Category: Goose Lake

  • August 1, 2011

    August 1, 2011

    The forest fire situation west of Red Lake has been very bad the last couple of weeks. We are getting a lot of smoke but our outposts are not threatened. Life goes on. The biggest walleye at Poirier Lake last week was 26 inches. At Goose Lake this week, Keith J. caught…

  • July 16, 2011

    July 16, 2011

    We had a mini twister hit us at Goose Lake. It came across the lake from the mouth of the river as a water spout and slammed into the trees in front of the cabins. It all lasted a matter of seconds and we had about 20 trees down. Some ripped…

  • July 9, 2011

    July 9, 2011

    Sam Butcher caught this 28 inch walleye on his first trip to Goose Lake.

  • July 1, 2011

    July 1, 2011

    Walleye fishing at Goose Lake is fast and furious. Scott Barnes caught this Walleye (over 31 inches) between the two white markers going to White Dog falls.

  • June 15, 2011

    June 15, 2011

    The walleye fishing at Goose Lake has been fantastic this spring. Tons of walleyes over 24 inches. We hear about a 27 or 28 incher almost every day. Biggest so far 29 inches.  Northerns in the mid thirties but nothing over 40 yet at Goose. Walleye and northern in great numbers at Unnamed…

  • November 18, 2010

    November 18, 2010

    On the morning of November 18, our bay froze over. It was 0 Fahrenheit. Goose Lake will likely freeze about this time as well.

  • October 20, 2010

    October 20, 2010

    We pulled the airplane out of the water in late October.

  • September 7, 2010

    September 7, 2010

    September turned out to be a very busy time for us. First, we had to shut down all of the outposts and the main camp plus pick rice, we ended up with just over 9,500 pound of rice.

  • September 1, 2010

    September 1, 2010

    Early September at Goose Lake, the wild rice harvest is in full swing. Nearly 4,000 pounds picked as of September 1.

  • July 23, 2010

    July 23, 2010

    The water levels at Goose Lake are about normal and the wild rice is looking good. We hope to start picking by late August and finish in late September.