Flin Flon Manitoba, Canada - June 8-11, 2000
Fishing North of the 54th Parallel
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Paradise Lodge, 4.5 hr flying time by private aircraft from Brookings, SD, is on a famous Trout Lake. The lodge, 540 road miles from Winnipeg, has a restaurant, lounge, camping area, log cabins and a motel unit.
This years trip encountered overcast skies, and cold weather. Rain was forecast but did not occur. Temperatures were in the single digits (centigrade). We arrived on Thursday afternoon and were fishing the channels that evening. On Friday, we fished Pickerel Bay and limited out on Walleye's. Saturday we fished Shisk Lake for Northern Pike. Sunday morning we fished Atahpap's channels where Gregg caught this trip's record, a 37.75 inch long Northern Pike. Lake Athapapuskow holds Manitoba's Lake Trout record of 63 pounds. The lake also holds walleye, northern pike, burbot, whitefish and perch. . Atahapap offers 1500 miles of shoreline and 1100 explorable islands.
The following snapshots were taken during the trip: To view the full picture, simply click on the thumbnail, and use your browser's back arrow to return to the snapshots. |
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Flying to Flin Flon |
Lake Athapapuskow |
Lake Front |
Paradise Lodge |
Paradise Lodge's Lounge
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Feeding the Ducks |
Paradise Lodge's Camping Area |
Paradise Lodge's Motel Unit
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David and Gregg with Walleye catch |
Walleye catch |
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David, LaDell, Chuck and Gregg with limit of Walleyes |
Gregg and his catch |
Paradise Lodge Aerial view
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Homeward bound |
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Our thanks to Ken and Carol McCullum, the new owners of Paradise Lodge, for their hospitality, great food and improvements to the lodge. |