Author: Loon Haunt Outposts
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June 15, 2014
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The fishing has been great. Walleye to 30 inches and northern to 42 inches. Yes, even lots of great eaters.
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June 8, 2014
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Jeff and his crew arrived at Goose Lake this morning at 6 am. They had great walleye fishing at Coon Ass Point in the morning. They had walleye for lunch and Jeff caught this 42 inch northern before 6 pm. A great first day.
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June 3, 2014
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The fishing is fast and furious. At Goose Lake the action is at the first set of white markers going into the river and Coon Ass point in south bay. Bill visited Howard at Poirier and he is having the best walleye fishing ever and he has made 17 trips with…
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May 21, 2014
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We are at Goose Lake. The water is very high and the north wind blew the last pieces of ice into our bay. Tomorrow we go to Whitelaw to get it ready for the fishermen arriving Friday. We had one and a half days of bad weather which put us behind schedule. The…
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May 16, 2014
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The ice is out at Unnamed Lake. We worked all day getting ready. The reef markers are in and the portage is cleared. The water is very high (within a couple inches of the top of the dock). Monroe Lake is still iced over but should be open in a couple of days.
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May 13, 2014
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First, the good news. The small lake by Tim Horton’s was ice free yesterday morning. The lake by the hospital (Florin Lake) was also ice free. The ice is still melting in place (no wind). The bad news, last night it snowed and it continues to snow this morning. We expect a change to rain…
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May 11, 2014
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Several operators have their airplanes in the river and are ready to go as soon as we get some open water. So far we have not had much wind so the ice is melting in place. As soon as we get a good wind many lakes will open up.
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May 8, 2014
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It is time to get the airplane off the ice. The wind was strong yesterday, so this morning we added fuel and took off from the ice and landed in the river. Our first guests arrive May 23, so we should be fine with ice out.
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April 5, 2014
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We are back in Red Lake and the snow has started melting. Our aircraft is ready to go as the overhauled engine has been installed. Now, we wait.
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January 14, 2014
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The start of another year. Already we have had 30 consecutive days of below zero temperatures. When the temperature does warm up it snows. The old snow blower is getting regular workouts. We celebrated Christmas in Massachusetts with family (we had serious snow) We did luck out on the bad airline travel…