

 

 

 

[misfish]

 

edit

 

Edited August 22, 2015 by Brian B

[adempsey]

Very nice! Looks like a great trip. Thanks for putting it all up.

 

Those were some really nice Walleye. I could spend all week catching those!

 

Foam "beds" don't look too comfortable though, lol.

[Moosebunk]

Weren't kidding when you said "walleye factory." Not that big a lake really, but it appears loaded.

 

Nice to see you, Joe and the gang had a quality go of it on Jembi.

[manitoubass2]

Wicked report! Kinda reminded me of someone lol

 

Awesome stuff guys!!!

 

Miigwich!

[Gnote]

Looks like a good time! Great report!

[can u fish]

Looks like you boys got into some really good numbers of walleye thanks for the report and all the photos less then 2 weeks to go for our annual fly in to the Chapleau game preserve 7 days of great fishing and complete solitude and your right about Mike Borger our last 2 Fly ins were to lakes that Mike had recommended and both trips were awesome thanks again for sharing.

 

Cheers Mitch

[mr blizzard]

What a great report, had to go over it twice, some amazing pictures, great narrative, and awesome fishing, the fun did not suck either, love the mini skewers on the plate lol

Never have been able to do a fly in but your posting made it very very much like the readers were right there

Awesome

[mr blizzard]

Fun was to be typed food, time for my coffee

[scuro2]

Ahhh... a flyin, nothing quite like it. Glad you enjoyed your time and got into good fish!

[davey buoy]

Nice report,looks like another great place to go someday. .

[MCTFisher9120]

Great job guys looks like you all had a blast! Great pictures, your camp looked wicked no better way to sit back and relax.

 

 

 

[Headhunter]

Thanks for doing up the report in a "timely" manner Will! LOL

It was a fun trip to say the least. As it was my first time flying in, it certainly opened my eyes as to what a difference it makes hitting a lake that doesn't get fishing pressure. It changed for me anyway, from a fishing trip, to a catching trip!

When we first arrived at camp, as Will mentioned, the wind came up huge, forcing us to stay on shore. I grabbed a beer and took a seat on the rock, while Will casted to the adjacent weed bed. His second cast, a pike of about 6 inches followed his lure in, then proceeded to wiggle it's way outta the water and up the rock, chasing FishnSleds lure. About a foot up the rock, it turned and headed back to the water. I looked at Will and said that it looks like their hungry! Dinner that night came from shore in a couple of hours of casting. That to me was just really fun.

A huge thanks to both Will and Ken, for the invite, great guys and entertaining conversation without a doubt. And many thanks for helping this newbie out in the planning of the trip as well.

If it's pickereyes you want to catch, well, Jembi sure has them in spades...

I figured in a rough estimate, that the three of us consumed somewhere in the area of 18lbs of fillets in the five days we were there, as evidenced in the pics above.

HH

 

PS.... we marinated some fillets in Frank's Hot sauce for two days in the fridge. (Yes, we were mindful of our possession limits) A quick coating in fish crisp, then, wrapped in bacon on the BBQ was the meal highlight for me anyway. Just a wonderful meal, that I could enjoy every day if I could!

[LeXXington]

Amazing pics, looks like a great trip

[chris.brock]

Awesome report. Sounds like Headhunter is hooked! Where you guys going in 2016?

[irishfield]

Glad to see you got at least 2 pictures of Joe without a smoke! I think it's "time" I did one of these....

[ccmtcanada]

Excellent report Will! Well done out there guys. Definitely a factory it seems! Hopefully one of these years I'll be able to go on my first fly in trip as well. They look like a lot of fun!

[fishnsled]

Great report Will. Joe does fish eh.LOL

 

Hope you dont mind the help here. It,s been a bit of a P3TA posting vids here and there.

 

 

 

Not a problem Brian and thanks. When I switched the HTML it messed up the report, so I just left it as a link.

 

Very nice! Looks like a great trip. Thanks for putting it all up.

 

Those were some really nice Walleye. I could spend all week catching those!

 

Foam "beds" don't look too comfortable though, lol.

 

The foam beds were not too bad when you are exhausted after a long day of fishing.

 

Looks like you boys got into some really good numbers of walleye thanks for the report and all the photos less then 2 weeks to go for our annual fly in to the Chapleau game preserve 7 days of great fishing and complete solitude and your right about Mike Borger our last 2 Fly ins were to lakes that Mike had recommended and both trips were awesome thanks again for sharing.

 

Cheers Mitch

 

 

Mike sure knows his stuff when it comes to these trips. Good luck with your trip and looking forward to your report.

 

What a great report, had to go over it twice, some amazing pictures, great narrative, and awesome fishing, the fun did not suck either, love the mini skewers on the plate lol

Never have been able to do a fly in but your posting made it very very much like the readers were right there

Awesome

The skewers make a nice little side. lol.

 

Awesome report. Sounds like Headhunter is hooked! Where you guys going in 2016?

 

2016 is still up in the air but the talking of it has started.

 

Glad to see you got at least 2 pictures of Joe without a smoke! I think it's "time" I did one of these....

 

They were difficult to find Wayne. lol. He was pretty happy to see that plane as supplies were low. Any "time" is a good time.

 

 

Excellent report Will! Well done out there guys. Definitely a factory it seems! Hopefully one of these years I'll be able to go on my first fly in trip as well. They look like a lot of fun!

 

I hope you'll join us on one of these trips soon! It was a factory. We figured caught somewhere in the neighbourhood of 3-400 fish during our stay.

 

Thanks for the comments everyone.

Edited August 25, 2015 by fishnsled

[fishindevil]

Right on guys !!!! Awesome trip & tasty trip !!!! How can ya beat bacon wrapped walleye ...... Damn I'm gonna have to change out of bass mode and get me a few of those pickerel eyes and have shore lunch with bacon involved .....cheers

[Bernie]

I was grinning as I read your report Will. Wished I was there!

[wormdunker]

Awesome report & pics. I see you guys got a fair share of wallys. Question - Do you partially cook the bacon before wrapping it on the fish? If not, I could see where the bacon would be under cooked when the fish is done.