July 6th, 2004: Finally some nice weather!! Although some of the guides and guests claimed to have seen some snowflakes on July 3rd, it's been very nice weather since Sunday and today is no exception. The Lake Trout are even starting to go a bit deeper as the surface temperature has risen to 65 degrees is most places and up to 70 degrees in the dark shallow bays. The trophies continue to be found, but it seems like there is a bit of a transition going on. Most of the bigger Pike are being caught mixed in with the Walleye and not as much in the shallow bays. The weeds are starting to come up in front of the lodge but the fish have not moved in yet.

This has really been a great year for seeing wildlife. Every night we have a few guests ride to our garbage dump to take some pictures for the bears and just about every day at least one boat spots a moose in the water or on shore. Bald eagles, beavers, otters, mink, loons and rabbits are very common this year. I'm excited to see the pictures of the Lynx that posed for a group out near the North Channel, they are normally very shy animals. The bears have actually become a problem because the cold temperatures have really delayed the berries.

More Pictures!!! (I love digital!)

		Randy Krenz with a 44 inch trophy Pike! Followed by Chris (guide) and Bobby with Bobby's 42 inch Pike!
		A 29 inch trophy Walleye caught by Chuck Solley in Mink Creek. Albert (Guide) and Tom Colina with Tom's 41 inch trophy Pike!

July 12th, 2004: Jim Florczak and his guide, Marcel landed a huge 48 inch Pike last night!! The guys at Aswap also had a good week by landing 2 huge Pike at 45 and 46 inches.

The weather has changed to summer. It's been very hot lately and there has not been much wind. The weeds are starting to come, but the fish have not completely moved into the weed beds yet. If this weather continues, they should be in the weeds before the end of the week.

		Marcel helping Jim hold Jim's second trophy in two years. Last year he was on the website with another one of our biggest at 46 inches. Next year he'll have to catch a 50 inch Pike! Followed by one of many, many bears seen this year.
		Dennis with this year's biggest Walleye at 29.5 inches. We normally catch at least one over 30 inches, so his lead may not last. Followed by John and his 28 inch Walleye.

Check out the 47 inch (50 pounds) Lake Trout caught at our sister lodge...Elk Island Lodge on God's Lake by clicking here www.elkislandlodge.com/updates.html

July 23rd, 2004: I've been away for a few days on a great adventure down the God's River so I have not been around to update the website. We took a boat from Aswap Lake into God's Lake then down the God's River 100 miles to an area few have ever fished. The boat is now set up in some of the most incredible Brook Trout waters I have ever seen. We were actually thinking they should set the bar higher for trophy class because more than half the Brook Trout we caught were over 20 inches. Fishing for Brook Trout is challenging because they put up such a great fight but running those rapids and dragging the boat over the rocks to avoid the waterfalls was much more challenging! The area with the best Brook Trout we found has negotiable rapids, some shallow rocks and very nice back eddy waters but only certain spots hold Brook Trout and we learned what to look for after the second day of traveling.

We also set up another boat on the high side of the West Rapids on Bolton Lake. A bunch of groups have done the short portage and have found some fantastic Walleye fishing! Hopefully the water stays deep enough for us to continue the trek up the river to some new spots that have never been fished.

The big Walleye have moved into the North Channel Narrows on Bolton. Just about every day for the past 6 days we've landed a trophy Walleye in that spot! The Pike have moved into the weedbeds and the most popular lure continues to be the "Bulldawg". The 12 inch shallow running Bulldawg has produced at least 25 trophy Pike this year and I expect them to continue to produce since the Pike are just beginning to look at bigger baits.

Here are a few more pictures:

		Stu with a very nice 37 inch Lake Trout followed by Jim with a 21.5 inch Brook Trout! Jim had one of those weeks that most anglers dream of...3 trophy Pike including the 48 inch Pike and this beautiful trophy Brookie!
		The new biggest Walleye of the season - 30 inches caught by Paul followed by Stu with his trophy Pike!
		Big Sev with a 42.5 inch Pike wearing his Ranger hat in front of my Yamaha that he doesn't approve of. Followed by me with a 29 inch Walleye caught in the North Channel Narrows.