Fishing Reports at Fireside Lodge: Fireside Lodge Fishing Report 7/19 to 8/2 2014

Fireside Lodge Fishing Report 7/19 to 8/2 2014

Trophy Tiger Musky Fishing by Paul Barlak at Fireside Lodge Canada

The weather this week was “FABULOUS” being mostly in the 70’s and the fishing our guests experienced was fun with fast action at times.

Fly Fishing for Trophy Northern Pike by Dale Fulton at Fireside Lodge Canada

Returning for their 2nd consecutive year was Paul Barlak, Jeff

Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing by John Barlak at Fireside Lodge Canada

Wensing, & Pat Swinger from Broadview Hts, Strongsville, & Fairview

Fishing Northern Pike in a Canoe at Fireside Lodge Canada

Park, OH brother John Barlack from Seven Hills, & Phil Billick From Lower Salem, OH. 1st day Paul caught a 40” Tiger Muskie in his first 5 casts & the other big fish of the day was Pat landing a 36” Northern Pike. 2^nd day was a portage adventure with Pat, John, & Jeff catching well over 100

Great Smallmouth Bass & Northern Pike Fishing in Canada

Northern Pike in Booger Lake while Paul & Phil fished George Lake in a canoe catching 20+ Pike 26-35”. 3^rd day was just a crazy Northern Pike catching day as they caught well over 100 fish. 4^th day was BIG fish wager day. All caught many Pike between 26-29” & the winner was Phil. 5^th & final day was unreal as they caught a minimum of 150 Northern Pike between them & Jeff landed 2 trophy Smallmouth Bass measuring 18” & 19”. Fabulous finish to a great trip.

Muskie Fishing At Fireside Lodge Canada by Ronna Fulton

Dale & Ronna Fulton from Cotter, AR returned to enjoy our Canadian Wilderness Fishing again. 1^st 1.5 days were spent on the water 90% of the daylight hours catching plenty of Northern Pike. 2^nd day was a great day as Ronna caught everything on a Fireside Lodge spinner from years gone by. She caught Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike & a Muskie on this lure & both caught many fishing all day long. Dale was Fly-Fishing having his best action on large streamers. 3^rd & final day was a trip into Closs for Joe Fulton, Dale’s father. Being a Muskie fisher Joe always fished Closs for 1 day & Dale said they could not be at Fireside Lodge without fishing this lake. They did but no Muskie were in the cards, however Dale did catch a HUGE 40” Northern Pike while Fly-Fishing. Both had a blast & hope to return in the near future.

1st Muskie Fishing at Fireside Lodge by Roy in Canada

Returning for their 2^nd year were Steve Mason from Burlington, ON, Helen Knowles from Fergus, ON, Travis Audet from St Louis, MO & Roy Zancanella from Golden, CO. 1^st day was great all catching a lot of Northern Pike with the big story being when Roy lost his fishing

Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge by Helen Knowles

rod & reel. He laid his rod down & a Pike hit his lure & dragged it into the lake with him & Helen watching in amazement. 2^nd day was unreal for Musky fishing as Helen & Roy teamed up to catching 4 Muskie. Roy caught his 1^st, 2^nd, & 3^rd Muskie of his life. Both Steve & Helen caught their 1^st ever Muskie last year. Also, after supper Steve had great top-water action landing a trophy 18” Smallmouth Bass. 3^rd day was a good Smallmouth day for all. 4^th day had Helen & Roy doing excellent catching bigger Northern Pike in the 28-32” range & Roy was very excited catching these fish on his 99-cent lure. 5^th & final day was a wonderful finish as they caught many Smallmouth Bass, mixed in a few Northern Pike & visited Twin Falls on a nearly perfect day as stated by Helen.

Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge Canada by Jon

Long time guests since 1995 Alan & Jon Wohlman from North Brook & Glenview, IL returned. 1^st2 days were good fishing but Alan said they had to work for them. They caught a mix of Smallmouth & Northern Pike landing some good size Smallies. 3^rd day was super as

20" Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge

they caught over 30 Big Smallmouth Bass, Jon landing a trophy 18.5”er. 4^th day had them catching all the Pike they wanted landing well over 50 while in search for BIG Smallmouth living in the weeds. They were also successful with this as they caught 4 trophies over 18” up to 19”. 5^th day was a 20 fish day catching a mix of Pike & SB however they finished on their 6^th day with over 50 Northern Pike & Alan landed a “HUGE” 20-inch trophy Smallmouth Bass. Both left making yet another set of father & son memories fishing together & reserved their week for 2015 before departing.

Trophy 19.5" Smallmouth Bass Fishing by Barbara at Fireside Lodge Canada

Ray & Barbara Glass from Houston, TX returned for their 2^nd consecutive year. DOA they went right out and caught 6 Pike & 3 SB in the short time before supper. 1^st 2 days they weren’t jumping in

50+ Pike in a day Fishing at Fireside Lodge Canada by Ray

the boat but had a great time catching 15 Northern Pike & 4 SB. Another milestone was Ray catching his first Muskie. 3^rd day the fish turned on as they caught 45 Northern Pike having a few doubles. Their smiles at suppertime told the whole story. 4^th & 5^th days was fabulous Northern Pike fishing as they landed 44 and 55 respectively and Barbara caught a giant trophy Smallmouth Bass measuring 19-inches. Both left having a wonderful time making memories together.

Family Fishing Muskie at Fireside Lodge Canada by Gavin Ranquist

Joe Bognanno III group of son Gianluca, dad Joe Jr, Mike Sliverman

My 1st Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing

& son Nick, Paul Bognanno, Mark Roth, Kim Woodward, Joe Bellono, Mario Bognanno Sr, Mario Jr, & Mike, & father & sons Ed Ranquist Sr, Ed Jr, Gavin, & Mick from Boston, MA Canandaigua, NY Dallas, TX West Des Moines & Des Moines, IA Sacramento & Lee Vining, CA Minneapolis, MN Tucson, AZ Philadelphia, PA Michiana, IN & Downers Grove, IL. 1^st day many exciting happenings occurred as Joe III, Joe Jr & Gianluca portaged &


Great Walleye Fishing at Fireside Lodge Canada by Joe

Biggest Pike Ever caught at Fireside Lodge by Gianluca

caught many pike & 2 walleye, Ed, Ed, Gavin & Mick caught well

Fishing Smallmouth Bass with Son & Grandson

over 50 Northern Pike & lost 2 giant Smallmouth, Mario Sr, Mike, & Mario Jr caught well over 40 fish mostly Pike, while Joe Bellono & Kim caught over 25 Smallmouth Bass on small spinners. 2^nd day Gianluca caught his biggest Pike ever at 31”, Paul said that him, Mark, Mike & Nick Silverman caught a Ga-Zillion Northern Pike & could not possibly keep count. While fishing

My 1st Trophy Smallmouth Bass

with Mario SR Gavin & Mick both caught heir 1^st ever Muskie & Ed Jr, Mike B & Mario Jr raised 7 BIG Musky, Ed landing 1, & he also caught 10 Smallmouth Bass one being and 18” Trophy. 3^rd day had Marion Sr, Mario Jr & Mike B catching over 20 Smallmouth Bass, & the Ranquist Family of Ed Sr, Ed Jr, Gavin, & Mick caught close to 40 fish with a lot being nice Smallmouth Bass & Mick landed two trophies at 18” &

Fabulous Northern Pike Fishing

18.5”. WOW, what great family memories made. 4^th day was by far their best day ever fishing as the group caught 272 Northern Pike & 24 Smallmouth Bass, 5 being trophies of 18-19”. Last day all did great with Mike, Mario Jr, & Mick catching 45 Pike, & Gavin landed the biggest Trophy Smallmouth of the week at 19.75”. All expressed on how much they enjoyed their trip and would love to return.

Fishing at Fireside Lodge fo Smallmouth Bass is Best by Dennis

Long time guest Mike Gerulski from Huntington Woods, MI, brought

Many Memories Fishing at Fireside Lodge Canada

a group of Stan Nunn, Ted Ricci, Vernon Perfetti from Northville, Hancock, & Chassell, MI & Dennis Wolf & Lester Gardner from Soddy Daisy, TN & Bend, OR. Fishing progressively improved as everyone became accustomed to this year’s conditions culminating with a Friday’s experience including Ted and Vern teaming up to land 75 pike & another 25-30 early releases; Dennis and Mike landing 40+ smallmouth & pike, including some very exciting and entertaining top water fishing around Dog Island. Stan & Les had similar success landing more than 30 fish. Excellent time was had by all, totally enjoying the lodge, lake and the excellent staff at Fireside Lodge & Les was quoting as saying this was “one of the best trips” he has ever had.

Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge Canada by Stan Nunn

Paul Miller from NE returned for his 2^nd trip in as many years. 1^{st

Trophy Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge} day out he caught Pike up to 36-inches. 2^nd day was also a good Pike day catching mostly larger fish & one caught Paul as when he tried to remove the hooks on his self made lure the fish gave a sudden jerk breaking his line & swimming away with one of his large streamer lures. 3^rd day Paul caught 16 Pike & lost just as many & his last day he caught over 30 Northern Pike & Smallmouth Bass & his 4^th day was similar. When leaving Paul said he had a great trip & intends on returning.

Great Musky catch Fishing at Fireside Lodge by Kent

Lot of BIG Smallmouth Bass Fishing at Fireside Lodge

Kent Williams & Bill Black from Atlanta, GA returned for their 11^th consecutive year. DOA these guys got right to it catching 12 nice Northern Pike 5 minutes from the lodge. 1^st day they caught a few Smallmouth & about a dozen Pike. 2^nd day they set out Smallmouth Bass fishing catching very few however they caught nice pike everywhere they went. Being very happy with their day, even though they did not catch Smallmouth they landed over 25 Northern Pike. So in the dinning room when Kent asked me how to catch more Smallmouth Bass my answer to him was go fishing for Northern Pike. Their last two days of fishing had them catching 38 Northern Pike & 28 Smallmouth Bass, both leaving saying they had another a great stay.

Fishing for Muskie in Canada is a Blast by Kent

Phil Martin & Rock Snow visited us for their 1^st time. 1^st day had them catching 6-7 Northern Pike as they learned the waters. 2^nd day Rock said was much better catching Northern Pike & also having a unique happening while fishing. When trolling & as Phil was making a turn Rock’s lure popped up to the surface, both seeing a good size Pike appear. As the Pike was about to strike Rock’s lure a HUGE Muskie exploded on the surface and took Rock’s Pike sideways in its mouth & disappeared under the water. That’s a lasting fishing story & memory. These two finished strong on their last full day of fishing catching over 40 Northern Pike & both left saying they had a fabulous visit.

Great Meals after Fishing at Fireside Lodge Canada

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