Moose on the Loose!

Quick note to all our fisherman travelling to and from camp this spring. Please be cautious and watch out for moose and bear when travelling up this spring. There has been numerous spottings, including some big bulls. Many moose have been on the highway so be on the lookout day and night when travelling. Also, there is a bit of road work near the 502 turn off, on the way here from Fort Frances. There may be a bit of flagging operations ongoing during the week, but it hasn't delayed anyone long yet. The road crews have not been working on the weekend yet. They are repairing and re-paving about 20 kilometers if road between 502 and Mine Centre.
Drive safe and arrive in one piece!

Past year's photos

We welcome any of our guests to send us recent or old memorable photos from their years of fishing at Crystal Beach, even if they are from years way before Tonya and I operated the camp. We will get them out to our web master and he has been doing an outstanding job at getting them posted on our web. I can also put them on the blog right a way as well. We would greatly appreciate all photos of fish, big and small! Or some other meaningful photos of fish frys, wildlife, or whatever you may have captured on film or disk over the years. Please send your photos to crystalbeach@xplornet.com and let us know if you want a caption with it. thanks

Memorial weekend fishing report

The fishing has been picking up significantly with the water starting to warm. Surface temps on most lakes in the area now are 5o to 52 degrees, and raising a bit everyday. Walleye are picking up, with most everyone getting their limit when going after them. We have had some 25 to 27 inch fish caught this past weekend, and a good number of eating size fish. Groups have been doing well on Sapawe, Marmion north of town, and the Floods in spots. One group caught over 80 fish on Monday, consisting of walleye, bass, and northern pike. Other groups reporting catches of over 5o fish some days of mixed bag. Trolling and jigging have been working well. Lakers on Crystal have been a bit slow this past weekend, although some are being caught. Some big pike have been spotted in the bays on Crystal, none reportedly being caught as of yet though. The pike should start biting better this coming week on Crystal, after recuperating from the spawn. Island Falls has been getting better for walleye as well with the warmer temperatures. Road up to the Floods in decent shape, no log trucks have been running it at all yet this spring, probably won't be for quite awhile. The fork up past Mercutio going North does still have some water across it in spots, Ministry has travel at own risk signs out, but it is still open. The Seine River system is still probably about 3 feet high yet, but seems to slowly be going down. More next week, good fishing until then!

What's happening at the camp

We have added a few new things for this season. We have been updating our rental boats and have aquired some nice new deep and wide Lunds for anyone that may need to rent a boat. We understand most of you like to bring your own rig, and that is fine, we have just noticed a need for a few more rentals for guests that either don't have their own boat, or don't want to tow one up with them.
We also put in a new aluminum Voyageur Dock at the landing to replace our old floater. We plan to try this dock out for a few years, and if we like it, we will be replacing our other large floater with a large roll-in aluminum as well.
Tonya and I just finished renovating the last two bathrooms in the cabins, so they all have been updated with new tile and a bit of a new look for the 2009 season.
We are adding a new swingset/ playset for anyone bringing their kids up to enjoy a summer vacation this season.
Our last big project for this summer is to finish our new house which we have slowly been working on the past 5 years. Hopefully we can move into it by this fall, which would open up one more rental unit in our duplex.
That is about all that is on our plate for this season, along with minor improvements around the camp. We are looking forward to another busy summer.

Opening weekend fishing report, May 2009

Just giving a weekend fishing update report from this past weekend's opener. The bass was slow over the weekend, just starting to pick up after today's 80 degree temps. Saturday we had a major blizzard move in, and a couple of nights this past week below freezing. We did have a 25 inch and 27 inch walleye caught, both on the Floods, and some limits of walleyes being taken, but not exceptional catches as of yet. The trout have been hitting steady in shallower waters, and the northern pike are just now starting to pick up. This weekend should be quite a bit better, as water temps are approaching the low 50's now. This past weekend, they were running around 45-48. Water levels are currently very high due to the spring runoff, as can be expected with a year with a lot of snow.

Welcome to Crystal Beach Resort

We would like to welcome everyone to our new blog site for Crystal Beach Resort. We will be updating the site from time to time with fishing and hunting reports, regulation changes and updates, weather conditions, and camp updates. We hope you enjoy browsing through our camp reports, and if at any time you want to contact us for additional information, you can go to our web site at www.fishcrystal.com or email direct at crystalbeach@xplornet.com and we will get back to you. Good Fishing!!