New to Lac Seul

[scott-z]

I am going to be headed to Lac Seul in late June and was wondering if any of you have ever stayed with Lac Seul Adventures? I guess it is right next to Muckwa resort.

[CH47]

Scott,

I have not stayed at LSA but have been staying at Mahkwa for many years now. I'm not even sure where LSA is. There aren't many lodges in that area. If you have a question about the lodge itself I can't help but as far as fishing in the general area I can certainly give you my 2cents.

Regards,

[scott-z]

Sounds good CH47. LSA was new last year I believe. Last year they had just 1 cabin. This year they are up to 3 cabins. I would certainly be interested, if you would be willing to share some fishing info. I am stopping to look for a map tonight on my way home from work. I am not sure what area of the lake to look for however. The owner of LSA said they are about 20 miles North of Sioux Lookout, so I am going to look for that region. Thanks for any info.

[CH47]

Scott,

I know where it's at now. The guy who runs that used to work at Mahkwa I think. I can't remember his name.

You'll want a map for the Southwest section of Lac Seul. Vaughan Lake and Lost Lake should be mentioned somewhere in the map description. I found a decent one online. I can't remember what site but the map has Explorer Series in the title. It was fairly cheap too. It's a good map for basic navigation but the depth contours are limited. Hopefully if you can't find one locally the lodge will have a good one for the area. I know Mahkwa does.

Our group goes up in a couple of weeks. We've never been disappointed yet.

Regards,

[scott-z]

The owner of LSA is Brian Gray. We will be up there June 22-26. Does that overlap with your dates? Thanks for the info on the map. I will see what I can find. Do you have to go very far for good fishing? Are you mainly fishing reefs or shoreline structure? Thanks.

[CH47]

Scott,

We'll miss each other by a week. We're the 11th-17th.

We mainly fish shoreline structure. We jig or lindy for walleyes and cast for everything else. Mostly 1/8th oz jigs in bright colors tipped with minnows or crawlers.

There are plenty of rocks, sand, and weedbeds to choose from. I understand that the water level is below normal this year so take it slow and you should be OK. It's amazing how you can be tooling along in 30+FOW and all of a sudden see a boulder just below the surface. Not to mention any floating logs.

We rarely travel more than a few miles from camp mainly because we don't have to. If we do go farther it's just for a change of scenery. Our longest trip is when Vaughan Lake (fish sanctuary) opens. We'll cover that whole area on the day it opens.

I'll make sure and post a report when we get back.

[ozzie]

scott-z sounds like you are going to be at LSA the same time i am up at Mahkwa!! Do you guys do much pike fishing?? Good Luck!!!

[scott-z]

Thanks for the info CH47. That is kind of similar to what we do. Mostly jig fishing for us. It looks like there are plenty of points and bays to keep us busy for quite a while. When does the Vaughan lake fish sanctuary open up? I was also told that it is worth the trip into Broad Lake. I look forward to seeing your report.

[scott-z]

We mostly walleye fish, but if I get my way we will do some casting for northerns as well. How about you....walleye or Pike?

[CH47]

Vaughan usually opens on June 13th and I don't think the regs have changed on Lac Seul this year.

What's great about the area is that most times you can have people jig on one side of the boat and others cast towards shore on the other side and all will be catching fish. Something for everyone.

You might want to take a few bass-sized topwaters for the evenings. The topwater smallies at the end of the day can be really fun if you hit it at the right time. Usually between 6-8 pm.

Last year I even had a perch come out of the weeds and hammer, yes, I said hammer, a tandem spinner bait I was tossing for northerns. It happened right at the boat. Pretty comical.

[ozzie]

we did alot of walleye fishing but last year we did great on the little northern fishing we did so this year i think a little more time will be spent on therns....

we caught some perch last year that were true jumbos that we caught casting for northers....

[deacon]

Can anyone provide a reference (good or bad) on Lac Seul Adventures? Sounds as if right next to Mahkwa and use Archies landing. thanks