L & M 2009 Fly In Ontario, Canada Fishing Reports

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Lake: Fishtrap

Dates: 6/13/09-6/21/09

Group: Rose

Report: Another great L & M trip (our 9th). Our first trip to Fishtrap. Cabin, boats, motors, fish cooker, and grill all in good shape. Fishing was good. Caught plenty of walleyes for meals, too many bass to count, and lots of pike. Did not use any live bait. Weather was good except for some afternoon/evening thundering and lightening. We would come back to this lake.

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Lake: Otatakan

Dates: 6/15/09-6/22/09

Group: Ruhling

Report: 7 days of fishing. Fish starting to move into the streams. Little weed bed growth yet. Large northerns in the pools before the narrows. Caught lots in the mid 30 inch range. Lost a couple of larger pike in the 40 inch plus category. Walleye fishing was great. Everything was caught on artificals. Did some fly fishing, caught 100+ walleye on the fly. Caught 200+ northerns on the fly.

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Lake: Shabumeni

Dates: 6/19/09-6/24/09

Group: Miller

Report: It was fun. Lots of fish caught in the river and the lake. Many walleyes over 19 inches, most northern 24-30 inches. Great cabin and campsite....no rain to speak of.

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Lake: Wright

Dates: 6/21/09-6/25/09

Group: Van Beckum

Report: Great fishing. Plenty of walleye 18-23 inches. Largest 23 1/2 inches. Tough to catch fish small enough to eat, which is a nice problem to have. Largest pike 36 inches. Jigs and twisters, copper spoons all worked well. The fish were everywhere! Plenty of fish at inlets and bays. Also caught many while drifting points of islands. We will be back.

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Lake: Fishtrap

Dates: 6/21/09-6/26/09

Group: Williams

Report: Fishing was good. Accomodations were great. Equipment was exceptional. Scenery was incredible.

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Lake: Austin

Dates: 6/19/09-6/26/09

Group: Smith/Cusentino

Report: Caught walleye and northern on the wind swept points and bays. Marked more fish on Austin than I ever marked before on any other lake. Good lake, watch your prop! Excellent fishing right off the dock, both walleye and northern. Saw a big northern off the dock too. Weather was perfect for fishing and looking at the stars. We saw a black bear by our cabin too, very cool.

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Lake: Dobie

Dates: 6/20/09-6/26/09

Group: Tomasovic

Report: Weather was great! Fishing was very good too, mainly in the river near the cabin. Lots of walleye 16-22 inches. Several were over 22 inches. Largest northern 35 inches and 36 inches. Great Time! Thanks to L & M!

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Lake: Fawcett

Dates: 6/20/09-6/27/09

Group: Mussleman/Jarvis

Report: Lots of good sized walleye. More pike caught than walleye. Biggest walleye caught 30 inches. Biggest pike had to be 50 inches but couldnt get it in the boat. Saw lots of wildlife, between the group saw 3 Caribou and 3 Moose, along with otters, beavers, and mink.

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Lake: Otatakan

Dates: 6/22/09-6/27/09

Group: Butler

Report: Day 1, 4 in our party flew out of base camp, thanks Larry for an excellent flight. Overcast, very windy and some rain. Fished 7 hours. Caught around 70 fish. 32 inch northern and 5 or 6 walleye over 18 inches. Day 2, extremely windy. Water white capping. Bright and sunny in the morning, afternoon rain. Fished 7-8 hours. Caught around 150 fish/ 28 inch northern and 21 inch walleye. Several over 18 inches. Day 3, extremely windy again. Water white capping. Sunny, fished 5 hours. Caught around 30 fish/ Day 4, overcast, fished 8 hours. Caught about 150 fish. 26 inch walleye, 23 inch walleye and a 21 inch walleye. Day 5, fished 7-8 hours. Caught about 70 fish. 30 inch northern and 27 inch northern. The cabin at Otatakan is awesome. The sun room and the flush toilet is a great addition. As usual, L & M made for a great trip and treated us like friends instead of customers.

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Lake: Wright

Dates: 6/25/09-6/29/09

Group: Del Vecchio

Report: A great experience, not only the fishing but the variety of adventures (4 lakes in 4 days fished). Fishing was great with plenty of walleyes in excess of 20 inches (largest 26 inches). Pike fishing was good especially on the pull over lake (plenty of 27 inch plus), largest pike 37 inches. Despite the 42 hours of rain the fishing never let down. Every spot mentioned was good fishing for almost the whole trip. Great trip!

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Lake: Otatakan

Dates: 6/27/09-6/29/09

Group: Linquist

Report: Good accomodations and so was the fishing. Indoor toilet and shower was a great surprise. Fishing good on the reefs in the main lake and in the Wesley River. Almost all the fish 17-19 inches. Weather was awful so could not explore too much during our weekend trip.

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Lake: Shabumeni

Dates: 6/24/09-6/30/09

Group: Dutton

Report: Excellent experience, great service, friendly outfitter, excellent fishing, and comfortable accomodations. Grandsons out fished dad and grandpa.

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Lake: Dobie

Dates 6/26/09-6/30/09

Group: Bruening/Kapelski

Report: Copious (many) walleye in the rivers. Decent northerns. Rain and more rain!! Great facilities!

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Lake: Austin

Dates: 6/26/09-7/3/09

Group: Patrongio

Report: Wet and cold everyday till the last day. Fishing slow when you could fish due to the weather. One good day of fishing out of seven. Oh well, you can not control the weather.

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Lake: Fawcett

Dates: 6/27/09-7/3/09

Group: Oran/Swanson Couples

Report: Fly ins with L & M, 6 years. Length of stay at Fawcett lake, 6 days. Rain, 3 full days. Actual sunshine, 5 hours. Games won by the women, most. Walleyes caught bu the men, most. Bear sightings, 1. Total walleye count, 1029. Largest walleye, 27 7/8 inches. Time spent with friends, PRICELESS!!

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Lake: Wright

Dates: 6/29/09-7/4/09

Group: Sutula

Report: Largest Northern Pike, 36 inches. 24", 23", 22", 21" walleyes. The most success on Kaminskag River outflow. Smaller baits caught bigger fish. Saw a moose in the river too.

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Lake: Shabumeni

Dates: 6/30/09-7/5/09

Group: Hensley

Report: Catching walleyes was excellent. Plenty of 1 1/2 to 3 1/2 pound walleyes. Northern pike little slow. We think the weather had some effect on the northern fishing. Cabin and equipment A OK.

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Lake: Otatakan

Dates: 6/29/09-7/5/09

Group: Henson/Roberts Party

Report: A+ as usual!

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Lake: Dobie

Dates: 6/30/09-7/6/09

Group: Linzey

Report: Tremendous week of walleye fishing. First time on Dobie. Full of 18-23 inch walleye. Still in the river, but moving to the lake. Brought all the men in the family, 3 generations, everbody from 14 to 76 years young had a great time. L & M facilties are top notch.

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Lake: Austin

Dates: 7/3/09-7/7/09

Group: Kasica

Report: Trip went by way too fast. Caught 70-80 fish per day (father with his 2 sons). Largest walleye was 28 inches. Largest northern was 38 inches. Most fish were caught in the narrow channels of the lake.

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Lake: Fawcett

Dates: 7/3/09-7/8/09

Group: Corman

Report: Water was high and high winds. Excellent fishing in the narrows, many 20-24 inch fish caught in narrows. Largest walleye caught was 28 1/2 inches

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Lake: Otatakan

Dates: 7/5/09-7/8/09

Group: Henske

Report: The fishing was awesome. We caught over 300 fish during our 3 days. The fly in was cool too. Excellent hospitality, great accomodations, and fabulous fishing. Walleyes: Lots 14-18 inches, some 18-24 inches. Largest pike 35 inches. Best fly in accomodations we ever had. Equipment and set up first rate.

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Lake: Wright

Dates: 7/4/09-7/10/09

Group: Sedlacek

Report: The fishing was good. Lots of walleyes. We saw a 1 bear and 1 moose. It was a great trip.

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Lake: Fishtrap

Dates: 7/6/09-7/11/09

Group: Christianson

Report: Great week of fishing. Near perfect weather and all species of fish caught in all holes. Hard to find eating sized fish. Fish hit all lures, live bait or not. Highrock portage automatic for walleye and smallmouth. One of our best fishing trips ever. Largest walleye 25 inches.

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Lake: Dobie

Dates: 7/6/09-7/12/09

Group: Kroll

Report: Wind prevented fishing the large water for 3 days. Largest walleye 26 1/2 inches, many 23-24 inches. Largest northern 37 inches. Lots of walleye in 13-20 feet on the structure. Always walleye in the river. Also, caught 15 walleye in 30 minutes fishing off the dock. Largest of those 23 inches. Good boats, handled big water well, good accomadations.