Labor Day Fishing in Canada

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!