Our trip to Vancouver was very nice, it's a great city with lots to see and do. However, we did not go fishing, so I'm going to skip to the Montreal trip details. In three days we boated 12 Musky and lost 6 others. Our biggest was 47 inches caught at about 7 p.m. so it was too dark for a photo. All the other Musky we caught were in around 35 - 38 inches click here for a couple nice pictures.

The boat we bought in Texas is a used Nitro Bass Boat that we plan to use on the Red River in Winnipeg to fish for the giant "Green Back" Walleye. We've taken it out a couple of times this fall and we caught a bunch of Sauger and one nice 25.5 inch Green Back. The weather has turned very cold and the snow that has fallen refuses to melt, so it's time to put the boat away until next season. It's not much compared to Bolton or God's Lake, but it's fun to get out there.

November 20th, 2003: Not too much new going on lately. We're getting ready for the Sportshows, click here for our schedule, and we received some very positive feedback on our Newsletter. Bookings for 2004 are looking great! We have a few outpost spots left spread throughout the season and the lodge is almost completely sold out of June dates. Unfortunately, we're not going to make as much when we go to trade in our U.S. dollars (about 25% less), but at least when we're in the U.S. we'll have a better exchange at the hotels and restaurants we visit.

I put in the order for 4 new boats for Aswap Lake last week. Worst case scenario, we fly them all in from God's Lake, best case, we pull them in over the ice. I've also made arrangements for my carpenter/guide to come in early to finish off the cabin at Aswap. I expect we'll go in on ski's and spend at least 10 days putting in new windows, updating the heater, and closing in the walls.

I've updated the Bolton Page, the Planes Page and I've created the 2003 Newsletter Page. Please take some time to check out the changes.

November 26, 2003: Happy Thanksgiving to all our American Guests!!! In Canada we celebrated our Thanksgiving back in October, so we're at work this week. Fell free to call or email, it's very rare for anyone calling to get an answering machine - even in the evening. We like to be available to take a call just about anytime so we forward our toll free number to our homes in the evening.

December 19, 2003: Jodi and I just returned from our annual vacation to somewhere hot, this year it was Mexico. It was nice to relax and not worry about things for a while.

The Sportshows are less than two weeks away! We're trying to contact those guests who have not confirmed their final numbers or do not have a deposit in yet. We will try to hold on to a spot as long as possible, but when somebody else wants it and we cannot get a financial commitment from the group, then we have to give it to whoever is prepared to put down a deposit.

Please see the Newsletter Page for the list of Sportshows that we are attending so we can meet you there.