The weather has changed a bit in the last few days with overcast skies, occasional thunder-showers and temps in the 50s and 60s. The water temps in the bay here are about 60 degrees. Walleyes still hanging shallow with several being caught off the dock, as well.
The smallmouth bite slowed a little today but still doing decent. The walleyes are VERY ACTIVE with guests catching with both artificial lures and live bait. Yesterday, had guests consisitently catching 25-28 inch walleyes and plenty of small walleye for fish fry...
All is well at Bear Trail!!
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Update for May 27, 2010
The weather here is cooler than it has been in a few weeks, with temps in the 50s in the AM and 60s or low 70s during the day. Still unseasonably warm for this time of year.
As for the fishing, walleye are still shallow, with most people finding them w/in 7 ft of water. Even having some caught right off of the dock. Biggest walleye this week is 28 1/2 w/ several caught right at 28 and just under. No problems having the guys find their eater walleyes for shore lunch or dinner every evening.
As for the smallmouth, yesterday was a fun day for two groups that took the Drive-In Trip to the smallmouth lake. Easily a 100+ fish in each boat with sizes ranges from those smaller ones up to 18/19 inches. Catching a lot of those on topwaters and bait, both.
On Eagle, the smallmouth is still hot, with most fish still in the shallows and catching them on topwaters/soft plastics/spinnerbaits, as well. Lots of 18-20 inchers being caught this week. We think that they are just coming on the beds this week, but we'll have to wait to see what the water temps are doing. Water temps started out at 70+ degrees in our bay at the end of last week, but temps have cooled off to the low to mid 50s. The water levels have come up a little, as well, with the 3+ inches of rain that we had on Tuesday.
In all, fishing is good. No complaints here. We'll keep you posted. Keep checking our FaceBook site, as well, for almost daily posts!!
Casey & Chanda
As for the fishing, walleye are still shallow, with most people finding them w/in 7 ft of water. Even having some caught right off of the dock. Biggest walleye this week is 28 1/2 w/ several caught right at 28 and just under. No problems having the guys find their eater walleyes for shore lunch or dinner every evening.
As for the smallmouth, yesterday was a fun day for two groups that took the Drive-In Trip to the smallmouth lake. Easily a 100+ fish in each boat with sizes ranges from those smaller ones up to 18/19 inches. Catching a lot of those on topwaters and bait, both.
On Eagle, the smallmouth is still hot, with most fish still in the shallows and catching them on topwaters/soft plastics/spinnerbaits, as well. Lots of 18-20 inchers being caught this week. We think that they are just coming on the beds this week, but we'll have to wait to see what the water temps are doing. Water temps started out at 70+ degrees in our bay at the end of last week, but temps have cooled off to the low to mid 50s. The water levels have come up a little, as well, with the 3+ inches of rain that we had on Tuesday.
In all, fishing is good. No complaints here. We'll keep you posted. Keep checking our FaceBook site, as well, for almost daily posts!!
Casey & Chanda
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Update for May 25, 2010
Doing well this first week here at Bear Trail! The weather has been great with mild temps in the 70s most of this week. Yesterday, had some storms move through dumping 3 inches of rain on us with a little lightning mixed in. The lightning kept quite a few people out of their boats yesterday, but still had some walleye/bass caught right off the dock.
This week has been very productive for fishing. The bass are still hitting on topwaters and pretty shallow. Walleyes are hitting w/ those artificial lures, as well, with some guys doing good on minnows, too. The northerns are all over the place. Not a problem for action.
Muskie season doesn't open until 3rd Saturday in June, however, they are very active right now w/ some of the guys seeing some coming up w/ their topwater lures and soft plastics. Saw a couple pics with 38 inch and 40 inch muskies caught inadvertantly with Pop-R-Lures and jigheads...
We'll keep you posted here as frequently as possible. My FaceBook site is being updated regularly, as well!! We'll get some pics uploaded soon!
Casey & Chanda
This week has been very productive for fishing. The bass are still hitting on topwaters and pretty shallow. Walleyes are hitting w/ those artificial lures, as well, with some guys doing good on minnows, too. The northerns are all over the place. Not a problem for action.
Muskie season doesn't open until 3rd Saturday in June, however, they are very active right now w/ some of the guys seeing some coming up w/ their topwater lures and soft plastics. Saw a couple pics with 38 inch and 40 inch muskies caught inadvertantly with Pop-R-Lures and jigheads...
We'll keep you posted here as frequently as possible. My FaceBook site is being updated regularly, as well!! We'll get some pics uploaded soon!
Casey & Chanda
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Update for May 18, 2010
I've been updating my FaceBook Site regularly but neglecting this one. You'll have to check out the almost daily posts on FB, as well...
We are seeing temps in the 70s and 80s since May 15th. Sunshine all around for the last four days. The water temps around the dock, yesterday, were at 71.6 degrees. This is extremely warm for this time of year. We've also been seeing unseasonably warm temps for the month, as well. We caught glimpse of several smallies, northern and muskies around the dock yesterday.
We have our first guests arriving on May 22nd this year. The cooler temps in the last few years during opener had a lot of people uneasy with booking the earlier weeks, however, we are full camp from May 22nd until August 7th!! Should be a great year! We are using the extra time to finish up some last minute projects around here. We are ready for our "Opening Weekend"...
Keep an eye out on both this message board and our Face Book Fan Site for Bear Trail Lodge!
Casey & Chanda
We are seeing temps in the 70s and 80s since May 15th. Sunshine all around for the last four days. The water temps around the dock, yesterday, were at 71.6 degrees. This is extremely warm for this time of year. We've also been seeing unseasonably warm temps for the month, as well. We caught glimpse of several smallies, northern and muskies around the dock yesterday.
We have our first guests arriving on May 22nd this year. The cooler temps in the last few years during opener had a lot of people uneasy with booking the earlier weeks, however, we are full camp from May 22nd until August 7th!! Should be a great year! We are using the extra time to finish up some last minute projects around here. We are ready for our "Opening Weekend"...
Keep an eye out on both this message board and our Face Book Fan Site for Bear Trail Lodge!
Casey & Chanda
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Eagle Lake Walleye - Recent Study done by MNR
What we have been saying for quite sometime is now formally documented.
According to a recent study done by the biologists at the Ministry of Natural Resources, the walleye population in Eagle Lake is in Good Shape! All of the data collected indicate that Eagle Lake has a healthy walleye population, being in the top 25% of all lakes in Northwestern Ontario.
They also compared zones of the lake to see the differences in the number of walleye. In 2009, the most walleye were seen in the West Zone, from Blind Bay to the North. They used the numbers of walleye that were captured per netting, where we averaged 3 times higher than the South Zone of the lake. That's very good!!
It goes to show you that having a good slot size in place and good conservation efforts in releasing those brood fish will keep our fish population great for future generations. Thanks to everyone for helping us keep Eagle Lake Great!!
According to a recent study done by the biologists at the Ministry of Natural Resources, the walleye population in Eagle Lake is in Good Shape! All of the data collected indicate that Eagle Lake has a healthy walleye population, being in the top 25% of all lakes in Northwestern Ontario.
They also compared zones of the lake to see the differences in the number of walleye. In 2009, the most walleye were seen in the West Zone, from Blind Bay to the North. They used the numbers of walleye that were captured per netting, where we averaged 3 times higher than the South Zone of the lake. That's very good!!
It goes to show you that having a good slot size in place and good conservation efforts in releasing those brood fish will keep our fish population great for future generations. Thanks to everyone for helping us keep Eagle Lake Great!!
Friday, May 7, 2010
Contacting us...
As of arrival at camp yesterday, seems that our lines here at the lodge are not working. This should be fixed by Monday. We have our 800# still forwarded to the Cell Phone but its not picking up real well here! Leave a message or drop us an e-mail to contact us this weekend!
Sorry for the inconvenience. Gotta work out all the kinks before the guests arrive?!?!
Sorry for the inconvenience. Gotta work out all the kinks before the guests arrive?!?!
Opening up for 2010 Season!!
We just arrived at camp yesterday. The weather here has been mild for the last couple weeks with a cold front moving in today. We are seeing 40s today but has been in the 50s for the most part.
We are excited to get started for this summer. We are planning a lot of renovations for the cabins and dock, so we should be pretty busy.
If anyone needs to contact us, you can call or e-mail anytime. E-mail may be quicker since we are in and out of the Lodge most of the day. We still have some scattered openings this summer, so let us know if you are wanting to plan a trip up this summer!
Looking forward to another Blow-Out Year at Bear Trail!
Casey & Chanda
Your Hosts at Bear Trail Lodge
We are excited to get started for this summer. We are planning a lot of renovations for the cabins and dock, so we should be pretty busy.
If anyone needs to contact us, you can call or e-mail anytime. E-mail may be quicker since we are in and out of the Lodge most of the day. We still have some scattered openings this summer, so let us know if you are wanting to plan a trip up this summer!
Looking forward to another Blow-Out Year at Bear Trail!
Casey & Chanda
Your Hosts at Bear Trail Lodge
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