Recently we published Mike Borger’s 2010 report to Eddie North’s Attawapiskat River Adventures. Here is his Part 3 of his 2009 report that he took in September. The pictures of big fish still abound but they are also accompanied by more narrative about the details than last time. We again have divided the trip report into multiple sections. Make sure to check out each of them.

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Once we settled in and readied the boats it was time to fish. We were all dog tired and didn’t have a lot of time with the sun falling quickly, but the pull was strong.

Doug and his dad had about an hour head start on us. They were working a bay directly across and within sight of the camp. We motored over to chat and it seemed Dougie had had a decent start. Throwing small bass sized spinnerbaits he managed a couple of chunky monkeys:

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Recently we published Mike Borger’s 2010 report to Eddie North’s Attawapiskat River Adventures. Here is Part 2 of his 2009 report that he took in September.

The pictures of big fish still abound but they are also accompanied by more narrative about the details than last time. We again have divided the trip report into multiple sections. Make sure to check out each of them.

Here’s Mike…
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Recently we published Mike Borger’s 2010 report to Eddie North’s Attawapiskat River Adventures. Here is his 2009 report from a trip that he took in September. The pictures of big fish still abound but they are also accompanied by more narrative about the details. We again have divided the trip report into multiple sections. Make sure to check out each of them.

Here is the introduction. Hope you enjoy. Here’s Mike…

Earlier in July of this year I was fortunate to become aquainted with Eddie Guergis. Eddie had aquired an old run down camp on Beteau lake, a widening of the Attawapiskat river 260km north west of Nakina from the natives in Lansdowne House.

As many of you know it’s difficult if not impossible for outfitters to open up new bodies of water as the MNR is not giving out any new land use permits. The only way new waters are opened up in Ontario is by flying further north and leasing from the natives.

Eddie hit the jackpot with the Beteau lake camp. It’s an absolute fish factory with tons of water to fish and explore and huge numbers of both trophy walleye and northern pike.

He started reconstruction of the old native camp earlier this spring and by August it was mostly transformed: A large separate kitchen cabin with all the amenities, 2 very comfortable sleep cabins, a storage shed and a fish cleaning shack. There’s still work to be done, but the bones are there already…

After speaking to him at length I was compelled to book a trip for prime time in June of 2010. What completely caught me off guard was an offer from Eddie to come up and fish the 1st week of September. He was flying in several planeloads of materials and promised we’d be able to squeeze in with our gear and hitch a ride.

I started looking for others to go. Skud AKA Doug was keen to go and asked if he could also bring his dad. In his mid 70’s and an avid angler in his own right, Gerd had never before been on a fly in trip. With Doug stepping up to pay for his pops as well I couldn’t say no. (You’re a good son.)

So the cast of characters was set: Myself, Jason (Basskicker on the board), Doug and his dad Gerd. The excitement was palpable as we loaded the truck in the early morning hours of September 1st and hit the highway for the long drive north to Nakina….

Part 1 – Introduction
Part 2 – A Flight Down Memory Lane
Part 3 – Getting Our Feet Wet
More to Come…

Fellow blogger Brett from Apthorpes Fishing & Hunting Adventures, just got back from a late June 2010 fishing trip with Air Cochrane to their Nettogami Island camp. Brett has an excellent detailed report at his blog. He also has a lot of videos to give you an idea what the trip was like. Here’s a small excerpt…

That evening we helped our annual Lake Nettogami fishing contest by which the boat with the most total inches of fish caught in a two hour period would win. Big Shu and I were in a boat, Ben, Jake and Charlie in another, with the Wilkes comprising the third boat.. We headed to the place on the lake that produced well for us at the end of last year’s trip. Taking advantage of a North-west wind Shu and I drifted over the roller coaster shaped lake bottom catching 150+” of fish in the first 30 minutes.

This tranquil state of fishing utopia was suddenly interrupted by Charlie yelling at us while Jake drove their boat up to ours. Charlie complained that his fish had swallowed his lure and needed help getting it out. They were awed by our total fish count that I shared with them while big Shu removed the lure from the pike. Then Jake, with a devilish look in his eye, wished us well and told Ben to shove their boat off. This grin did not fade as he drove the boat 20 yards down wind from our boat where he stopped the boat and started fishing. Each boy promptly caught fish while drifting over our fishing hole!!!! They proceeded to always stay 20 yards in front of our boat, catching fishing, and quickly passed the 200″+ count. Shu and I shouted angrily at them, calling them unethical, and other such words that should not be printed in a public blog, and which only seemed to fuel their delight. Needless to say, when the two hours were up the boys contended to be victorious while Shu and I claimed it was a victory shrouded in controversy!

Doesn’t it sound like a great time? So, check out Apthorpes Fishing & Hunting Adventures for more details on the report.

This is part 5 of a photo essay of a trip by Fishing Traveler friend Mike to Eddie North’s Attawapiskat River Adventures. If you haven’t read the intro, please check it out for more details on the trip report. This part features some of the walleye that Mike caught on his trip. Remember that Mike was focused on the pike and not walleye.

Here’s Mike…

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This is part 4 of a photo essay of a trip by Fishing Traveler friend Mike to Eddie North’s Attawapiskat River Adventures. If you haven’t read the intro, please check it out for more details on the trip report. This part features some of the many trophy pike that Mike caught on his trip.

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This is part 3 of a photo essay of a trip by Fishing Traveler friend Mike to Eddie North’s Attawapiskat River Adventures. If you haven’t read the intro, please check it out for more details on the trip report. This part features a number of non-fishing pictures of what awaits you on an Attawapiskat River fishing trip. I have to say that Mike’s pictures under the heading Serenity Defined are just incredible!

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This is part 2 of a photo essay of a trip by Fishing Traveler friend Mike to Eddie North’s Attawapiskat River Adventures. If you haven’t read the intro, please check it out for more details on the trip report. This part features their trip into the outfitter with some commentary from Mike.

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This is a very well done video, which was shot from Snare Lake in Ontario. Snare Lake is one of Air Cochrane’s fly-in lakes in Northeastern Ontario. The thing I really like about this video is that it clearly shows how these guys were catching northern pike on the lake. I love the excitement as they catch a very nice pike.

I recently emailed Mike Borger about using his incredible photo essay of his trip to the Attawapiskat River with Eddie North’s Attawapiskat River Adventures. To say this trip looks incredible is an understatement. Many of you may have viewed this report on other forums. If you haven’t get ready for a giant “I wanna go now!” reaction. Mike and friends caught a ton of big pike and really nice walleye during their trip. They primarily fished for trophy pike. You will see that many of their walleye aggressively latched onto the oversized pike lures.

This is primarily a photo essay with some brief comments from Mike. There are a ton of pictures here for your vieiwng pleasure. Slower download speeds beware but the wait will be worth it. I have divided the report into 5 posts to make it a bit easier for those of you with slower internet connections. Continue reading »