Category: Poirier Lake
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June 1, 2017
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We flew to Poirier Lake this morning. No surprises, Poirier is ready for Bob B arriving tomorrow.
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September 7, 2016
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We are now in the process of shutting down outposts. Today, we finished up at Poirier Lake. We have to remove the steel pipes that hold the dock in place. We tried leaving them in once, but the ice flattened them. Now they go in every spring and out every fall.
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June 15, 2016
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George and his son Derrick are at Poirier Lake this week. George has made many fly in trips and knows exactly what to bring and what not to bring. Bill couldn’t resist taking a picture of their gear and groceries for a one-week trip loaded in the Cessna 185.
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May 9, 2016
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We visited all locations yesterday. No surprises and we moved the Poirier Lake dock into position. For all the people who put up with the Monroe Lake dock being awash in the past, thank you, the dock is now finished and you will be high and dry. The water level is…
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July 16, 2014
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Kathy called over from Poirier. The fishing is great but the eagle nest was blown down by the wind yesterday. No sign of the one young eagle that was in the nest or the parents. All is well here at Goose Lake people are still catching fish and the sunsets are still…
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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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September 12, 2013
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Scott and Duke, our last guests are in camp. Louise and Bill are getting things ready for winter. At Poirier Lake and the other outposts that means carrying firewood.
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July 30, 2013
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Ron and Kathy are at Poirier. They ventured out in the rain today for four hours and caught walleye at 24 to 27 feet; 2–23 inch; 1–25.5 inch; 1–26 inch; and 2–27.5 inch. They use a mixture of live minnows and frozen shiners. This year they tied in the big walleye competition…
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August 1, 2011
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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…
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June 15, 2011
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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…