Fireside Lodge Fishing
Report 5/26 to 6/9 2012
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Ladies Muskie Trophy Fishing in
Canada
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Weather this week was
terrific having highs in the high 70’s, sunny, & calm every day except
Friday when we received a half-day of rain. The major Smallmouth spawn happened
between June 1st-4th making it 10-14 days early.
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First Trophy Muskie Fishing at
Fireside Lodge
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Big Smallmouth Bass Fishing in
Canada
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| Muskie Surprise While Pike Fishing in Canada |
Returning for their second
year were Nick Christner, Resit Unal, and brothers Mike and Matt Chytka from
Barhamsville / Yorktown, VA and Raleigh, NC. First day offered up some nice
Northern Pike catches with Nick
catching the biggest, & loosing a near 40”er. We also enjoyed celebrating
Nick’s birthday in the dinning room.
Second day Nick and Matt got into a bunch of nice Smallmouth Bass. All
caught some nice Northern Pike & Resit was the perch master of the day.
Third day had Nick and Matt catching a bunch of Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike,
& both landing their first Muskie. Resit and Mike caught Pike & Resit
got the perch award. Fourth day, the coldest with a high of 45 degrees and
snow, was Mike and Resit’s turn to each catch a Muskie, & Resit did it in a
BIG way landing a HUGE 42-inch Musky. The pictures and expressions say it all.
Last day was their best weather day finally seeing the sun and temps got up to
59. This day was spent catching a mix of Pike & Smallmouth as they enjoyed their
final day soaking up the wilderness that surrounded them. All had a GREAT trip
& said they will be back next year.
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Large Northern Pike Fishing at
Fireside Lodge Canada
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Ladies fishing for Trophy Northern
Pike in Canada
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Terrific BIG Northern Pike Fishing
at Fireside Lodge
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Long time guests Larry and
Scott Seibenthal from Creve Coeur, IL returned with their better half, Diane
and Candy for the third time as couples. First day Candy set the “BIG FISH” bar
as she landed a BIG FAT beauty of a Northern Pike measuring 37”. All caught
fish with Larry landing a fat 34” Pike & Scott a 35” fat Tiger Muskie.
GREAT Start!!! Second day was great despite heavy rain and temperatures only
reaching 45 degrees, catching 18 Northern Pike, three Muskie and Scott landed a
huge 39.5” Musky. Third day came with cold temps & snow and the fishing was
slow, however a very heavy 40” Tiger Musky landed by Larry made the day much
warmer and dryer. Fourth day it was Diane’s day even though she did not feel
that way until her last cast of the day. After struggling catching fish, Diane
was about to call it a day. With a little encouragement from Larry and a move
in location Diane hooked and landed her biggest fish ever. It was a BIG 40”
Musky. Great going for Diane sticking with it all day. Last few days were
enjoyable as the weather turned around being sunny with temps in the 60’s. They
all enjoyed catching fishing and taking some fabulous photographs which is
Diane’s specialty. All left wanting to stay another week with hopes of
returning soon.
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Tiger Musky Lakes in Canada Trophy
Fishing
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Long time guests Jim
Nelson from Oak Brook, IL and Ken Beta from Fox Lake, IL were very glad to be
back and continuing the 40+ years tradition of fishing in the great Canadian
Wilderness. Hoping the bass are going to be in their spawning ritual they went
out with great anticipation on their first day. It wasn’t gangbusters however
they did catch 15 nice Smallmouth along with several Pike. The next two days
they caught 25 each day with Ken landing 2 Trophy Master Anglers award
Smallmouth at 18 & 18.5”, and Jim got close many times at 17.5” to 17.75”.
The fourth and fifth days they caught plenty of Smallmouth Bass, some Northern
Pike and Jim had a blast trying a technique he never attempted before, fishing
a sinking worm ‘WACKY’ style. Gerald (below) was doing great catching
Smallmouth this way and encouraged Jim to try the method. Well, when Jim
decided to fish the wacky worm he caught 6 Smallmouth in a row. I guess that’s
enough to convince anyone. The highlight was when fishing for Smallmouth Bass
with a #3 spinner & 6lb test line Ken hooked a Monster fish. The battle was
on, and after a few close calls, Ken landed the HUGE 40” Tiger Musky. It was so
heavy they believed it to be 22-24lbs. You could see the excitement in their
eyes and hear it in their voices as they recaptured the moment in the dinning
room. The last few days were spent catching many more nice Smallmouth Bass,
with a lot in the 16 – 17.5” range, some Pike, and Ken landed his third Musky
of the trip. Both left having a wonderful time and hope to return in 2013.
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First Muskie ever fishing in
Canada
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Father & Son Gerald
& Zack Adams arrived, who are also long time return guests of Fireside
Lodge from Shawnee, OK. The were thrilled to be back to chase their favorite
fish, Smallmouth Bass, in the wonderful wilderness setting Fireside Lodge is
situated. 1st day out 28 were landed, and Zack caught a Master
Anglers Trophy measuring right at 18”. But Gerald had the numbers, 19, with his
tops at 17.75”. From here the fishing just exploded for Gerald & Zack as
they had super Smallmouth Bass fishing catching 50, 64, 61, and 57 on
consecutive days. Among these were a lot of bigger fish, 15-17.75” plus, Zack
caught 5 Trophy Smallmouth between 18-18.5-inches and Gerald landed two at 18
& 18.25-inches. For Gerald & Zack the fishing is a big part of their
trip however so is the wilderness connection and the wonderful serenity they
find when visiting Fireside Lodge. We had many terrific conversations and
noticeably missed them the first night they were absent. Both made another set
of special memories between father & son and hope to return again soon.
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Fabulous Smallmouth Bass Fishing
in Canada
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Super Fun Northern Pike fishing in
Canada
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Visiting with us at
Fireside Lodge for their first time was Ken Koresch from Downers Grove, IL and
good friend Tony Zupkas from Witchita Falls, TX. DOA within just two hours
these two caught 6 BIG Smallies with Tony’s first being an 18.5” Master Anglers
Smallmouth. 1st full day they caught 34 landing 6 Trophies &
Tony had 5 with the largest being 19”. Second day they had a super day with a
total of 39. Most of these fish are bigger fish ranging between 15 to 18
inches. Third day had these two landing another 34 before supper and a half
dozen after, with Tony catching another 18.5” Trophy Smallie. Fourth &
fifth day the weather changed and we had thunderstorms rolling in and out all
day long along with a cold front and rain the next day, so it was decided it
would be good to fish for Northern Pike. During these two days they did very
well catching many Northern Pike and the bonus was Tony caught two Musky at 38
and 42-inches while fishing for Pike. Both left having a wonderful time with
hopes of returning with there other 4 fishing buddies.
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Trophy Sunset Smallmouth Bass
Fishing in Canada
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Hot
Lures: Yo-Zuri, X-Rap, Countdown Rapala, Sinking Worm fished Wacky Style, Blue
Fox Spinner, Pop-R, Topedo,
Catches
of The Week: Smallmouth Bass 19” & over 20 between 18-18.75”. Northern Pike
39”, 38”, 37”. Muskie 42.5”, two-42”,40”, 39.5” 38”, Tiger Muskie, 40”,39”,35”
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
800-545-0815
Email at:fireside@xplornet.com
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