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Bakers
Narrows Lodge
Lake Athapapuskow
Manitoba, Canada
September 13-17, 2004 |
My
girlfriend Sabrina and I somehow miraculously won a free fishing
trip to Bakers Narrows Lodge the same year through a drawing.
It was special! She and I flew up in the fall when the days
were getting shorter and temperature was much cooler. I had
heard Lake Athapapuskow being a very good lake trout lake and
I had never caught one. On day one after unpacking and eating
dinner, we went out to some islands just north of the lodge
and thought we would try casting for pike. Well just as we got
there I shut off the motor and thought we would make a couple
casts. And then I tried pulling the cord to start the motor.
After immensely pulling the cord the unthinkable happened...
The cord plug snapped. We were stranded. Helpless. After some
serious paddling and cursing a boat flew by,. We yelled and
waved with a paddle stick and no response. And then there was
hope. A light was heading towards. It was a boat. It was heading
our direction. As it got closer we thought this is it we are
going home. It was our host Rod coming out to find us as it
was getting rather late. They took us in their boat and towed
our boat into the dock. What an experience?!
On
day two we were out trolling with several different spoons through
a narrow channel and had hits but did not connect with a single
lake trout. I switched to an original Dance 'N Eel and wham
something hit. I set the hook and told Sabrina to try and net
it. After a short battle I got the fish up near the boat and
she netted it. It was my first lake trout and length was 25
inches. I was cheering loud. For the next couple days we fished
with our guide Jake and we trolled some of the same areas and
caught several more lakers and pike. The hot lure of the week
was a Mepps Flying C Spinner. On day four we did a fly-in to
Waupun Lake. My goodness for the first few hours there we were
pulling walleyes left and right on 1/4 oz. jigheads tipped with
frozen minnows. It must have been over 100 fish caught between
us. All walleyes were between 18" to 21". We had a
wonderful time, ate great food, had a really nice cabin, and
the staff took care of us and were exceptional!
