Posts Tagged: Northern Ontario

Trip Reports Jul 5, 2026

Van Poele – The Trip That Tested Us Before We Even Landed

Spring of 2023 and it was time to try out another great fishing outfitter. This year we’d be heading to Van Poele Outpost camp. The camp is located on the Van Poele River, which feeds into Kagianagami Lake, Kag, which is a huge body of water with several camps on it. We were put onto […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Jun 6, 2026

Harrogate Lake – Cold Water, High Water, and a Couple of Firsts

Spring 2026 and it was time for the annual fly-in trip with Chris. After a great fall at Sunshine Lake, we were both eager to get on with our season of fresh water fishing. This spring we’d be at Harrogate through Leuenbergers. This was also the plan for Spring 2025, but I had open heart […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Oct 19, 2025

Sunshine Lake – Small and Mighty

Fall 2025 and our first fly in trip of the year. Our Spring Trip had to be cancelled to deal with some health issues, so both Chris and I were chomping at the bit to get out into the quiet of the bush to crush some Walleye (and hopefully a big Pike). It’s always tough […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Apr 3, 2022

Best Walleye Fishing EVER!

It was summer 2019 when I was at Brace Lake Outfitters for my second time, and having another amazing trip. I was in the main lodge chatting with owner Kyle Poleski when he said he had something he wanted to show me. It was the location of an outpost camp he had just acquired on […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Aug 13, 2018

Walleye of the Attawapiskat

In my final post about my epic trip to Pym Island on the Attiwapiskat River, I’ll turn our attention to the incredible Walleye fishing. Many people know the Attiwapiskat as a haven for large Pike, but there are also an abundance of large Walleye to target as well. As I mentioned in my recent posts […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Jul 2, 2018

Pike of the Attawapiskat

As a follow up to my first post on our Experience on the Attawapiskat, it’s now time to turn our attention to one of the two species of fish we caught, starting with Northern Pike. Our trip having taken place at the end of May, after a particularly cold / late Spring, we knew we’d […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Jun 24, 2018

Experiencing The Attawapiskat

When I went on my first ever fly in fishing trip, I described it as a once in a lifetime experience, a real bucket list opportunity that I’d be able to look back upon and say “I did it”. What I didn’t expect was how that trip would magnify my love of fishing, but that […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Jan 28, 2018

Planning for the North: Attiwapiskat 2018

After dozens of fishing trips, including many fly in destinations, I still get the same thrill of anticipation when planning for the spring trip, but this year there is some added excitement. Many things have come into alignment to allow our group of 4 anglers to not only take a fly in fishing trip (which […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Jan 20, 2018

Looking to book at trip? Here is my report round up…

If you are looking to ensure you have the best shot at a great fishing trip, there may be no more important element than doing some research in advance. I was fortunate to fall into a great outfitter for my first fly in adventure, but since then I’ve done extensive research of scores of lodge […]

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All Things Fishing, Trip Reports Jun 14, 2015

Fly In Trip to Brace Lake Outfitters

This year our group once again planned on a remote fly-in fishing adventure in northern Ontario. This was our 5th trip together and we decided to try something a bit different. After 3 years of outpost fishing trips, we decided that a bit of electricity and indoor plumbing would be a nice treat. As is […]

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