The camp is a rustic 6 bed cabin on a level lot powered by a propane fridge, stove and lighting, and a generator for other amenities. Within an hour we ran out of worms as we had nailed walleyes and the occasional pike on bouncers. Again, the main pattern was finding the breaks, better if wind was into them. Fly-In fishing Outposts for Walleye, Northern Pike, Brook Trout, Whitefish and Sturgeon.Our unique combination of phenomenal fishing and scenic seclusion is sure to please all who visit. Well for 1) The Bay is sheltered and holds fish – we did better on the main lake, but the bay wasn’t bad at all. Save Share Be the first one to rate!
We saw quite a few other cabins on the lake including Wilderness North’s 3 and personally I think John and Gloria’s is way better situated.
Ogoki Lake Outfitters. They offer propane refrigerators, gas stoves, and all of the pots, pans and utensils you would need to make good meals. Being solo guy, I ran up a shoreline that had coughed up a fish a few days before in a lesser but similar wind direction and because of the points off the shoreline it was a bit of a reprieve from the wind.
Generally, we found that in this little eddy (not sure if there was an eddy but that’s what we called them) they held fish that were generally aggressiveWe are fire guys – and after a successful Saturday we weren’t on the water near as early on Sunday.
As my boat partner and I were chatting with another member of our crew on the dock we noticed a storm cloud in the distance but moving fast to the bay.
I had marked a big drop off at the entrance of the bay which was only a few minutes’ ride from the cabin – we decided to check it out and keep an eye on the weather. While we were thrilled w our numbers, we all agreed that on a few days if we had confidence, we really could have sat on them w jigs and had a magical 100 fish day. The opportunity to explore here is endless!
We are changing it up again, flying commercial to Thunder Bay and then renting a van and making the 4-hour drive to Sioux Lookout.
In all honesty it was tough to get some fish under 18 inches. Total fish count 50Sometime goals are a good thing – we awoke Tuesday with a focus - my boat partner and I 50 fish and as a group we wanted 100 fish. 14 foot boats and 9.9hp motors are available for travel with a canoe on site for river travel. My partner and I started to run the saddle between the island and sea gull island. Not ideal not enough to dull what was a great trip.We buy into the go further North West – while I am not sure we have accurate numbers from previous trips we experience better fishing all around – by a lotCheck out John and Gloria Ritchs Ogoki Lake Outfitters – wonderful people and I can’t say enough about camp and its location.
Ogoki Frontier has two camps that are 5 miles apart - above the West camp at the mouth of the Ogoki River. Our lodge is winterized!
Some are medium-sized at 9,000 plus acres while others approach the large lake size of 25,000 acres. Again, the fish were there, and we didn’t notice much of a tail off from the days before – if anything the day was harder on the anglers, lots of wind and 7-degree temps made it a cold day. Balson is a small lake crawling with moose and a healthy population of pike and walleye to keep your bellies full.
Across the shoreline was the shore of the island that guarded the entrance to our bay – John and Chris had it marked for fish and depending on the wind/depth it may be an easier fish. We decided to run a bit further south into the lake, a few areas were highlighted and off we went. In the time it took us to reel up and batten down to get back to the dock we were soaked – it looked like we went swimming in our rain gear. Proudly created with Wix.com