Fishing for Lake Trout at Baie Dixie

Looking south towards in the in flow of the Cabonga River

First Lake of the day, but not the last

Cool clouds, a precursor of what was yet to come? 

First storm, we rode it out trolling

Second Storm, we sought shelter - this one was brutal

The Devil's elbow

Hmmmm, this looks like a good place to ....

Fishing from the stern

Driving back to DHL with tunes!

Whitefish Lake

Been awhile since we last visited White Fish Lake

All we caught were small ones

Until my father got a nice one.

Wa Wa Pass & Rock Lake

2011 Wa Wa Pass 

2010 Wa Wa Pass with the Cabonga down 7+ feet

Trolling through Wa Wa Pass

Gulls at Rock Lake

Bark Fish, nice one!

Smooth as glass

Sunrise at Deer Horn

The sun rises slowly in the East

The fishing boats lie in wait

The fishermen in the camp are starting stir

Looks like it could be a wonderful day

To yours and good fishing!

Lakers on the Big Water of the Cabonga

First laker, 2lbs

2nd Laker, 5 lbs

3rd Laker, 7 lbs

All our lakers were caught on the same lure, at different times of course, which is what we were told to use when we fished at Schroon Lake back in 2009.  It's simply a copper flasher with an orange and brown streamer (fly) tied to the end.  I got my big laker last year using this lure and after I caught my two, my dad tried it and got his big one!

Down rigging in the big water

Driving the boat, nothing beats satellite radio!

The Cabonga Dam

Shhhh, there is someone behind that tree!

Nice parking spot on Sterns Pass, give it a few days, through

Looking down Sterns Pass

My father with his catch

My catch

Lac Andou for first time in 4 years

We never even tried to go to Lac Andou with with water down 7 feet last year and since we didn't come up in 2009, the last time we fished down this was in 2008.  We did our usual, fish down from the dam down through the bay and then through the channel where we caught 3 walleye.

I got the first Walleye in the Ile Richard Channel

Walleye caught down by the submerged ski doo

The Cabonga is up!

Upon arriving at Deer Horn Lodge we were greeted with a full reservoir

It was no surprise since I had been tracking the surface levels.

None-the-less, high water means we aren't restricted to get back into those special spots

The only major improvement to the camp by the new owner is the office

is more like a store and he carriers sundries, canned food, ice cream, and soda.

18 miles on the Rock Road

If you have ever been to Deer Horn Lodge before you will know the last  18 mi (29 km) to the camp can be the most nerve racking, painstaking slowest part of the trip.  In past years it has taken us as much as 2 hours to get down the road pulling a boat.

However, on this trip we got a big surprise because the rock road is improved gravel road and up to the Barrage Barrier.  Apparently there is work being done at the dam and the workers need a smooth road to get there and it was so nice that we were able to average 35 mph!  It brought tears to our eyes.  The last two miles to Deer Horn, however, was business as usual and a slow crawl at 5 to 10 mph.