douG's Fly In Report near Red Lake

[motv8tr]

Great report Doug, thanks for taking the time to put it all down with so much detail. Glad everyone had a great time.

 

Maureen

[solopaddler]

I appreciate the time and effort it took to post that Doug, thanks!

Sounds like an amazing trip, with first class accomodations and food. Until I read the last few lines of your report I was thinking what a great place to maybe bring my wife to...

Gotta tell you, I've flown in the evening before the scheduled morning departure of a bunch of my fly-in trips. In every instance when they did this there was a nominal fee, sometimes no fee, as it was to their benefit as well freeing up the plane when they were busier in the morning. Now, none of my trips were to an expensive 5 star lodge, but still, it sure sounds as though you were taken advantage of and that sucks!

Personally I would have refused to pay it, I mean what are they going to do refuse to fly you out?

Without getting into the details here I had a somewhat similar situation with an outfitter last August that was, let's just say, pretty unpleasant. In the end I stood my ground and refused to pay any extra charges...never heard a peep from him again.

 

cheers, Mike

[misfish]

douG that was a well written report and some real nice photos my friend. Great read and enjoyed it with my morning java. Now I have to get my mind set on work. Boy that was a trip

[steve_paul]

Thanks for the incredible report Doug, a great read with amazing pics. Looking forward to trips like that with my son in the coming years. Thanks again.

[Roy]

Thanks for taking (your sweet) time to post such a time consuming and elaborate report Doug. Looks like Papa and friends enjoyed themselves immensely. Those lakers sure are dark in that water and those walleye are just beautiful. Sounds like all four of you could stand to diet a little this week as well. Thanks again Doug, just an outstanding report.

 

ps. I have a feeling that most folks on this board would have gladly paid the extra $200 to have a chance at the trip that you just experienced.

[mattyk]

that was an amazing report, thanks for sharing your trip with us.

[ccmtcanada]

Wow Doug! What a report! Looked like the fishing was great, and apart from the check out fiasco, things sounded first class all the way. Thanks for taking the time to post it!

[John]

Great, well written report as always Doug.

[Beans]

Wow !!! ... What a trip ... I wish I had your money ...

[pigeonfisher]

Thanks, Doogle...well put!

 

too bad about the extra $200...that sucks.

[Headhunter]

Great report Doug! Felt like I right there with you... even through the unfortunate part! Can't keep the fish off your line.... there are worse thing in life!

WTG!

HH

[TennesseeGuy]

Just checked Booi's brochure and prices were listed by the day. Nothing was mentioned about arriving late and spending the night at a gotcha rate. The charge could be justified if you had an unscheduled flight for your convenience and the plane returned to Red Lake empty. Flying costs are expensive.

 

In May our guys went in the night before, fished about 5 hours, and were not charged. Also 7 of us stayed an extra day to accommodate the flying schedule and we were not charged for the extra day.

[Bly]

Sweet report and trip Doug! I can forgive you for taking so long to share it Thanks for taking the time to include all the fishing details, the photos and the lessons learned...will definitely keep those in mind if/when I get to go on a fly in trip! Thanks again!!!

 

bly

[Shelley Cooper]

Wow.. what an excellent trip... and the report and pic's are simply GREAT..

 

Thanks DouG for sharing

[Pasquale]

BRAVO! what an excellent report. Great pics. Looks like you had a great time.

[fishnsled]

Doug, that was just an outstanding report!!! Thank you very much for the time and effort put into it, a great read. Too bad about the burn on the extra charges. Certainly something that we'll all keep in mind if any of us should choose to go to this place. Thanks for the heads up!

[dustink]

 

Wow....thanks for the time to put that together. Felt like I was there!!

 

Thanks!

dk

[redfin]

Wow nice Lakers and Walleye. Looks like a GREAT time. Thanks for posting.

[lunkerbasshunter]

wow that was one heck of a fishing trip and a great report!

 

cheers!

[Joey]

Well there, I finally realized you added more pics and the rest of your trip, DOH!. Just lovely DouG. An experience you won't soon forget. As for the $800 for one night, that was a dirty trick for sure. It's a shame really since everything seemed to go so well.

 

Joey

[Mike the Pike]

What a beauty trip Doug and nice to share it with your Dad.I love the shot of the 2 old guys talking with hand signals.Too bad about the extra cost.Thanks for the great report and pics that must have taken a long time to upload.

 

MTP

[crappiesteve]

Doug.it will be a memeroy of a lfe time.you and your dad,and the other gentelmen.your report,as usual,was fantastic.

 

But what took you so long.

[ehg]

Excellent extended report and pictures!

 

Very nice,

 

ehg

[Smokey]

Great report Doug. Not sure how I missed it all but found it tonight. Glad you caught lots of fish and the lesson learned on the early fly-in is a valuable one for future trippers.

 

Thanks for the report.

 

Mike

[glen]

Great report Doug.

 

They should be telling you all the costs upfront. That makes me sick.