the Terry Holloway group from Minnesota did their usual great job catching lakers on Atikwa. They’ve come for years now and really know the lake. We like them cuz they Love Lake Trout and know how to get them. Not that it’s too hard on Atikwa in May. One person in the group caught 41… Continue Reading
The camp is up and running. Always takes awhile to get all the boats and motors ready and everything repaired that got broke over the winter. A bear was in camp and made a big mess for us after we left last year. It got into everything. We’re lucky he didn’t do more damage. Water… Continue Reading
The ice is off and Jake and I are getting ready to get into camp. We are currently waiting for our permits that will let us into Canada and then permits to get to camp. We hate this time of year having to deal with government regulations and people who don’t care if we’re there… Continue Reading
The winter in NW Ontario has bee extremely mild. There was still open water at Christmas time and I’m told there is only about 18″ of ice on the lakes now. That’s less than 1/2 of a normal winter at this time. Early ice out means fish should be moving out of the extreme shallows… Continue Reading
I will be at the Schaumburg IL show January 28-31. If your in the area call me and I’ll get u in for free. I could use the company, sometimes the shows are so boring. Call my cell at 262-893-5987 or text me. I’ll be doing shows in Milwaukee, St Cloud, and Minneapolis yet this… Continue Reading
We had a lot of great fishing up at Atikwa this past year. Some of the best fishing in June was had by the Rodger Futrell group. They caught tons of trout again and have got trout jigging down to a science now. They have all their “spots” now over the last 10 years and… Continue Reading
Usually this is kind of the dead time of year when we get few people booking early. This year has been completely different. We’ve had our regulars booking super early and quite a few who have been up before but due to the economy hasn’t been able to come lately. We already have most of… Continue Reading
Ice has been off of Atikwa for over a month this year, completely different from last year. Jake reports the opening of the camp went about as good as you can get. Not much broke over the winter and the animals were kind to us and kept the cabins and lodge alone. Also a pleasant… Continue Reading
2015 is going to be a very different year at Atikwa lake lodge. We are only going to be open June and parts of August and September. I have to have knee surgery and can’t get in til early spring. I was going to have it done after this season but after elk hunting this… Continue Reading
Fishing has been good lately. Dean, Evan, josh and steve from Ohio caught their limit of everything like usual. Made us a great steak dinner and helped us drag a bear out of the woods. Thanks to all of them for the help but especially the very young at heart, strong as a bull and… Continue Reading