The Rest of the story! 2009

December 24th, 2009

Well my first year at blogging didn’t go so well. I will have my daughter do it this coming season. I would again like to thank all our guests for making it a good season even in these tough economic times. Here are some of the pictures sent to us from the rest of the season.

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

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Week #12 Fishing Report on Eagle Lake Ontario

August 10th, 2009

(August 1-8/2009) This week turned out to be a lot nicer in weather than the previous week and some of the best overall fishing we’ve had! We had a number of trophy fish caught and had guests do well on Lake Trout, Musky, Walleye and Nothern Pike. I don’t think we did much with the Smallmouth this week. As usual we had a number of long time guests with us this week and special recognition to the Smith family with 30 years with us and the Jonynas Party who missed a few years with us but have become regulars again,thanks!

The Ross family,have come up the last several years with third generation fisherman as well as a number of others. Dale and Bill finished their week off strong after a slower start. We had some great fishing in some of the out lakes as well as great structure fishing and after dinner fishing. The evening fishing produced some of the best numbers of trophy Walleye with the majority of them released. There were a few kept for trophy mounts. We’ll have to work on promoting the replicas as they are definitely the way to go with the technology there is today with graphite and flex fish replicas. We look forward to those pictures being sent to us for this weeks success stories!

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Week #11 Fishing Report on Eagle Lake Ontario

August 8th, 2009

(July 25-August 1st/2009) Guess what, it rained! What can you say except there were a lot of great people who fished through it! It rained sometime during each day and everyday this week. We had a great group of people and we still managed to get some descent fish. We had a higher number of Canadian guests this week and our son Ryan met some great friends from Calgary, Alberta that were participating in a hockey school with him in Vermilion Bay. His hockey buddy Jason from Chicago and team mate Josh from Dryden also participated in the school. Puck Masters ( Illinois based company) has put the school on the last 5 years. Thanks to a 1.2 million dollar grant to the Vermilion Bay Arena, it was held in Vermilion Bay. We had three couples celebrating Anniversary’s this week with a 40, 26 and 13 year celebrations. Congratulations to all three couples and we wish you many more- especially at Cedar Point Lodge!

We had some descent Walleye caught off of structure but still pulling them out of 10-12′ in the edge of weeds. The Orde’s were on the Smallmouth this week using slip bobbers in bays close to rock points. A few people were working Muskies and raising some nice ones but none boated over 45″.

Nice smallmouth bass caught on Eagle Lake

Walleye Fishing at Cedar Point Lodge

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Week #6-10 Fishing Report on Eagle Lake Ontario

July 28th, 2009

(June 27- July 25/2009) I have fell short on the weekly blog for the last five weeks and will do one report, it has been a busy month. We’ve had a significant amount of rain and cooler weather the past five weeks and as I type this- it’s been pouring for the past two days! We’ve had only a few days over 80 and the water temps have stayed cooler than normal. The nice days were enjoyed by the families with beach action and tubing.

We have been catching good numbers on the reefs this past month but also have been getting good numbers of fish in the weeds in 8-12′. The Musky action has been good with numbers and boated fish. We haven’t had as many boated over 50″ with most being in the upper 40’s. We have heard of several in the mid 50’s caught on the lake. We have had several groups fishing Lake Trout this past month with a number in the 10-18lb range. Stan had a better year with the Trout and some new parties fishing for them also did well. Jim had a slower start but finished strong. We thank all that have visited us during this time and will get as many pictures up as we can. Thanks for those who sent their pictures and those that haven’t yet, please do so.

We are quickly approaching August and the long range forecast is for warmer and stable weather. We’ll believe that when we see it! Our spring started slow with bookings down from previous years but our summer has filled in pretty good, thanks to a number of latter bookings. Our fall is a little slower at this time so anyone looking for a last minute trip give us a call and take advantage of our second trip and fall discount specials. We still have a few openings for our fall deer hunts.

Thanks!
Pat, Sharon, Janelle, Ryan and staff

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Kalebs first walleye - 22 inches fish released

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

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Week #5 Fishing Report on Eagle Lake Ontario

June 27th, 2009

This was to be our busiest week of the season. We had a few new parties who quickly fit in with the repeat guests. We had a week of great weather and fishing and by the end of the week, most of our guests looked like they had spent a week in a warm tropical resort. Rich was voted the best dressed fisherman of the week and everyone had fun in the lodge at night with the pool tournament. A special thanks to Sarah who chose a fishing vacation with her family to our lodge as her graduation from Highschool present. Their family had a great time and part of them are planning a return trip in August. The Barclay family had 13 people this year and this was their 30th year at Cedar Point Lodge.

Thanks for keeping this family tradition!

We were getting most of our Walleye in the shallow bays including our own and the Bass were peeking during this week. Lee would get a number of Walleye each night off the main dock and in general, the evening fishing was some of the best of the week. There is something special about catching fish with the lake like glass and the sun setting. You can’t find a much better cure for any troubles a person may have! Thanks to all our staff and guests who helped make this a great week!

Thanks!
Pat, Sharon, Janelle, Ryan and staff

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

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Week #4 Fishing Report on Eagle Lake

June 14th, 2009

(June 6-13/09) We had a number of Musky caught again with most people fishing the shallow bays. Smallmouth Bass as predicted were being caught in better numbers and size and Northern were caught along with the Walleye with a few 40” plus taken. When the numbers would slow down, a larger Musky or Northern would be caught cruising the shallows feeding on the schools of Perch and Walleye. A group from Missouri said they caught five descent Musky fishing for Walleye and Smallmouth Bass. Trout were starting to be hit and miss in the portage lake but a few were caught again this week in the main lake.

The week again produced poor weather on and off and the coming week finally shows promise of summer weather. Walleye were starting to make the transition from bays and up channels towards areas where they will be found later in the warmer weather. With the water temps below normal, some of the deep reefs in channels were producing some large fish. We were getting a few nice fish off the camp dock and feel this week should start producing numbers in our bay. I’ve been saying this for three weeks so hopefully this is the week. We just got a 24” Walleye release from Dennis an hour ago on the dock and a 25″ and 29 1/2″ in the bay. The boys from St. Louis caught some nice slot and over in the Bay this morning. As I write this there are four of our boats fishing the bay. People just hate to fish in front of the lodge when there is all this water to explore. I think they believe we are just trying to save gas!Thanks again for those who stayed with us this week and keep sending the pictures!

Pat, Sharon, family and staff

Cedar Point Lodge sunset view

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

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Week #3 Fishing Report on Eagle Lake

June 9th, 2009

(May 30-June 6/09) Will summer ever arrive! Another week of below normal temps and nights that forecast possible frost warnings. Sharon and her mother have been patiently waiting to plant all the flowers they normally place around the lodge and resort.

The fish are still in shallow water and temps were in the mid 50’s in some bays and cooler in other areas. With the cool weather we were getting a number of Lake Trout caught while fishing for Walleyes and the portage lake was still producing Lakers along the shore lines as well as a number of larger Northerns. Numbers were good for under slot Walleye and one of the common statements now is that people are catching more slot and over the slot Walleye than eater size fish. The slot size has really paid off on Eagle as does the other size restrictions on Northern, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Trout and Musky! We have been encouraging people not to take pictures of Musky and to try and release them without taking them out of the water. Their season opens the 3rd Saturday in June. We have had a number of 35-45″ fish caught this season and as they get closer to their spawning time, we expect larger fish to be caught fishing for other species.

The Smallmouth have been active and we expect the next two weeks to be peak spring action. We are seeing a number of moose this spring and this is great to see as our large deer population has kept their numbers down from peak years. The road trip from Fort Frances to Dryden has produced common sightings of Moose and Bear as well as a few Wolves. People are stopping and feeding the bears along 502 which isn’t recommended for them or the bears. All those reading this weeks blog that were here this past week, please send those on the lake pictures as promised as I would rather show the ones getting released than hanging by the “Caught at Cedar Point Lodge ” sign!

Pat, Sharon,family and staff

Northern Pike on Eagle Lake Ontario

Smallmouth Bass Fishing on Eagle Lake

Northern Pike Fishing at Cedar Point Lodge

Great Fishing & Beautiful Weather on Eagle Lake

Walleye caught at Cedar Point Lodge

Walleye Fishing on Cedar Point Lodge

Walleye Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

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Week #2 on Eagle Lake

June 2nd, 2009

(May 23-30/09) We experienced our typical variation of spring weather with rain one day and sunny the next. Water temps remained cooler than normal and the search was on for warmer temps in shallow bays and lakes connected to Eagle Lake. A number of slot and over Walleye were caught off the dock this week as well as a Musky and some Smallmouth. There were a number of Suckers around our break wall and some larger Northern and Musky were feeding off them. Lighter jigs tipped with minnows and leeches worked well as did trolling Shad raps and Rattle raps and Little Joe Spinners. Lake trout were still shallow and were caught trolling and on shore with sucker meat. Delores caught a nice 45” Musky (first one ) and we had a number of 28-31” Walleye ( all caught and released, thanks ). Smallmouth Bass were heading to their spawning areas and a number were caught in the shallow bays fishing for Walleye. As pictures tell the story, here are a number of this week’s success stories. Thanks to those who sent pictures.

Lodge update – We have some openings starting June 27th so give us a call!

Pat, Sharon and staff

Great Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Beautiful sunset on Eagle Lake

Enjoy fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Bass caught on Eagle Lake

Great Bass Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Beautiful Walleye Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

Enjoy Walleye Fishing on Eagle Lake

Bass Fishing at Cedar Poing Lodge

Walleye Fishing at Cedar Poing Lodge

Great Walleye Fishing Experience

Nice Walleye caught on Eagle Lake

Walleye Fishing on Eagle Lake Ontario

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Opending Week! Fishing on Eagle Lake

May 25th, 2009

Opening day of fishing season started with 2” of snow followed by a cold and windy morning. The weather started to change in the afternoon rising to 60 degrees (15 Celsius) and sunny. We had a lower number of guests during our opening week, however the week was enjoyed by all who were here. Fishing for lake trout was outstanding and after a slow start for walleye fishing, it too picked up mid-week with both numbers and size. There were nice small mouth bass and larger northern pike caught also.

A special thanks to Ron for his 30th straight year of fishing with us on opening week. Warner believed that we had a Polar Bear Club and tried to join it — a warm shower was appreciated afterward! The whole camp enjoyed a trout fishing expedition which included Pat and Dave cooking a delicious lunch of fresh trout and venison tenderloin.

Thanks to all who fished with us this week and we look forward to seeing all who couldn’t next year.

This is our first attempt at the Weekly Fishing Report which we intend to regularly update each week. Please look for our next posting soon!