L & M 2009 Fly In Ontario, Canada Fishing Reports

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Wright

Dates: 8/8/09-8/15/09

Group: Laurich

Report: Moderate rain at the beginning of week, fishing started slow but got better as the weather improved. All portage lakes produced good numbers of walleyes, many 22 inchers. Joe (age 9) caught a 31 inch northern even on our slow day of fishing. Cabin, boats, motors all worked well. Kids had lots of fun! Great trip!

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Shabumeni

Dates: 8/9/09-8/15/09

Group: Steinke

Report: Accomodations and service exceptional. Fishing was good most days of our trip. Largest walleye 30 inches

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Fawcett

Dates: 8/8/09-8/16/09

Group: Brautigan

Report: Another first class trip, our 4th one to Fawcett Lake. Large amount of walleye, largest being 23 1/2 inches. Many pike, largest 36 1/2 inches. Total fish caught was between 500-600.

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Wright

Dates: 8/15/09-8/19/09

Group: Groppoli

Report: Rained hard every day but the fishing was good. Lots of walleye. 700+ for the 5 of us. Biggest walleye 29 inches at Kaminskag Lake. Not any decent northerns. Cabbage up but no northerns in there. Facilities excellent.

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Shabumeni

Dates: 8/15/09-8/22/09

Group: Lodsdon

Report: As usual L & M provided a great camp and facilities. Fish where scattered over the lake. Good time.

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Fawcett

Dates: 8/16/09-8/22/09

Group: Ware

Report: Of our many fly in adventures, this week was one of the best. Weather mostly cool and overcast with a couple of sunny days. Great fishing with the biggest walleye 26 inches. Biggest northern 36 inches. As always, excellent service and equipment. L & M is the best outfitter we have ever used.

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Wright

Dates: 8/19/09-8/23/09

Group: Harwood

Report: Good numbers of fish caught. Nothing large though. Most fish in 12-15 feet of water on outsides of weed edges. Leeches worked very well. Rattle traps and rapelas with blue and red seemed the best. L & M are top notch. Had a great trip.

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Shabumeni

Dates: 8/22/09-8/24/09

Group: Miles

Report: Very good luck north end of the lake. Poor luck south end of the lake. Hot spots, lake outlet and the waterfalls at the top end of the lake. 2 days of fishing caught over 200 fish!

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Wright

Dates: 8/23/09-8/29/09

Group: Godfrey

Report: 6 great days. Weather was cold and wet. Fished 4 lakes. Biggest walleye, 3 at 27 inches. Largest northern 39 1/2 inches. Lots of 25 inch and up walleyes. 1 moose.

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Lake: Fawcett

Dates: 8/22/09-8/29/09

Group: Bufton (The A Team)

Report: Cabin and equipment was top notch. Everything worked great. Here is our daily log, we quit counting fish at 100. 4 of us in the group. Sat August 22. Flew in. Fished south of the cabin by rapids. 100+ walleyes. Caught 2 at 4 1/2 pounds. 2 northerns 31 inches. Sunday August 23. Fished north end of Zionz. Rained all day. 100+ walleyes. Monday August 24. Fished the area between Fawcett and Zionz. Rained 6 hours. Caught 100+ walleyes. Tuesday August 25. Fished south end of Zionz, again caught 100+ walleyes. Wed August 26. Rain most of the day. Fished the north end of Zionz at the inflow coming in. 100+ walleyes with 4 over 4 pounds. Thursday August 27. Made the trip, circled Thistle island. Fished the channels along the way. 100+ walleyes. Friday August 28. Went fishing for northern. Trolling and casting. Caught many over 35 inches with 40 inch pike being the largest. Mainly caught trolling big lures. Sat August 29, flew back out.

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Otatakan

Dates: 8/31/09-9/4/09

Group: Kidwell

Report: Fishing was good. The island was the best as always. The weather was warm, very nice. Carol caught the first, biggest, and the most fish!! (Just kidding Kevin)

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Fawcett

Dates: 8/29/09-9/5/09

Group: Flowers

Report: Water everywhere (high water) and the fish on the move scattered from spot to spot. Blue skies and wind the first 5 days with 2-4 foot waves. Avg 25-30 fish per person per day. Fished hard but a great trip as always!!

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Wright

Dates: 8/29/09-9/5/09

Group: Fuhs

Report: Great trip. Windy first few days, NO rain!. 40 inch pike was the largest, 35-37 inches as well. Many pike 30-35 inches. Largest walleye was 29 inches and a 28 1/2 inch. Kaminiskag was "hot". Excellent hosts, very good camp. Best cabin we have been at!!

[LMFlyin]

Lake: Fawcett

Dates: 9/5/09-9/12/09

Group: Furmanski

Report: Lots of northern between 5-10 pounds. No monsters but lots of fun. Walleye everywhere, size from 1 1/2 pounds to 3 pounds. Equipment all worked just fine. Ate fish everyday for lunch.

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Lake: Otatakan

Dates: 9/4/09-9/14/09

Group: Shuey

Report: Trip was awesome! Weather was nice, never had to wear a coat. Caught lots of fish, bith walleye and northerns. Accomodations good, service was excellent (esp the cooking oil Larry dropped off that we forgot). I would recommend this trip as a vacation. Truely a beautiful place! Caught 34 1/2 inch and 36 inch northerns, walleyes up to 26 inches.

[LMFlyin]

This sums up the 2009 season for L & M Fly Ins. Who ever read the reports hope you enjoyed them. If anyone is interested in a fly in fishing trip and like the sounds of L & M. Feel free to contact us with any questions or visit our web site. Reduced rates are being applied to 2010 trips to help people cope with the current economy, these prices are listed on L & M web site.

[prov1900]

L&M, I sure appreciated the reports. Thanks and keep them coming. I hope the economy picks up and finds you and all other outfitters doing well in 2010.

[Doc Madison]

Thanks for all the reports! We're looking forward to meeting you next June (26-30th on Otatakan). RP

[LMFlyin]

Your welcome prov1900, stay tuned come 2010. 9 month and counting. RP, 10 months and counting for your Otatakan trip, look forward to meeting you and your brothers. I am positive you'll enjoy your trip very much. If you have any questions or concerns about your trip, feel free to let me know. To everyone else, enjoy rest of the fall weather it means hitting the open water or hitting the woods come hunting season.

[LMFlyin]

For all who read our reports during the year, we would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Years to you and your family. Its because of you, the people who enjoy the outdoors, we are able to do the job we enjoy doing so much.