The day didn’t start too early, though most of the guys are early risers. We took our cue from the White Otter and ended up having a nice breakfast of coffee, bacon, and eggs around 10am. We decided to head out for a morning fish but it wasn’t quite as productive. I managed to pull in a handful of fish along the shoreline not far from the cabin. It was a unique opportunity fishing under the watchful eye of a majestic bald eagle. The morning was very still. The surface of the lake was mostly glassy. This might have led to some of the challenges we had. Normally, you want to fish with the “walleye chop” so there’s some light wind chop but we didn’t have that at all. We returned to the cabin with a less than spectacular haul and sat around talking and catching up. The woods around the cabin are too thick for exploring so we spend our time on the deck at the picnic table or around the dock. After lunch we headed back out and had another good day of fishing. We had quite an interesting and unique experience. Stepping out of the cabin in […]
7am arrived early. We’d planned on grabbing coffee and breakfast before heading to Canoe Canada. Here’s some important information…There’s nothing in Atikokan, Ontario. The Outdoorsman restaurant was closed (theoretically until October). The White Otter advertised breakfast but the sign on the door said 10am. With no other options, we headed to the Esso gas station where we were at least able to get coffee and what resembled a cream cheese danish. We returned to the motel, packed our bags, and hopped in the van left for us by Canoe Canada. We arrived at their location a couple of hours early but this allowed us time to fill out our boating license and go over the maps. We eventually hopped in the van and they drove us to the seaplane base where we had ourselves and our gear weighed so they could load our two seaplanes. We met with Jeremy, the owner, for another review of the maps and hot spots. Things were a little backed up so we had to wait a couple of hours for the planes to tend to ferrying other passengers either to or from other cabins. It was finally our turn and Joey, Gary and I […]
