Fireside Lodge Fishing Report 6/19 to 6/26 2010 Part 1

Hello from Fireside Lodge in Northwest Ontario, Canada. This week has two words to paint the whole picture. “Wonderful” Weather and “Terrific” Fishing & Catching.

High School friends and best buddies Dan Szkola and Don Landbo from Sugar Grove and S. Elgin, IL retuned to Fireside Lodge for their 7th consecutive year. After Don left he sent me an email of his and Dan’s results. So as the saying goes this is straight from the horses mouth from Don’s letter: “Forgot to give you the results during checkout-I had not been that tired since my Basic Training days. We really went at it hard again for two old guys. Thur-14 SM and 3 NP to 34" between us, Fri-Blown off lake, but managed 6 SM and 4 NP between us, Sat- record shattering day-Dan 12 SM (1 @ 18") 65 NP Don 9SM and 85 NP and some great video, Sun-Dan 3 SM (1 @ 19.5") 44NP Don 3SM (1 @ 18.75" & 1 @ 18") 36NP, Mon-Dan 17SM (1 @ 18") Don 29SM (1 @ 18.5") 4NP, Tue- Dan 9 SM and 47NP -Don 5SM and 48NP
Wed- Dan 3SM and 32NP -Don 2SM and 44NP more good video,
524 boated fish, plus all the top water misses and fish that never made it all the way to the boat, which was likely 8 or 9 for every one boated.
As usual everything was to the highest standards. We both have great new memories and new fishing and wildlife stories. I think we forgot to mention the bobcat/lynx we saw run across the hill and over to the utility shed Tuesday as we were leaving the dock one morning. And possibly the best story of 2010 was you having a smaller version of Dans' beat up (from catching lots of fish for years) unknown lure at checkout. If I miss you at the St Charles show, see you in 50 1/2 weeks, Don Landbo

Phil Spahr from Fairborn, Oh. his sons Brad and Tim from Marboro, MA and their Uncle Jerry from WV were all back to Fireside for their 10th consecutive year. DOA and the first day they caught 20 Pike up to 34” & 18 Smallmouth Bass up to 17”. Second day was a BIG day as the group caught 148 Northern Pike & Tim landed a nice Tiger Muskie. Third day they caught 15 Smallmouth, 6 Pike, and Tim caught his second Musky, however Phil was up to his old Beatle Spin tricks as after hooking a Smallmouth a Musky decided to take it away from Phil. After the obvious struggle the Musky won and got lunch. Fourth day was a BIG catching day as they caught 77 Pike and 2 Smallmouth. Fifth and sixth days Phil & Jerry kept their numbers up as they landed 95 Pike and 5 Smallmouth and a Musky, but Tim and Brad changed tactics and decided to chase BIG toothy critters. After some discussion on lure type and a new technique they were off to test their skills. Well, the results happened on Brad’s third cast catching a BIG FAT 35-inch Tiger Muskie and they proceeded to catching Pike in the 30 to 33-inch range. Last day the did even better landing more big fish including each catching a 38” Northern Pike, Tim caught two Musky at 30 & 34-inches and Brad caught a chunker 35” Pike. This set the stage for many winter discussions in planning for their next fishing trip. This entire group caught 358 Pike, 48 Smallmouth, and 6 Muskie. Great Trip making Fantastic Family Memories!!

Tyler Tennant from TX and father-in-law Peter Higman from IL returned to Fireside Lodge for their fifth consecutive year. Always after the big fish, this year was no different. They had plenty of follows but the big boys were not cooperating as they did in previous years. Tyler and Peter caught a lot of toothy critters, mostly Pike and also caught a lot of BIG Smallies on large lures. Tyler landed the biggest of the week, a MONSTER measuring 19-inches. Both had a great time fishing together as always.

Father Paul Capecchi with son Tony returned to Fireside Lodge for their 8th consecutive year. The fishing results below were taken from notes that Tony & Paul gave to me when departing. DOA these two saw a Moose & Caught 15 Pike up to 32-inches, and what more can you ask for? First day was fabulous catching over 150 fish, Tony landing two Muskie at 31” and a Big Fat 43” Trophy Clear Musky, and a GIANT 19” Smallmouth Bass. Next day was another 150 fish day, mostly Pike, the biggest being a FAT 35-incher. Third day they were in search for Muskie only and had many follows but no takers, caught 1 large Pike, a dozen Smallmouth and one 1400LB Moose sighting. GREAT DAY!!! Fourth day had them at near 100 fish the highlight being an 18” Master Anglers Smallmouth Bass. Fifth day was over 150 fish and Tony caught a HUGE 39” Musky. Last day was over 100 fish day and Paul landed a beauty 18.5” Trophy Smallmouth and they ended their trip with a traditional double catch of Northern Pike. They had 8 doubles in all and Tony caught 7 Pike on 7 consecutive casts. Most of all they caught & kept to take with them another set of wonderful father and son memories fishing together in the great wilderness we have to offer at Fireside Lodge.

Joe & Mike Martineck from Addison & Bolingbrook, IL were fishing at Fireside Lodge for their first time. For first timers they learn fast as they caught over 100 Northern Pike on their first day. WOW!! Second and third days were not as fast action but they did caught some quality Pike and after leaving their big net back on the dock Mike hooked into a GIANT Master Anglers Award size Muskie and had it to the boat several times and in an attempt to land this monster by putting it’s head in a Bass net and picking it up by the tail, the fish shook violently, flopped out of the net only leaving the hook behind and all Mike & Joe could do is watch this submarine slowly swim away. As for the big net, be assured they will never leave the dock without it again. Fourth day was full of action again as they landed over 40 Northern Pike. Their fifth day was a slower day, but on the sixth and final day they finished strong catching well over 50 Northern Pike, 3 Smallmouth & Joe caught a GIANT 19.5” Master Anglers Trophy Smallie. Great Fishing and GREAT Memories for this father and son.

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Hot Lures: Blue Fox Spinner, Leeches, X-Rap, Tube Jig, Beatle Spin, Gulp Baits, Wacky Worms, Mepps Spinner, Floating Rapala,

Catches of The Week: 26 Smallmouth 18-inches or larger with two 19.5” and for 19”, 41” and 40.5” Northern Pike, 42.5” Tiger Musky, 41” Muskie, three 38” Pike.

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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