The Slammer Gang

As promised, we now get to J.T., Jim and Don's trip.  They come every year in June for a double stay, splitting their trip between Wathaman and Davin Lakes.  They are some of our most faithful clients, making the trip from Texas and Colorado as long as we've run the camp.  Being some our more successful fishermen, we ask Jim to send us a trip summary each year.  They keep meticulous records of each of their trips.  It is refreshing to know that the quality of our fishery continues to improve each year.  Due to our policy on trophy fish, we expect this trend to continue.

Pike Summary

The Slammer Gang

Thanks for the great info Jim, J. T. and Don!!

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June Fishing Update

June has been a very busy month.  Sorry it took so long to update the blog! We began the month with the Cosmopolitan Club from Prince Albert again.  They had a wonderful time and will return next year.  The following week Bob and Manny were back for Manny's 29th trip to Davin Lake.  He says the fishing is the best it has ever been as he caught a 31.5 inch Walleye (yes, you read that right). We have no doubt Manny will be back to celebrate his 30th trip to Davin next year.  We're taking ideas for the celebration...

At Wathaman, Garrett Growney and his group had a wonderful time catching hundreds of Pike and Walleye in the narrows.  Even though the water was so low, they really enjoyed themselves.

Following Garrett's group, longtime clients J. T., Jim and Don as well as Mike Rice and Mark Stephendon from Colorado were at Wathaman.  Mike and Mark caught a 40" and a 41" Pike as well as a 28" Walleye on their fly rods.  

We will get to J.T., Jim and Don in the next blog post.

This past week, we had a group from Summit Sales and Service in Medicine Hat.  They chartered a bus and had an outstanding fishing trip.  Matt caught a 45.5" Pike which is currently leading the 2015 Pikemaster Contest.  

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My apologies to you all. We have had computer problems since we got here and I haven't been able to do a regular blog. My computer has been sent out but not fixed yet.
I cannot post pictures but can tell you that fishing has been tremendous. The largest to date is 45.5 inches caught last weekend by one of the guys from the  Summit Sales and Service group from Medicine Hat.  Mor info to follow.
The walleye are getting bigger every year. Manny caught and released a 31.5 inch walleye but we have had many 28 inch and 30 inch caught and released.
The pike are a bit skinner than usual. It must be due to the lower water levels last winter. That's likely why the pike are on such a feeding frenzie, to gain their weight back.
We have had reports that guests have caught and released up to 200 fish per day per boat. There has definitely been more trophy pike caught and released this year than any other in the 11 years we have been here.  We attribute this to our catch and release program on the trophy fish.
Hopefully my system will be working soon. Usually Spencer Shout would do my blog but he is the middle of moving from Tennessee to Texas and isn't set up to help me out right now. That will likely happen sooner that my computer will get fixed. You should hear from him soon.
Thank you for your understanding. Until next time.

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Saturday, May 30th.. Oscar and Ken rolled in yesterday from Denver.  Finished packing and ready to leave tomorrow morning, crop is in and all is well here.  Hopefully all goes well on the trip up to Davin.
All reports are that the lake is a touch low but will find that out tomorrow.  Ice has been out for two weeks, that being said, early fishing should be tremendous.
A full report will be given next Saturday.
4AM is coming soon so must get our travel sleep.
Put new fishing line on the reels and get ready for some action.  Irvin is going to catch his first fish using nothing but a spark plug on his line.

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Happy Spring

Haven't written a blog for awhile so thought I should get in touch with all our friends.  Hey it's spring and looking forward to fishing. But first things first--had to go to Tennessee for a turkey hunt!!!!
We flew into Nashville on Thursday the 9th.  My daughter-in-law, Danice, picked us up at the airport. We arrived at Fayetteville, scouted a few fields with Diana's son Spencer and got ready for the morning hunt. Woke up in the morning to a torrential down pour. So not off to a great start. Scouted in the afternoon and got ready for Saturday morning.  Guides, Spencer and Tony Sims had a special meeting and picked out the best field. We set up at five in the morning.  Tony started calling turkeys at 5:45. Turkeys came and went but managed to bag a nice one about 7:00. Had to hang up the guns and go to the Grand Old Opry that night. Charlie Daniels was outstanding.

Spencer and Tony decided to go back to the same field Sunday morning.  Tony, the expert caller pulled off a unbelievable feat and called a trophy gobbler across the river. He hung up at 65 yards, so I took the shot and down he went. Spencer has quite the turkey gun, it's a 835 Mossberg with an Indian Creek choke. Shooting the new Longbeard shells it is unbelievable. When we got to the bird and rolled him over to our surprise he had 4 beards! To the taxidermist he went! They've told me how hard Turkey hunting is, but I don't know if I believe them. Quite a first Turkey hunt they say! Tony cooked the bird we took Saturday for lunch, what a great day!

Saturday bird

Sunday Turkey 

4 beards!

Spencer and Tony

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We had a wonderful time down here, but time to head back in the morning. It's time to start getting ready for the summer at Davin, and get the crop in the ground. We're now down to 40 days until we head north. Really starting to get anxious to see everyone again this summer! The new boats and motors should be in shortly, and we'll make a trip quick up in a couple weeks to drop them off and check the camp. Anyone wishing to join us for their trip of a lifetime needs to call as we have very few spots left for the summer. We will check back in in a few weeks. As always thanks to all our guests, and look forward to seeing everyone starting June 1.

Irvin, and Diana

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Happy Thursday February 19th.  And a cold one here.  Cold all over from what I have been told!!!  Makes you want to think about fishing, long walks on the beach and other Davin Lake activities.
For those of you who follow us on face book, you will already know about our latest purchase. Yes, we are proud owners of two 16 ' Crestliner boats powered by 25hp Mercury 4-stroke engines.  And we are super excited.
Bookings are looking good.  If you haven't made your reservation, you need to give me a call.  June has a few openings but not many.  July has a few openings after the 12th and before our bus which comes in on the 23rd and August has some openings.  It looks like the bus will be full again this year.
We have had a busy winter.  Irvin is back working in Alberta and I've been driving school bus again.  Many days I have been meeting myself.  Sure am looking forward to going to the camp to get a long overdue rest!!!!!
Have a good day.  Will talk soon.

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The holiday season is fast approaching for yet another year.  I can't imagine where the time has gone. We will be operating Davin Lake for the 11th season in 2015.  Seems like just yesterday when we bought the camp.
Our bookings are looking great for the 2015 season.  Space is becoming limited so I would suggest you call soon to make your reservations. 
I would like to take this opportunity to wish each and everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.  Hoping you all enjoy good health and prosperity in 2015.
From Our House to Yours.
Irvin and Diana

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