A glimpse of winter to start the season

We got camp opened and found that our phones were not working so we bought a satellite phone to use in case of emergencies.  It worked well for a few days before Irvin took an accidental swim in the Wathaman with the phone in his pocket!  So we have no phone this year.  We can only be reached via e-mail at fish@davinlakelodge.com. 

Our first fishermen were Bob & Manny and George & Irene Hamp.  Bob put his name on the top of the Pikemaster leader board with a 42 inch fish.  We are working on getting some photos from them.  Fishing was a little different due to a late ice and cool temperatures. Even so, everyone caught lots of fish and took home their limits.

My son and his family are currently visiting from Tennessee.  They arrived on June 5th and brought snow in with them which lasted through June 6th.  The weather is trying to straighten around and my granddaughter, Sydney, has gone from building snowmen to sandcastles in just a matter of four days. 

 

Davin Lake June 6, 2014

 

Snowman to Sand Castles in just 4 days!!

This Tennessee girl loves to build sandcastles at the camp.

She was SO EXCITED to see this white stuff and build a real snowman!

She even had a carrot for his nose, thanks to Grandma Diana.

 

 

The sandcastles have gotten quite a bit more elaborate since she started coming at age 2.

 

 

Spencer's 37 inch Pike

 

Sydney's catch for shore lunch :)

 

This is one happy camper!

 

Irvin, Spencer and Wayne cooking shore lunch for the P. A. Cosmopolitan Club

 

Good food and great friends sharing fish stories at shore lunch

The Prince Albert Cosmopolitan Club is here now with 14 members.  They are bringing in fish left and right!  Here they are pictured at "Sandy Beach" following shore lunch.  I overheard one of them say, "Can it get any better than this?"  We don't think so!

Until next time,

Diana

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Just a quick reminder - Due to circumstances beyond our control, we will not have a phone this year.  The internet is working very well and, of course, it is wireless.
Thank you for your understanding.
Later

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We are here!!!  It was a tough trip in with bad weather, bad roads, truck trouble, rain, wind just about everything you can imagine.  We arrived last night, tired and  saddle sore.  But when we walked out on the dock this morning and saw the trout swimming we realized how happy we are to be here.
Trouble getting Oscar out of bed but he has accomplished a ton of work since he got mobile.  Now he won't slow down!!
Ice is off and the old dock is still standing.  We were hoping the ice would take it right out, no such luck.
We will give you an update as soon as we have the camp opened up.
Till next time.

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Good Evening to everyone.  Well, the hype is starting as we are getting geared up to leave for the lake.  Spring has been super late and as a result Irvin is just finishing up the seeding.  If all holds together he will be done this evening.
I have all the shopping done, Irvin needs a few things and he will be finished as well.  The camp truck is better than half loaded so we are near ready.
A week ago today we made a flying trip to the lake.  As most of you know we are putting in a floating dock so we ran up with the floats and checked out the camp.  Everything was pretty good.  Someone had been there, broke into the house and generator shed.  Left a lovely deposit in the shower house!!!!!!!  Nothing was abused or destroyed but they took the memory card out of the camera.  Thank goodness we have more cameras up and they didn't see them.  As a result we know who it is.  For now I would like to thank them for not destroying anything and pretty much leaving it the way they found it.  I know they read the blog as I know the people!!  I would request that they send me back my card for the camera and nothing will be said.
There is ice on the lake!!  Irvin thinks that Atwater will be off but Davin will be at least another week.  It might be tight but I have faith that we will be rolling by June 1st!!!
I am posting a few picture I took last week.  Hopefully this will be the last time you see this dock!!!!!!
My blogs will be more regular now that we are thinking fishing.  Talk soon.

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WOW. you can't imagine how cold it is here. There has been a wind chill warning out for most of Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.  Not that's a lot of real estate.  The wind chill was -52 this morning and is still that close to here. It is only -45 here!!!!
With that in mind - can't wait till we can go fishing.
Bookings are coming in and it is looking real good for this season. Hope you have all made your arrangements, wouldn't want to miss you.
The Saskatoon Sports and Leisure Show starts on the 6th and goes until the 9th of March. We will be there so hope you drop by for a chat.
Until next time, stay warm.

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Happy February to all our fishing friends.  I will be so glad when this winter is over.  It has been so terribly cold and the wind hasn't stop blowing since last fall.  If it isn't actual temperatures being cold then it is the wind chill.  Winter, winter go away!!!
We have been so very busy, Irvin has gone back to Alberta for the winter and I am trying to keep the home fires burning as well as run the farm and the lake business.  WOW, the older you get the faster you go!!!
Bookings are coming in and it is starting to look good again this year.  Anyone interested in fishing needs to pick a spot, June is almost full, only a few cabins left.  The rest of the year is looking good too.
We have built a new website, thank you to my daughter-in-law.  Good job Amy.  As with most change, there are a few hiccups.  You need to go to www.davinlakelodge.com  everything works great then.
I will be doing the Sports Show in Saskatoon March 6 - 9th.  Drop by and say hello.  And don't forget Oscar, he will be at Sportsman's Warehouse in Loveland, Co. every Saturday.  Stop by, he'll tell you some lies!!!!!!!!
Hope this finds you all well.  Until next time.............

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Well September is almost over and have finally closed things out for the camp.  It has been so busy since we got home.  We went from the camp right to the field swathing and then combining.  A disturbance moved in a couple days ago giving us a chance to regroup and do up some unfinshed business.
We had a very successful summer and 2014 is shaping up to another good year.  We have  quite a few bookings already, infact we are already booked from June 1st until the 13th.
Our 2013 Pike Master was Brett Oldfield from Calgary.  He caught and released a 45 inch pike on June 25th.  This beauty was caught and released at Davin.  Brett has been invited to return to Davin in 2014.  Congratulations Brett.
Once we wrap up the fall work, Irvin will be heading back up to Davin to prepare to put the new dock in.  We are excited about that, it will be so nice.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank my family for being there for me again!!!  I was so busy at the camp last season that Spencer Shout, my oldest son from Tennessee, took over writing my blog.  He did an amazing job and will be asked to do the same for 2014, haven't told him that yet!!!!  Thank you Spence. 
I would also like to thank Melissa Yeager, my daughter for doing all the behind the scenes work at home.  She also is our accountant.  I don't know what I would do without her.
My daughter-in-law, Amy Shout from Oklahoma has been doing out website work and is in the process of building a new site.  Thank you Amy for all your help.  You are all amazing and thank you again.
I will do another posting and hopefully get some pictures to post on the fall trip to Davin.
Until next time.

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