One of 700

Congratulations to Jeff and Tina, who did happen to catch one of the 700 smallmouth the ministry tagged from this year's Atikokan Bass Classic tournament. It was a nice 18 and a half inch smallie, and of course, was released to fight again. They landed the fish off an island on Marmion Lake while doing a little prefishing for next year's tournament. I will attach a picture of Tina holding the bass with a small yellow strap on its dorsal fin. 700 fish sounds like a lot to be tagged, but to catch one is actually quite a feat considering there is probably a half a million or so bass in the Floods and Marmion Lake. Good job Tina! ~ and Jeff for being the Net Man!

End of year fishing update

Well, the past month and a half flew by so fast that I didn't realize I haven't updated the fishing report lately.
While the summer was way below average temps, we are finally now, in mid September, getting the summer we missed. Looks real good for another week or so yet too.
We want to thank all of our guests from this summer's fishing season. We had a great year, considering the shape the economy is in. Hopefully, most of you can make it back for a fishing vacation next season. We are now transitioning into the hunt season with moose hunters arriving in early October, and deer hunters coming late October and into November, then we will be winterizing everything for another glorious winter already!!!
Well, the June fishing was real good, the bass didn't turn on quite as good as they normally do, with the exception with an excellent week in mid August, the weather warmed up and the bass did go wild for a short period. That is the type of bass fishing we typically have after July 4 as the water warms. Walleye were quite steady in July and August, with some days being much better than others. All the small fronts that were moving through kept the fish fairly moody. The guys that were fishing the walleye were catching them though.
Lake trout turned on real good the second half of August, and are still biting quite well for the guys that are fishing them. Season does close at the end of this month for the trout.
Some real big pike have been caught recently, one 41 inch and one 43 inch in the past week and a half.
I was out last Saturday and we did boat about 40 smallmouth bass, some very nice fish, but we did have to finesse them as they weren't chasing steady.
Anyway, in summary, the fishing was still pretty good this summer, but the cooler weather and all the rain fronts did have them stirred up much of the season. The groups that have been coming regularly were still able to find plenty of fish, even though the conditions made it a bit trickier.
We will be starting our ice fishing in December, and we will be giving occasional updates as the season progresses. So for now, good fishing.