Fly- In Suggestions

[troutchaser]

Hello everyone. A group of 5-6 of us are looking for a good fly-in trip to take this summer. Does anyone have any suggestions for an outfitter, or any recommendations as where to go. We would appreciate any advice as this is our first fly-in trip. We would like to fly out of southern ontario.

Thanks

[superbee]

I would reccommend L&M Fly In, they fly out of Clearwater Lake, it is 1 hour over the border and they fly 160-220 miles north of there into some excellent walleye & pike lakes. I think they do some of the Minnesota port shows, but they do have a good HSOforum and have fishing reports for every group & lake for the last couple of years on there. We have fished there lakes and have real happy with the fishing, equipment, & service. You definately get your money's worth.

www.lmflyin.com

[troutchaser]

Thanks for the reply!! I forgot to mention that we would like to go somewhere that has the opportunity for Lake Trout.

Thanks Again

[Finns]

Birch Lake is where we catch our lakers. It's about 70 miles NE of Red Lake, Ont. There are four outfitters on the lake and some of them fly out of Fort Frances. Do a search or mail me at finns3 AT stjoelive DOT (Contact US Regarding This Word)

[superbee]

The walleye lakes that L&M have don't have any lakers, but the walleye fishing is outstanding. Our experience has been that the shallower walleye lakes that don't have lake trout are typically always easier to fish and catch lots of walleye no matter what time of year you go. Most of the time that we went where we could get lakers as well, we didn't fish them enough or catch enough to make up for the better walleye fishing on the shallower river system lakes. I would go right after ice out though if you are really wanting to catch the lakers, they are alot easier and funner to catch in shallow water.

[Craig_S]

Vic Davis - Northern Ontario Wilderness Outfitters - Just north of Fort Francis by the causeway over Rainy. Great variety and real nice planes. Turbine engines don't wear out your ears. We like Vic because of the easy-to-get-to location and service. Remember, you're flying in. I wouldn't drive hundreds of miles to do it.

Craig

[island guy]

If truly "getting away from it all" is important to you you may want to check out something a little farther away from International Falls. We flew out of an outfitter near IF. There are so many logging roads that locals have been able to get into a lot of lakes that were previously unattainable. Imagine our surprise when we had company on "our" lake as we thought we were really isolated. Turned out fine, as the local guys were really great in helping us find spots. Just something to keep in mind.

[Craig_S]

That can certainly happen! I boat/sled to a cabin near a fly-in outpost. That one I wouldn't pay for a flight to. I'd suggest you check out closely where you're going. Try the Google World map. The reality is nearly all of northern Ontario has had some logging activity. I've flown out of Red Lake, Ear Falls, and Pine Dock on the north end of Lake Winnipeg. By flying out of Fort Francis, you maybe add 30 minutes to your flight. But save 3-4 hours driving. Logging activity is apparent for a good portion of your flight. But in Canada, they log an area in a big way for a while, not to return for maybe 70 to 100 years. So while you may see some trails and cuts, that doesn't necessarily mean there's going to be anyone within 50 miles of your camp. Some of Vic's lakes are in Wabikimi Provincial Park. Real wilderness. Try Granite - we were there last year. No trout, but walleye galore and northern over 40".

Craig

[troutchaser]

I need to clarify my question and get down to what we are really looking for. We are lloking for a wilderness trip where we can camp, we just want to get deeper into no man land. We currently go up every year to a lake about 150 miles north of the border and it is a very rough trip. lots of gravel roads, bushwacking our way in the last few miles, and the portaging 16 foot boats a couple of hundred yards down to the lake. We then go to an island and set up camp and live there for a week. It is very rustic and rough, but it is what we like. The fly-in outfitters i have looked at all have cabins and this would be a luxury trip for us to stay in something like that, so i guess what i we are really looking for is someone to dump us off in the middle of no where, where we can catch huge fish and have some seculsion. Is there such an outfit?

Thanks for all the advice

[superbee]

Do a search for Showalters Fly In Fishing, they have fly in outposts, but they do fly in camping trip where they have boats and such. They'll drop you off and come get you when you want and you can rough it this way.