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Wabaskang Lake fishing report

Well week number 7 of our season is in the books and what an awesome week it was. Firework display in camp for the 4th, one of our new groups, the Jandre family from the Milwaukee area, sharing some roasted smoked Wisconsin cheese at the firepit with everyone, and just enough good fishing to keep everyone interested! It is definitely a different pace in July around camp with more family’s joining us and it becomes more about the time together and the experiences vs. the number of fish caught.

Matt Wise and his family were here with us again this summer and what great fun it is to have them in camp with us. Wife Jennifer, Papa Bob and three beautiful daughters Audrey, Annie and Abby. Both Matt and wife Jennifer are commercial airline pilots and desperately seek the relaxation and serenity of the wilderness experience. They told me at least a half dozen times in camp how well they slept and rumor has it that Jennifer even had a couple of naps during the week….!!!!  As always, Matt had me in stitches all week- funny guy! Papa Bob has been here many times in the past with his family and on separate trips with fishing buddies. Never has a bad word to say about camp and is always a pleasure to listen to his many stories of fishing in Canada. Now for those girls. As a father of four beautiful daughters of my own, I like to think I know a little bit about raising beautiful girls both inside and out. You will never meet three nicer young ladies than Audrey, Annie and Abby. Sweethearts to the core. Audrey is in school at the University of Tulsa, Annie will be heading off to school this year at Trinity University in San Antonio and who knows about little Abby with that 12 year old smile she might be the our first female President. At weeks end the girls gave me a nice 30 oz. Yeti tumbler, but it was the note inside that was the real gift, “Thanks for having a place that we can grow up at- the Wise girls” Annie, Abby and Audrey AND cue the tears in 3, 2, 1…. Dang kids, anyway.

We also were fortunate enough to have our first family take advantage of our 20% military discount we offer in July. No stranger to camp, having been here some 30 years or so, Mark Frakes brought his wife Carolyn, son Andrew, daughter Amy (first timer) and Hannah daughter in law to camp. They were last here a few years ago to celebrate Andrew and Hannah’s graduation from West Point and have since married. Mark is also a West Point grad from “years ago” as he says. Andrew will be on his first deployment soon to Iraq, Godspeed to you son, we pray for your safety and well being. Hannah recently graduated from EOD school. Yeah EOD, EXPLOSIVE ORDINANCE DISPOSAL. I asked her about it when I saw her a couple of times during the week in an EOD hat, she says ” I didn’t want a boring job”. BADASS! Check out our Facebook page with a great pictures of Hannah and her first smallmouth bass she caught from under the camp docks.

Phil and Lori were in camp for the week with us too. Veterans of camp (generally in the fall), Phil’s hunting trips and Lori’s busy work schedule resulted in them having to switch their week this year to July. Never fear, while fishing was slower, they still managed plenty of fish including some great perch catches which are always a bonus to take home. See you next year back in the fall!

We had one new group with us this week also. The Jandre family as mentioned earlier, was kind enough to share their roasted smoked Wisconsin cheese with us. But more importantly, they are a great family and we had lot’s of fun with them in camp. Relative rookies to fishing Canada, and being on a new body of water, they were persistent and dedicated to the effort that it takes sometimes when the weather is warm and the mayfly’s are hatching.

Cody Stone (my oldest daughter Megan’s boyfriend) was here with his stepdad Scott Snyder. This was Cody’s third time here, Scott’s first. Cody did a good job learning the lake more without me as his guide and found a good walleye pattern out in Gawley’s Bay on his own that produced some nice walleye at week’s end for them, including a beautiful 25″ that Scott caught. While they didn’t perch fish a lot, they still took home 60 big perch as a bonus. To Cody’s credit, he told my daughter (who elected to stay home and take a couple of summer classes at DePaul), that he was going fishing at her Dad’s place with or without her. Atta boy, get it in now, as later on in life… Still hopeful that Megan will have a small window in August to come see us even if only for a few short days.

Week 8 is underway. A little slower in camp this week, so time to get a few projects done!

Take care, until next time!

 

Week 2 update

Hello again everybody. (sounds like Harry Caray beginning a tv broadcast for Cubs fans out there) What a week it was last week around here! Week two of the season has historically been one of the best of the season and this year was certainly no exception. Another loaded camp took advantage of some outstandingContinue Reading

Ice Out on Wabaskang fast approaching!

Happy Spring to everyone! Though I do have to admit after such a mild winter it’s not quite as exciting when spring “arrives”. It is however, ALWAYS exciting when we hear that the ice is about to go out on Wabaskang! At least a solid two weeks before average ice out, this is certainly goodContinue Reading

Temps cool down, fishing heats up

With some cooler overnight temps, lots of rain and some cloudy skies, water temps have dropped about 10 degrees and the walleye have certainly noticed. The fishing the last two weeks has gone from good to fantastic. With the girls and Megan’s boyfriend Cody here for just one last week, we have been trying toContinue Reading

Outstanding second week!

My apologies in advance for not getting to this sooner. Something about a 3 day trip home to northern Indiana (5 with travel days), tends to make me fall even further behind. Well worth the brief time away from camp as I was home to see our oldest daughter Megan graduate high school and toContinue Reading

Flawless start to the 2015 season

Flawless start to the 2015 season

The 2015 season walleye opener started on a near flawless note with a crisp morning giving way to abundant sunshine and afternoon temperatures near 70 degrees and light to calm winds. In fact, if there was one complaint about the weather it was that we could have used a little more wind as guys “complained”Continue Reading

Opening week-UPDATE

Opening week-UPDATE The response to our new special for opening week has been pretty good. With the current weather forecast for Perrault Falls, things are definitely looking up and showing more potential for an earlier ice-out. Temperatures for the next seven days (at the time of this writing) are forecast to hit highs of 43-52Continue Reading

Oh Canada! More than just fishing…

As the sport show season for another year comes to an end for us, it reminds me of a question that sometimes comes up as we are on the road: “So just what is it that makes Canada so special?” Of course, the answer(s) may vary widely from person to person, but for us theContinue Reading

Ice Out and Getting Ready to fish

In what may very likely be the earliest ice out in recorded history, the ice went out on Wabaskang about April 14th! Although no one has a crystal ball and can predict how this will impact the fishing for the season, I will take a moment to share some of my thoughts. First, the walleyeContinue Reading

Peffley's Wilderness Camp is a family owned and operated camp. Dave has been fishing Wabaskang Lake for over 25 years and was previously a guest of this camp for 12 years prior to purchasing the camp in 2005. I am a proud supporter of our military and offer a nice discount during the month of July to our guests who have also served. I have three daughters ranging in ages from 16-21 who spend much of their summer with us in camp and have totally embraced the wilderness experience we offer. They have for years referred to it as the "best summer experience ever".

While rarely necessary on our lake, because I do have a very good working knowledge on how and where to fish on Wabaskang Lake and our portage waters, I will guide groups if asked to. Otherwise, I am always happy to share information with our guests and provide them well marked lake maps so they can start catching fish their first day in camp.

I pride myself on running a very clean and well managed camp with your satisfaction our top priority. Many guests who have fished from this camp for over 20 years, and several more that have fished here for over 30 years and even some over 40 years.

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Toby & Fran Haughee - Owners
574-276-7413
toby@bearclawcamp.com | fran@bearclawcamp.com

Summer Address:
General Delivery
Perrault Falls, Ontario
P0V 2K0                                     

This is the ONLY number to call to arrange pickup at
the roadside landing during our operating season.
Please do not call the numbers below as
we cannot guarantee a timely answer
on Saturday mornings (changeover day).

Winter Address:
PO Box 1163
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