| Well, our first season
at Deerhorn Lodge in northern Saskatchewan has
ended. The year was a definite success. We arrived
at the lodge just after ice out and there were still
patches of ice here and there floating around on the
main lake. The year started off with the spring bear
hunt. The hunters for our inaugural season were
highly successful, with all of the guests taking
their bear before the end of the weeklong hunt. The
hunters were great guys and they enjoyed their stay.
After the hunting the attention turned toward
fishing. At Deerhorn we fish eight to ten different
lakes that provide excellent fishing action for
three different species of fish at all time of the
season. (Four different species if you catch a
trophy whitefish like Tom Pryce did.) The lake trout
were still in the shallows at this time of year and
provided non-stop action in the first few weeks of
June. Spring Pike action got heated up right away
with the Dave Nations party catching a few northerns
in the trophy size range on their last day after a
lake trout dominated week. The following week the
fly fishermen in the Calcaterra party were not
disappointed being able to catch large stealthy pike
in the shallows on their fly rods and had a ball
doing it.
There were so many
great groups that arrived at the lodge and left
again much too quickly. The atmosphere at the lodge
is very cozy and relaxed, where our guests can feel
at home and get to know everybody. Our guests last
year fell in love with the lodge and the beautiful
unique lakes instantly. Four or five days are not
even long enough to explore all the lakes or the
surrounding area. Many guests are already planning
their return trips to fish the lakes they missed the
first time or to explore another part of the lakes
they already fished.
Some weeks one large
party would book the entire camp. Deerhorn is very
well suited for that type of arrangement. One such
party was the group brought in by Dave Frauenshuh
who provided interesting and exciting events both on
and off of the water. This party of eight caught
four trophy walleye and a lot of pike, two of them
being trophy size.
One thing that our
guides discovered to their ultimate satisfaction was
the absolutely awesome walleye opportunities that we
have at Deerhorn, not just in number but in size,
with trophy fish consistently being recorded,
especially on Galbraith and Mukoman Lake. Mukoman
Lake is a hidden jewel for sure that provided hours
of entertainment for our fishermen. It is our
fly-out lake located the furthest away and least
accessible to get to from the lodge. The fishing
there is truly something different, it is a walleye
dominated lake but you won't catch many fish using
conventional techniques. These walleyes act like
northern pike!! Fishing weed beds with an in line
spinner or any other flashy lure proved to be the
most consistent of all techniques. There was days
when we would get in to schools of 24-26 inch
walleye and experience the absolute carnage that
these fish must go through on a daily basis, they
were so aggressive. Northern Pike fishermen were
never disappointed with this lake either catching
walleyes while fishing for northern and every once
in a while meeting up with a rather large fresh
water shark. Curt Geen caught a 42-inch hog that
tipped the scales at 25 pounds!
There were just so
many adventures to be had this year and we have only
begun to describe them to you, the year was so
memorable that it would have been impossible to
narrow down one event or group highlight. We hope to
see you all next year as well as more new faces with
many more adventures and memories still to come.
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