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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Well the month is flying by.  Hard to believe it is already the 20th of June. 
Fishing has been outstanding on all 3 species.  There has been a lot of trophy walleye caught and released.
Trout are down so the hook of choice is buzz bombs with blue being the best color.
Pike fishing has been outstanding with larger than normal average pike size. But haven't, as yet, caught any huge pike.  The largest to date is 43 inches.
All three species of fish are very fat and active which mean the fish have had a good winter.  We are looking forward to excellent fishing all season.

Spencer Shout with his 30 inch Walleye caught on the 14th of June.
Will have another update in a week. or so

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After our first week of fishing, things are a teriffic success.  Fishing seems totally different this year than other years as the water temperature is warmer.  Shallows are 60F and the deeper water is 57-58F.  Trout are in transition which is very different for this time of the year.  Walleye and Pike fishing seems more like the 20th of June.  If must be because of all the sunny, warm days we have had and very little wind.
Walleye fishing is totally outstanding with Manny catching a 31.5 inches.
Pike fishing is excellent but haven't caught as many trophy as usual due to the warmer weather.  Largest pike caught and released is 42.5 inches.
Trout fishing , excellent.  Trout being caught in 12 - 60 feet of water.
Picture if Sydney Shout who caught and released a 28.5 inch Pike, with the help of her Dad.

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Well it is time to do the blog!!  Finished seeding on Thursday the 23rd, loaded up the trucks and left for the camp at 4:00am yesterday.  Got here about 4:00pm.  Another bit of relef to see that no one had touched the camp.  Found it just like we left it in the fall. 
As usual the dock is in touch shape but patchable!!!
Trout are swimming around the dock which is  the norm for this time of the year.
The ice is completely gone and seems like what started out to be a late spring is actually a wee bit early.  The leaves are ahead of where they usually are at this time of the year.
The rush is on to get the boats ready, get out on the lake to put up markers and get both camps ready to go.
Wathaman is going to have the best year it has had in 10 years.  We are full from June 2nd to July 7th and then again the first 2 weeks in August.
We are looking forward to a good year at Davin as well.  There are a few holes but bookings are still coming in.
Just a note to our Texans, it is getting closer to slammer time!!!  Oh yes, water level is a touch above average.
Check back in a week or so for another update.

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