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Even the little ones catch fish at Davin Lake!

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2011 Season off to a great start!

Our first group of fishermen have come and gone.  Everyone had a wonderful time! Aaron White caught and released 4 trophy pike: 31, 32, 36 and 39 inches.  His son, Garrett, caught and released 3 trophy pike: 32, 34 and 38 inches.  Nicole and Bret Heebner caught and released a 31 inch pike.  The fishing has been incredible.  Although the weather has been cool at times, the fishermen are still catching and releasing excellent trophy fish!

 Spencer Shout, my oldest son, and his family are visiting from Tennessee.  Today, he caught and released a 27.5 inch Walleye!  When everyone asked where he caught it, he simply replied, "in the lake!"

Spencer's wife and daughter caught and released a 27 inch Lake Trout. There were a lot of pissed off men when the women were razzing them in camp, but the girls still let the men clean the boats.  Way to go girls! 

Joyce Franko caught and released a 37 inch Lake Trout.

We have been attacked by bears again at Wathaman.  They never even went through the doors this time, they just chewed a hole in the wall.  It's been quite a remodeling process, but the cabins are ready to go.  Irvin says "Winnie the Pooh is going to die!!!  And by the way, we are getting close to slammer time."

Until next time...

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We left 4:00am Wednesday morning.  Had truck trouble so didn`t arrive here till 5:00pm.  All was just like we left last fall.  So good to see no break-ins or trouble.  Ice is off and the weather was in the mid 20`sC.  Not so today, there has been a few snow flakes.  What a country.
Cabins are ready, lodge is open, working on the boats, two in the water as I write this.  We haven`t tried fishing yet but there are a lot of unconfirmed reports of LARGE fish sighted!!!  Actually we saw a few trout under the dock as well as white fish.
Check back for updates.

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The pressure is on, crop is in the ground.  We just had a great weekend with the Kjelshus family helping Irvin's mom celebrate her 90th birthday.  The weather was wonderful, food good and great company.  Now it is time to tend to business.  We are busy running for supplies for the camp, new tires on the trucks and getting staff in place.  A weather check indicates that it is great up north which means the ice should be gone and the ground starting to warm.  We will be leaving at 4:00am on Wednesday morning, we expect to arrive at the camp mid-afternoon, providing there isn't any trouble.  I will do an update once we have the computer up and running.  Stay tuned.

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Hello to all our "Fisherman Friends"
At 4:30 yesterday morning we left to check the camp.  We took a trailer with lumber to rebuild the portage which burned in the fire last summer.  After 2 flat tires we made it to the camp to find it just like we left it last fall.
We saw lots of float planes flying around LaRonge so there must be water open someplace.  Lake LaRonge itself was open, the ice was so far out from shore that it was hard to actually see it. 
This morning we woke to the call of the loons, I didn't realize how much I missed the camp. It made me realize how lucky we are to have a place like Davin Lake Lodge.  The weather was beautiful there with a high of 15C.  There was a south breeze which felt very warm.  The forecast is for high teens for the next 5 days.
You will all be happy to hear that the ice should be off within the next 7 days or so.  It has receded from the shore about 20 feet and has started to turn the black color that happens just before it sinks.  The average ice out date is the 20th - should be right on time.  The water is lower now than it has been for quite sometime but will rise as the ice leaves and the springs start to run.
The roads to the camp were awesome - the best we have seen them in the past few years.  Sure hope they stay that way.
We plan to leave for the camp on the 25th.  Our first guests will arrive on the 31st.  Hope you all have your dates in place - we still have some openings and are looking forward to a good year.
Hope this finds you all well.  Should anyone have any questions or comments, email, I will be happy to answer.  Once things are in place at the camp, I plan to have regular updates posted to my blog, check back to see what's happening.
Till next time........

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We are home

Back home after doing our US tour.  We left on the 13th of Jan and returned home on the the 31st, a total of 5800 miles.  We saw a lot of country and had an amazing time.
First we did the Sports Show in Billings.  Had an great time visiting with past and future clients.  The weather was cool but nice.
From Billings we went to Ardmore, Ok where I visited with my son and Irvin stayed at Wayne and Joanie Straders.  We did an open house at Wayne's which was a huge success and also did an open house in Oklahoma City.  Again, it was a good time and had a great visit.
From Oklahoma we went to Fayetteville, Tenn where we spent 4 amazing days with my son and his family.  We visited Bass Pro in Nashville as well as a Gander Mountain in Huntsville.  Of course those places are a must for Irvin and Spencer.  It was great.
From Tenn we went back to Longmont, Co. where we did another open house.  We stayed with Oscar and Jayne which was wonderful, as usual and our open house was another great success.  Congratulations to Hiedi Chambers who won the all expense paid fishing trip to Davin this summer.  Lucky lady, she gets to bring her personal guides!!!!  Hiedi is TJ's mom!!!
The weather was wonderful in Denver and just okay for the rest.  When we left home it was very cold so what we had was better than here.  We had good driving conditions until the trip home.  The weather was terrible in Montana with cold temps, snow and high winds.  The roads were near blocked going into and leaving Malta.
It is good to be home although it is to turn cold.  I don't mind cold at this time of the year, it dosen't seem to last long and there is heat in the sun.
Last report I have, there is a lot of show at Davin and of course it is cold.
Thank you to everyone who played a part in making this trip a huge success.
Will post again soon.  Till then, keep your powder dry - right JT???

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We are South bound!!!

To hell with this, we are heading south.  Show time!!!!   It is -25C with a wind chill it is -37C.  Hope things are better South of the 49th.
We are leaving tomorrow morning for Billings, Montana and doing a show there from Friday till Sunday.  Then off to Oklahoma where we will be visiting friends and family.  We will be doing an open house at Ardmore, Ok on the 21st  and in Oklahoma City on the 22nd.
From Oklahoma we are going to Fayetteville, Tenn to visit my son, Spencer and his family then back to Colorado for another open house.  The open house will be the evening of the 29th in Longmont. 
If anyone is interested email me and I will send all the details.  We welcome all to come and visit at any of the open house or at the Billings show.
Please check back for further updates.

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