Author: Loon Haunt Outposts

  • April 10, 2016

    April 10, 2016

    The scene that greeted us this morning. The forecast indicates warming later this week.

  • March 31, 2016

    March 31, 2016

    Not much to report. We did some traveling and ended up in Abbotsford British Columbia visiting our daughter, grand daughter and son in law. While there, Bill did his annual training in a Cessna 180 on the Fraser River. We hated to leave. The temperatures will be in the 70s all week. We arrived back…

  • February 13, 2016

    February 13, 2016

    This weekend is the Red Lake winter carnival. After several months of above normal temperatures, today has gone below normal and could end up being the coldest weekend of the winter. But, the kids hockey tournament on Howey Bay is in full swing.

  • January 22, 2016

    January 22, 2016

    The deer are getting bolder and they really like the cedar tree. Only two visited this time.

  • January 17, 2016

    January 17, 2016

    This morning, Bill looked out the basement window and saw a deer walk into our yard. By the time he ran upstairs to alert Louise and get the camera we had three deer in the yard.  They sampled our cedar tree, crossed the ice, and disappeared into the bush behind the…

  • September 10, 2015

    September 10, 2015

     A cold day today  50 F. This 28 inch walleye warmed things up for Brick. Bob and Brick were fishing northeast of Gas Can Rock in 20 feet of water.

  • September 8, 2015

    September 8, 2015

    Greg H who first fished Goose Lake when he was 12, caught this nice 43 inch northern while anchored behind the Two Sisters in six feet of water. The lure of choice was an orange jig that Greg found in a boat while fishing Nechigona the day before.

  • August 25, 2015

    August 25, 2015

    In 2004, three friends from Switzerland tried fishing in September at Monroe Lake. Eleven years later and we welcomed them back. They flew from Switzerland to Montreal then to Winnipeg then to Red Lake then to Monroe Lake. On their bucket list for this trip was seeing a Moose. Would…

  • August 20, 2015

    August 20, 2015

    August proved to be a great month for northerns at Unnamed Lake. Jon landed 41 and 43 inchers. Both were caught on a Hot-n-tot lure.

  • August 7, 2015

    August 7, 2015

    New Honda four stroke motors for Goose Lake in 2016.