Fireside Lodge Fishing Report 6/12 to 6/19 2010 Part 1

Fireside Lodge Fishing Report 6/12 to 6/19 2010 Part 1
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Hello from Fireside Lodge in Northwest Ontario, Canada. Our fifth week and the weather continued to be pleasant except for a few rain showers and thunderstorms, which moved through quickly.
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George and Nicky Stewart from Windsor, Ontario were experiencing Fireside Lodge for their first time. First day they caught fish and George landed a 31 and 28-inch Northern Pike with Nicky catching a nice Smallmouth and lost a huge one. Second day they did very well catching a good number of Smallmouth Bass & Northern Pike and all good size. They also enjoyed a beautiful day we had, calm and 70 degrees. Second and third days were just better and better catching more and bigger fish. The excitement in this couple just vibrated through our lodge as they described all the wonderful experiences they were enjoying that come with fishing in our wonderful wilderness area. Fourth day they managed to catch a few, even though Mayflies were in full swing, and it was even hard to tempt the Bass with night crawlers, actually seeing the fish swim away after looking the worm over. Fourth day was fabulous and they had the fish happening of their lives as George hooked a GIANT Muskie that took him under and around the boat with several strong runs then broke or bit right through the swivel on his steel leader. Fifth day was very active as they caught 15 nice hard hitting Pike trolling despite having their day cut short due to T-Storms. On their last day the high winds hindered their fishing a forced them in by noon so they choose to spend it enjoying the natural surrounding at Fireside Lodge to end a terrific vacation.
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Charlie Walton from Hudson, OH was returning to Fireside Lodge for his third consecutive year, this being a very special trip bringing his son Ben and two grandsons Benton 12, and Nathan 8 years old. First day fishing brought some good Smallmouth and Pike action with Benton & Nathan lading BIG Smallies on a fly rod, Nathan’s measured a fat 15” and Benton landed an 18-inch Trophy Master Angles qualifier. The mayflies were in hatch and Charlie was wise to match the hatch wit a Hexaginia Nymph. Second day was very productive for Smallmouth Bass and this day was Nathan’s day to go down in the record book as this young fellow at 8 years of age landed a Trophy Master Anglers Award 18.375-inch Smallmouth. WOW!! Great Catch Nathan. Third day was a fabulous day of other activities for Charlie and grandson Nathan, but Ben and Benton did very well fishing catching Northern Pike and Smallmouth, with Benton catching some great 15-16-inchers and Ben caught a huge 18-inch Master Anglers Smallie. Great day fishing for father and son. Fourth & final day was very windy which made fly fishing nearly impossible for Charlie but Ben and the boys caught fish and had fun right up to suppertime. Great memories were made between three generations and thanks for choosing Fireside Lodge to spend your special family time.
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Long time return guests Ron and Mar Beth Huffman from West Dundee, IL arrived with smiles and happy to be here. On the day of their arrival they started with a bang catching 13 Northern Pike and about 30 Smallmouth Bass with Ron catching 3 Master Anglers Smallmouth over 18-inches. After spending their morning breaking over beaver dams to fish Cedarbough Lake with not much fishing success they returned to Little Vermilion and caught over 50 big Smallmouth. Ron caught two more over 18” and a 19-incher, & Mary Beth caught her first over 18-inches. Second day was portage lake day where they caught over 40 Pike a one BIG walleye about 26-27-inches. Third was a day of rest, but after supper fishing for just 2.5 hours these two had fabulous Smallmouth Bass fishing as they caught over 40, with most being larger, and Ron caught another three trophy Smallmouth over 18-inches. Fourth day had these to back on another portage for terrific Pike fishing catching between 80-90. The last day was amazing as they caught 224 Northern Pike having lots of doubles along with 3 Smallmouth Bass Ron landing two trophy bass at 19 & 20-inches. Fabulous finish to a fabulous trip.
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Returning to Fireside Lodge for their 7th year were Bill Aulenbach from Barberton, OH father Bill Rasbach with son Kyle from Ft Myer, Fl & Boston, MA and newcomer Joe DeMeis from Wellesley, MA. First day Bill A went to his favorite bay, Portage Bay, where he and Joe got into some nice pike and Bill & Kyle did great catching 31 Smallmouth. Second day had Bill A & Kyle catching some quality Smallmouth 15 to 17” and Bill R and Joe had a fabulous day landing over 50 Smallmouth on a very small all white in-line spinner. Third day had Joe and Kyle catching over 49 Smallmouth and Joe caught his first Master Anglers Smallie measuring 18.5”. The two Bill’s mixed it up catching 25 Smallmouth and 20 Northern Pike. Great day for all. Fifth day was Musky day for Bill A & Joe, catching one and 5 very nice Northern Pike. Bill R and son Kyle caught 5 Muskie with the biggest one jumping out of the net breaking away one of the hooks from their lure. Kyle also caught his first Master Anglers Award Smallmouth at 18.25-inches after catching two just missing at 17 and 17.5” on consecutive casts. Great day for all. Sixth day was terrific with the group catching a total of 156 Northern Pike & Bill R with son Kyle accounted for 103. Their 7th and last day was relaxing soaking up the moments day as they targeted large Smallmouth Bass. While catching plenty of Pike they caught some great size Smallies with Bill A landing one 17.5-incher and Kyle finished strong catching two monsters both at 19” & bursting at the seams. All left having a great time and made their reservations for the same dates in 2011.
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Walt LaCasse LaCasse from Minnetonka, MN, John Hietala from Northfield, MN, Jim Jones from McKinney, TX, Bruce Laybourne from Milford, OH and Mike Ahrens from Plymouth, MN returned for their traditional annual group trip to Fireside Lodge. First evening brought good Northern Pike action & Bruce caught a 35-incher. First day was a good day as Jim caught his first ever 18-inch Master Anglers Award Smallmouth and Walt came up with the long fish of the day landing a nice 37-inch Pike. Second day was good as they all caught fish, but John and Terry did the best catching numerous Smallmouth and both Terry & John landed Master Anglers Bass at 18-18.25”. Third day was windy & after discussing strategy they set out to catch some bigger Pike. Well, it worked as they caught 20+ big pike between 31 to 36-inches. Fourth & final day they went out with a BANG catching well over 100 Pike just between Jim, Walt, & Terry and Walt caught the biggest Smallmouth for the trip landing a monster 19.5-incher. GREAT day, GREAT trip, and before departing they reserved the same dates for 2011.
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Hot Lures: Husky Jerk, Live Night crawlers, #3 In-Line Spinner in All White, Tube Jig, Blue Fox Spinner, Mepps Spinner, Williams Wobbler, X-Rap, Original Floating Rapala, Thunder Bug

Flies of the week: Clouser Perch Color, Hexaginia Nymph, Lefty Deceivers, Poppers

Catches of The Week: Smallmouth Bass One 20”, Two 19.5”, One 19.25”, Three 19”, Twelve 18.5”, Two 18.25”, Seventeen 18” Northern Pike 42-inches two at 38-inches.

Fly Fishing Catches of the week: Smallmouth Bass, 18.375-inch on Fly Rod, two 18.5-inch on fly rod, two 18-inch on Fly Rod, 18,
18” Master Anglers Smallmouth Caught by Benton and Nathan while Fly Fishing.

Well, that's it for this weeks Fireside Lodge Fishing News Report, Please stay tuned for next weeks report. Until then "Keep On Fish'n" Alan
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