Labor Day Fishing in Canada
 

Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about accommodations so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever. I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving. I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to book
something and soon. Please help!

check out northern saskatchewan and don't just limit yourself to pike, go
for pickeral as well, we find them much more tasty then pike.

anywhere north of la ronge ( about 5 hours drive north of Saskatoon) we have
found has some awesome spots for large fish There are lots of cabins to rent
as well as guides that can take you out with all the rigging

a google search for fishing +la ronge should point you in the direction that
you want to go

lots of lake trout here as well

good luck

garry

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That
is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid
days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in
Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of
single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to
Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about accommodations
so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to
Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever.
I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind
driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving. I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to
book
something and soon. Please help!

Of course Garry means 'walleye' when he mentions `pickeral'. I don't know
why, but a lot of my fellow Canadians refer to 'walleye' as 'pickeral'.
Jim

"garry" slamsworldATsasktelDOTca wrote in message
...
check out northern saskatchewan and don't just limit yourself to pike, go
for pickeral as well, we find them much more tasty then pike.

anywhere north of la ronge ( about 5 hours drive north of Saskatoon) we
have
found has some awesome spots for large fish There are lots of cabins to
rent
as well as guides that can take you out with all the rigging

a google search for fishing +la ronge should point you in the direction
that
you want to go

lots of lake trout here as well

good luck

garry

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That
is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid
days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in
Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I
don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of
single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to
Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about accommodations
so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there
is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to
Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever.
I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind
driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving. I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating
the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky
are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to
book
something and soon. Please help!

www.kesagami.com

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend.
That is, flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two
solid days of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to
fish in Canada. It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids,
just me. I don't want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and
charged any sort of single occupancy fee because I can't sell the people
around me on coming to Canada, I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I
don't care about accommodations so long as they are clean. I don't care
about fancy food so long as there is some food (and it's clean :). All I
care about is getting off of a plane and getting onto a boat with a
qualified guide who can put me onto trophy pike. I'd rather not lug my
entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to Canada, but that sounds like the
norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well maintained and condition
appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever. I don't mind prop or
float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind driving the last leg of
the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving. I'd rather be there
fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not flying up from
some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days. Again, trophy
pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating the latter while
talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky are fine, but I
can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time is running out,
I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these newsgroups, just
spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to book something and
soon. Please help!

Garry:

Thanks for the quick response. A couple of points of clarification -- I
have no interest in eating pike, but I would be up for a walleye aka
pickerel fish fry for lunch, as a quick break to discuss the pike that I
just caught. Btw, out here we have chain pickerel, good fight. Second, can
you make any specific recommendations as to places, companies, any contacts
that I can start the process of lining up destinations, packages and prices
through? I need to get this moving and fast or there will be no trip this
year.

Thanks, MB



"garry" slamsworldATsasktelDOTca wrote in message
...
check out northern saskatchewan and don't just limit yourself to pike, go
for pickeral as well, we find them much more tasty then pike.

anywhere north of la ronge ( about 5 hours drive north of Saskatoon) we
have
found has some awesome spots for large fish There are lots of cabins to
rent
as well as guides that can take you out with all the rigging

a google search for fishing +la ronge should point you in the direction
that
you want to go

lots of lake trout here as well

good luck

garry

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That
is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid
days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in
Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I
don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of
single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to
Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about accommodations
so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there
is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to
Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever.
I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind
driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving. I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating
the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky
are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to
book
something and soon. Please help!

Thanks for the clarification, I did not understand pickerel until your
message :)

"Jim Howarth" wrote in message
...
Of course Garry means 'walleye' when he mentions `pickeral'. I don't know
why, but a lot of my fellow Canadians refer to 'walleye' as 'pickeral'.
Jim

"garry" slamsworldATsasktelDOTca wrote in message
...
check out northern saskatchewan and don't just limit yourself to pike, go
for pickeral as well, we find them much more tasty then pike.

anywhere north of la ronge ( about 5 hours drive north of Saskatoon) we
have
found has some awesome spots for large fish There are lots of cabins to
rent
as well as guides that can take you out with all the rigging

a google search for fishing +la ronge should point you in the direction
that
you want to go

lots of lake trout here as well

good luck

garry

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That
is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid
days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in
Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I
don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of
single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to
Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about accommodations
so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there
is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a
plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto
trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to
Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever.
I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind
driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving.
I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating
the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky
are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time
is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to
book
something and soon. Please help!

Thanks, I've already got an e-mail into Kesagami for info and pricing.

"Peter Yi" wrote in message
...
www.kesagami.com

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend.
That is, flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two
solid days of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to
fish in Canada. It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids,
just me. I don't want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and
charged any sort of single occupancy fee because I can't sell the people
around me on coming to Canada, I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I
don't care about accommodations so long as they are clean. I don't care
about fancy food so long as there is some food (and it's clean :). All I
care about is getting off of a plane and getting onto a boat with a
qualified guide who can put me onto trophy pike. I'd rather not lug my
entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to Canada, but that sounds like the
norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well maintained and condition
appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever. I don't mind prop or
float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind driving the last leg of
the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving. I'd rather be there
fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not flying up from
some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days. Again, trophy
pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating the latter while
talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky are fine, but I
can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time is running
out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these newsgroups,
just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to book something
and soon. Please help!

http://www.noto.net/rufus/ check this place out as well. I grew up and
continue to fish this lake system. For walleye, with six of us in a boat, by
ten or eleven o'clock we are throwing walleye back because we all have our
limits. As well, the pike fishing is excellent. The locals on the lake
system are great for giving tips and a lot of them are seasonal residents.
Don't think that there are a lot of people with cabins or trailers, though.
If there are fifty on the entire lake system I would be surprised. They
cottage association there closed construction off a while back to prevent
overpopulation. Some cabins, you can't see the glow of light from the
neighbors because they are too far away.

There was a friend of mine who used to go by the name Lothar of the Hill
People who took the time to go up one year and was very happy with what he
got. Prices are good, fishing is great and the lands are amazingly pure.
The town of Kapuskasing has the closest airport being about an hour away,
but Rick (the owner/operator) would go pick you up if you wanted to drive
in. As well, he can cater to fly in areas.

This is the lake system my uncle Al landed a 32 pound pike when I was a kid.
My grandfather filleted it. Al was ****ed. Grampa took him out the next day
to somewhere "where the babys are not" and he came back with one just under
36lbs. Sadly, grampa died without sharing where he went and uncle Al still
isn't talking, but I can testify that when you are twelve and the pike is as
big as you are, well..... It's a great area and the fish are there. It's up
to you to find them.

Dan in the bush....
"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend.
That is, flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two
solid days of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to
fish in Canada. It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids,
just me. I don't want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and
charged any sort of single occupancy fee because I can't sell the people
around me on coming to Canada, I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I
don't care about accommodations so long as they are clean. I don't care
about fancy food so long as there is some food (and it's clean :). All I
care about is getting off of a plane and getting onto a boat with a
qualified guide who can put me onto trophy pike. I'd rather not lug my
entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to Canada, but that sounds like the
norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well maintained and condition
appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever. I don't mind prop or
float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind driving the last leg of
the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving. I'd rather be there
fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not flying up from
some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days. Again, trophy
pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating the latter while
talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky are fine, but I
can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time is running out,
I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these newsgroups, just
spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to book something and
soon. Please help!

Make sure to include Gunisao lake in Northern Manitoba. Walleye, Pike and
Lakers. Great camp, very affordable. Fly in only
"MB" wrote in message
nk.net...
Garry:

Thanks for the quick response. A couple of points of clarification -- I
have no interest in eating pike, but I would be up for a walleye aka
pickerel fish fry for lunch, as a quick break to discuss the pike that I
just caught. Btw, out here we have chain pickerel, good fight. Second,
can
you make any specific recommendations as to places, companies, any
contacts
that I can start the process of lining up destinations, packages and
prices
through? I need to get this moving and fast or there will be no trip this
year.

Thanks, MB



"garry" slamsworldATsasktelDOTca wrote in message
...
check out northern saskatchewan and don't just limit yourself to pike,
go
for pickeral as well, we find them much more tasty then pike.

anywhere north of la ronge ( about 5 hours drive north of Saskatoon) we
have
found has some awesome spots for large fish There are lots of cabins to
rent
as well as guides that can take you out with all the rigging

a google search for fishing +la ronge should point you in the direction
that
you want to go

lots of lake trout here as well

good luck

garry

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am
looking
for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That
is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid
days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in
Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I
don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of
single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to
Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about
accommodations
so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there
is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a
plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto
trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to
Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but
whatever.
I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind
driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving.
I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days,
not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2
days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating
the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky
are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time
is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to
book
something and soon. Please help!

Bob and Linda run a great operation just north of here and you can find
their contact information at

http://www.pvisuals.com/fishing/sask...l/b_and_l.html

there are lots of other outfitters here and a google search for "fishing +la
ronge" will give you loads to pick from

garry

"MB" wrote in message
nk.net...
Garry:

Thanks for the quick response. A couple of points of clarification -- I
have no interest in eating pike, but I would be up for a walleye aka
pickerel fish fry for lunch, as a quick break to discuss the pike that I
just caught. Btw, out here we have chain pickerel, good fight. Second,
can
you make any specific recommendations as to places, companies, any
contacts
that I can start the process of lining up destinations, packages and
prices
through? I need to get this moving and fast or there will be no trip this
year.

Thanks, MB



"garry" slamsworldATsasktelDOTca wrote in message
...
check out northern saskatchewan and don't just limit yourself to pike,
go
for pickeral as well, we find them much more tasty then pike.

anywhere north of la ronge ( about 5 hours drive north of Saskatoon) we
have
found has some awesome spots for large fish There are lots of cabins to
rent
as well as guides that can take you out with all the rigging

a google search for fishing +la ronge should point you in the direction
that
you want to go

lots of lake trout here as well

good luck

garry

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am
looking
for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That
is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid
days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in
Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I
don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of
single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to
Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about
accommodations
so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there
is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a
plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto
trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to
Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but
whatever.
I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind
driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving.
I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days,
not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2
days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating
the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky
are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time
is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to
book
something and soon. Please help!

Try the pike. It won't hurt. I believe you will find they make good
eating. Many prefer them to walleye.
Jim

"MB" wrote in message
nk.net...
Garry:

Thanks for the quick response. A couple of points of clarification -- I
have no interest in eating pike, but I would be up for a walleye aka
pickerel fish fry for lunch, as a quick break to discuss the pike that I
just caught. Btw, out here we have chain pickerel, good fight. Second,
can you make any specific recommendations as to places, companies, any
contacts that I can start the process of lining up destinations, packages
and prices through? I need to get this moving and fast or there will be
no trip this year.

Thanks, MB



"garry" slamsworldATsasktelDOTca wrote in message
...
check out northern saskatchewan and don't just limit yourself to pike, go
for pickeral as well, we find them much more tasty then pike.

anywhere north of la ronge ( about 5 hours drive north of Saskatoon) we
have
found has some awesome spots for large fish There are lots of cabins to
rent
as well as guides that can take you out with all the rigging

a google search for fishing +la ronge should point you in the direction
that
you want to go

lots of lake trout here as well

good luck

garry

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That
is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid
days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in
Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I
don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of
single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to
Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about accommodations
so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there
is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a
plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto
trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to
Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever.
I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind
driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving.
I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating
the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky
are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time
is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to
book
something and soon. Please help!

I find pike in very cold water are tasty. Best way to tell if the water is
cold enough is the color of the belly skin. If it's a bright white, they are
sweet eating. If the water warms and the belly is yellowish, my opinion is
to throw it back in (unless it's a trophy) and keep trying for walleye. Or
perch if you are patient with filleting them.

Dan in the bush...


"Jim Howarth" wrote in message
...
Try the pike. It won't hurt. I believe you will find they make good
eating. Many prefer them to walleye.
Jim

"MB" wrote in message
nk.net...
Garry:

Thanks for the quick response. A couple of points of clarification -- I
have no interest in eating pike, but I would be up for a walleye aka
pickerel fish fry for lunch, as a quick break to discuss the pike that I
just caught. Btw, out here we have chain pickerel, good fight. Second,
can you make any specific recommendations as to places, companies, any
contacts that I can start the process of lining up destinations, packages
and prices through? I need to get this moving and fast or there will be
no trip this year.

Thanks, MB



"garry" slamsworldATsasktelDOTca wrote in message
...
check out northern saskatchewan and don't just limit yourself to pike,
go
for pickeral as well, we find them much more tasty then pike.

anywhere north of la ronge ( about 5 hours drive north of Saskatoon) we
have
found has some awesome spots for large fish There are lots of cabins to
rent
as well as guides that can take you out with all the rigging

a google search for fishing +la ronge should point you in the direction
that
you want to go

lots of lake trout here as well

good luck

garry

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am
looking
for
a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend. That
is,
flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two solid
days
of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to fish in
Canada.
It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids, just me. I
don't
want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and charged any sort of
single
occupancy fee because I can't sell the people around me on coming to
Canada,
I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I don't care about
accommodations
so
long as they are clean. I don't care about fancy food so long as there
is
some food (and it's clean :). All I care about is getting off of a
plane
and getting onto a boat with a qualified guide who can put me onto
trophy
pike. I'd rather not lug my entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to
Canada,
but that sounds like the norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well
maintained and condition appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but
whatever.
I
don't mind prop or float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind
driving
the last leg of the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving.
I'd
rather be there fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days,
not
flying up from some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2
days.
Again, trophy pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating
the
latter while talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky
are
fine, but I can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time
is
running out, I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these
newsgroups, just spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to
book
something and soon. Please help!

I just want to thank each of you that have contributed to this post, it has
really helped. I have put a note into each and every one of your specific
recommendations. No decisions yet but I'm getting close. Again, thank you.

"MB" wrote in message
. net...
Repeat of a previous post, but a lot more straightforward - I am looking
for a place to go fishing for trophy pike over the Labor Day weekend.
That is, flying in on Friday, 9/2/05, flying home on Monday, 9/5/05. Two
solid days of fishing, it is what it is when you live in NJ and want to
fish in Canada. It is just me, one person, no wife, no friends, no kids,
just me. I don't want to be penalized for coming to fish alone and
charged any sort of single occupancy fee because I can't sell the people
around me on coming to Canada, I want to be rewarded for coming solo. I
don't care about accommodations so long as they are clean. I don't care
about fancy food so long as there is some food (and it's clean :). All I
care about is getting off of a plane and getting onto a boat with a
qualified guide who can put me onto trophy pike. I'd rather not lug my
entire rod, reel and tackle ensemble to Canada, but that sounds like the
norm. I'd just assume use someone elses well maintained and condition
appropriate rod, reel and tackle, but whatever. I don't mind prop or
float planes, so long as they work. I don't mind driving the last leg of
the trip, so long as it is under 3 hours of driving. I'd rather be there
fishing first thing on Saturday, 9/3, two full days, not flying up from
some overnight in-transit destination to fish 1 1/2 days. Again, trophy
pike, not looking for bass or walleye (unless I'm eating the latter while
talking about the trophy pike that I just caught). Musky are fine, but I
can catch muskies here, I'm looking for trophy pike. Time is running out,
I am not getting a lot of good responses out of these newsgroups, just
spam, junk mail and probably some viruses. I need to book something and
soon. Please help!