Marcel Giudicelli

We had a sad day last week and hate to post that Marcel passed away. Anyone who has been to Davin in June or July the past 8 or 9 years has probably had the pleasure of meeting him. Marcel was a commercial fisherman and did fish studies for the United Nations. He had the ability to travel more places than most, and Davin Lake was definitely his favorite. He would spend about two months with us in "the bush" as he called it. It was always great to hear his stories of travel around the globe, and the "Jacks" longer than his leg that swim in Davin. There are many people who enjoy coming to Davin each year but Marcel loved it here as much as anyone. He even built a cabin in France and placed a giant picture on the wall of the view of Davin Lake. He would sit and gaze at the picture and dream of the next summer when he could return to the bush. We will miss him a great deal.

On a happier note our annual bus tour is this week. There's 24 people in camp and we are extremely busy, but it is great to see everyone. Fishing has been outstanding all year it seems, and everyone who leaves says it was the best ever. We believe our catch and release policy and trying to show people proper fish handling, and releasing to preserve our great fishery is really working, and the fishing reports seem to confirm it.

Time for supper!
Diana and Irvin

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We had the first ever supper cruise at Davin Lake.  We loaded the pontoon boat with a grill and some food then proceeded to the Davin River.  We caught numerous Walleye.  The fishing was outstanding!  When our arms got sore from landing so many fish, Irvin made us a wonderful supper.  We then left the river and went to Trout Rock and Five Mile Island and caught several trout.  Around 9 p.m. we returned to the lodge. It was a wonderful evening spent with clients from Hanley, SK - Carol and Wayne Knock and Sandy and Bob McKee.  It was nice to get out of the kitchen for a few hours and enjoy our beautiful lake.

Until next time,

Diana

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Current Pikemaster Leader

We received this picture from Brett Oldfield of his 45 inch pike caught on June 25.

Congratulations, Brett, on an outstanding fish!!!

We also had the pleasure of hosting the Pinnacle Group out of Medicine Hat for the first time.  They flew in on a twin otter.  It's always exciting to see planes land on the air strip.  Here are a couple of pictures.

Until next time,

Irvin and Diana

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Manny & Bob

Our guests that have been coming to the camp the longest sent us this e-mail reviewing their 28th trip to Davin Lake!
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Diana,  Just finished my trip report. Don't let anyone tell you there are not a bunch of walleye in Davin Lake and some are large.

Manny

JUNE 3-8, 2013

Caught  250 Fish

Walleye   137

Pike   85

Lake Trout   28

This was the most two of us caught on a trip in 28 years. This trip will be tough to beat.

I caught three trophy walleye: 32" and 7.4 lb., 23" and 4.5 lb., 22 1/2" and 4 lb. Bob caught one trophy walleye 27" and 5.3 lb. The 32" walleye is one of the largest Irwin is aware of anyone catching at Davin Lake. Most people fish for trophy pike and do not spend too much time on Walleye. We do.

I took George and Irene to the Davin River and they caught a bunch of walleye. The walleye were caught on bottom bouncers and crawlers, bottom bouncers and crawler imitations (power bait), flicker shads, and jigs trolling and casting (white best). Bob caught a bunch off the rock in the Davin River casting a jig and crawler. Walleye were caught at Atwater, the "T" going into Atwater, Molloy, and Davin River.

Most Lakers averaged about 3 lb. and were caught using a Len Thompson heavy spoon at the point going into Cairns Bay. Some were up and some down on the fish finder.

Most pike were caught at the Pink River fishing with Oscar and using spoons and diving lures. 

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We'd like to thank Manny for his e-mail and hope to see him for 28 more trips!!

Until next time,

Irvin and Diana

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Davin Updates

Hello everyone! The weather has been incredibly hot here... but so has the fishing! All three species have been biting well with many trophy fish being caught. 45 inch pike is still leading the pikemaster contest (picture coming soon). We received an email from longtime guest J.T. Dibble which we are including this week. We love hearing from our guests about their success at Davin and Wathaman and will include their stories in our blog with their permission.
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These are photos of the pictograms located near the narrows at Wathaman.  Curtis showed them to us about 10 years ago, and we could not find them since, until this trip.

One shows an animal, perhaps a caribou or moose.   The other two are men, with one missing legs and an arm.  There is a round feature below the complete man.  Maybe, he is dancing around a fire.  Also, included is a  photo of the rockface.

We are researching such pictograms, and if we come up with anything, we’ll let you know.  Enjoy.

Keep your powder dry,

J. T. Dibble
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If we put the constitution on a teleprompter, will he read it?

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Pretty cool deal, thank you J.T. for sharing those with us. There's no telling how many years ago they were created.

We still have some room in July and August if anyone is needing a get-away, and maybe you could find the pictograms!

Until next time,
Irvin and Diana

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