Larry P. is here and continues to provide us all here at Whitefish Bay Camp with many smiles….a great guy with a great attitude toward this whole Muskie thing.

Lake of the Woods is noted for its Muskie population and this year though they may be a bit slower than usual due to the cool weather and lake water temperatures they have been showing themselves in the shallows the past week ….of course this is opening week so they are all laying low!!

The biggest one so far this year is 50″ to 53″ as it was a conservative estimate and of course was released. Sounds big, is big but there are even bigger ones to be had. A number of bigger ones have gotten to the side of the boat only to give THAT LOOK and throw the bait!

Largest one that one of our guests has ever caught was 60″ and it was a 16 year old boy who caught it…first ever Muskie….beginners luck? Not really as Grant has been back many times since then and now has his Dad along and all caught up in the adventures of Muskie Fishing!

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It was one month to the day that we put the loon nesting platform out that we saw the two fluffy loon chicks with their parents swimming next to the nesting platform. Within another day the chicks were learning to dive for their own food with Mom and Dad supplementing the intake a bit. The adults usually relocate the family with in two or three days away from the nesting site and the eagles that fly over head and the big fish that swim beneath them but this year the four of them are still around and we are enjoying watching the two 2009 babies grow up. It never ceases to amaze us how fast they grow….Whitefish Bay Camp guests are noticing the difference on a day to day basis. They are now almost 8 days old and so we think they are both going to grow up to be beautiful as their parents and swim the waters of Lake of the Woods in Ontario. They are even practicing their calls….so funny to hear …they can’t quite do it yet. Practice makes perfect proves to be true yet again.

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Loon nest platform went out on the 13th of May….with a full range of dried grasses and cat-tails stuck into it. The pair of loons that usually nests in it were swimming around and waiting for it. By the 14th we noticed that one of the pair was already sitting on a new nest. It was fun to check on the platform with the binoculars as you can see the changes in the landscape of brush as the loons work to rearrange and build their nest.
We should have at least one chick if not two arond the 14th of June as it takes about a month for the magic of development of the baby loon to happen. We feel so sorry for them, sitting out there, so exposed to the wind and rain! However, they seem to be doing just fine thank you with no interference by humans!! They really do seem to wait for the platform each year as though they have learned that the water level changes here on Lake of the Woods is not at all helpful to the rearing of a family in the nest that are placed so near the water’s edge that when the lake goes up the nest gets washed away or at the very least filled with cold water.
Whitefish Bay Camp will become grandparents again! Come visit and help in the celebration! Call 877-226-1211 or 807-226-1211 for reservations or contact us through our website www.whitefishbaycamp.com

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Lake of the Woods
Although we were tired and a tad travel weary we are pleased with the results of the Sport Shows. The interest level for fishing and hunting is certainly still there for outdoor minded people perhaps with a few changes to the usual plan.
Family Vacations
We have spoken to many who say that they are thinking of cutting back the number of trips that are in the works for the up-coming season and the focus is on what can the family do together. Rolling all the elements that family members are looking for into one trip can be a challenge but is possible if the organizer in the family takes the time to do their research of what is available in an area and if the business has their head above water enough to think about what they can offer to their guests in addition to the obvious ones.
Contact Whitefish Bay Camp
We urge those of you who fall into this group to contact us as we have a whole list of things that are available in our area that can only add to the adventure of a Family Vacation on Lake of the Woods at Whitefish Bay Camp.
Contact us
You can reach us by calling our toll-free telephone number 877-226-1211 or go through our web-site www.whitefishbaycamp.com where you will find a contact us button and we will help you put together a trip that will make everyone in the family happy!

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Finally the big day came and we were able to move back out to the island. We came in on Friday the 8th of May which was the same date as we came in last year, the first good sign of a great season ahead! Lake of the Woods is beautiful any season of the year but in the early Spring it has a lonely feel to it…no beautiful green leaves showing their pretty faces to the breezes although the sentinels also known as the evergreens and still standing at their posts. The rocks are without their coats of moss and just a VERY few wild flowers are tough enough to be in bloom. But the gulls and eagles are here and so are the loons, in all their finery and even a few pelicans.

There are a few boats out and about searching the cold water for the Lake Trout. Walleye opener is this coming Saturday which will bring more trout fisher people as you can then us barbed hooks and fish parts as bait. Shore fishing (canning) becomes popular then. The Northern, Crappie, Bass and Muskie are beginning to move around a bit after a long winter.

We have the basic plant here at Whitefish Bay Camp in Ontario, Canada, up and running….the sound of the generator is always a welcome sound when it starts that first time!! Water is on and running through all the pipes so the bathrooms all function and so does that ever important ice machine….not as important now as it will be in a few weeks when the warm weather gets here.

As I said we got here Friday and Saturday it snowed!! Not the 2 feet we had a few years ago but STILL not to our liking. Sunday was beautiful and today is cool but has blue sky and sunshine….headed to 60 something degrees so our spirits remain high.

Haven’t planned your trip yet? Come up and see us at Whitefish Bay Camp,Nestor Falls/Sioux Narrows, Ontario, call 877-226-1211 for more information.

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