Mike Podnar, Director of Design working from the De Pere location, sent in his recent fishing adventure he had in Canada. We also did a podcast to talk about it and you can listen in by clicking on this link, https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/ncpZaHxBvLb. Below is his story and some of the many pics he sent in to share with us, thank you Mike!
This is a submission for Outside TG on my phenomenal fishing trip to Northern Ontario, Canada. A group of 6 of us (one of them being Kayte Balza’s husband) flew up to Big Hook Wilderness Camps on Central Lake for a week of off grid fishing. To say this experience was outstanding would be an understatement. We drove to Red Lake, Ontario and then from there boarded a Sea Plane and flew 1 hour and 45 minutes north aboard a Cessna 208 Caravan on floats (able to land directly on the lake). There were vast views of the Canadian wilderness from 6,000 feet above the ground but also put into perspective how remote some of these locations really are. The fishing on Central Lake was an experience like I have never experienced before. The major species we fished were Northern Pike, Walleye, Sauger, and Perch and there wasn’t a shortage of any species. Central Lake is classified as a “trophy lake” so Walleye’s that were over 18” in length had to be caught and released and Northern Pike over 27” needed to be released as well. The weather was just as vast as the Canadian wilderness as temps ranged from 40 degrees and rainy to 90 degrees and sunny within the week we were there. We stayed in a cabin that had the bare necessities like a sink and a shower that pumped water directly from the lake along with propane and wood fired stoves. The largest Northern the team was able to land in the boat was 39.5” and the largest Walleye was 26”. It was a very humbling experience being completely off grid and if there was an event the only means of transportation is a sea plane to the nearest village which was 50 miles away. I will definitely be going back to Big Hook!
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