Sunday, July 31, 2011, 7:16 pm [EST]

Well, this was not our first trip up to Rocky Shore Lodge, but it is our first time making a comment on the website. Thank you, Mike, Chris and Charlie for making our vacation more than one should expect. A Vacation is more than the number of fish you can catch in a week. It is about relaxation, friends, old and new, rainbows, loons, full moons and Family. A visit from Abby is always welcome too. We Had a chance to sit down and tally the number of Walleyes we boated that week, and our best guess is between 250 an 300.(Not that we are Counting or anything)Well Thanks again and you can count on us next year and for many more to come….

 Doug & Sheryl Rupnow

Hard to believe it can hit 100 degrees in NW Ontario but it has for about a week now.Also have the humidity to go along with it.We also could use a little rain as the lake level is dropping.Fishing has been ok for the amount of time you can spend on the water.Early mornings and evenings have been the best.Walleyes are deep right now but we are still getting them with a 24 and a 27in today.Bass are great on leeches and pike are are in the cabbage weeds with eaters being caught and the monsters are laying low. Blue berries should be ripe in a week or so depending on the weather.If any of you remember Bryan who used to work for us before Charlie ,he came to stay for a week with his Dad and uncle.Same old Bryan and great to see him again.

WOW,we have had some of the best muskie action this summer.James Stratton from Wisconsin boated a 46in and a 48in.His dad Tom boated a 36in and Joe Pavey from Minnesota boated a 53in.Lots of fish also raised but did not strike. Charlie is the guide and the main net man.Walleye bite is good but very light. Fish are out on most of the summer areas. Eaters are plentiful with some big ones comming along for pictures.Gary Anderson from Minnesota has the big one for the week,a beautiful 29in.Lots of fish in the middle 20s.Minnows and leeches seem to be the best for the most action. Perch have been as large as we have ever seen with 14 3/4 the biggest and a stringer of 100 perch weighted in at 76lbs.

Weather has been good and not much rain.A little too warm today,90 with no wind and very humid.

Sorry it has taken so long for us to post a fishing report. Fishing started out great.Lots of big fish.Largest walleye so far is 31in caught by a young man who fell asleep in the boat with his pole over the side. I guess that must be the secret to big fish.Lots of walleyes this week in the upper 20s also.Biggest northern this week is 42in. Beat Charlie by an inch.Fishing got better this week with the consistant weather.It was a little slow last week with the rain,4in in 5hrs, and cold and rain most of the week.Everyone caught enough to eat and take home last week but this week is fantastic. A few muskies have been boated by walleye fishermen and the largest so far is 42in.Bass as usual have been good.Best so far is a 20in caught two weeks ago.

Glider lake is great this year.Some unusually large fish for that lake.A 37 and a 38in caught yesterday.Numbers are same as normal,to many to count.

I promise to post more often.

Thanks

Mike

Well, the ice has been off the lake for 2 weeks now and the fishing season  has begun and is off to a great start.  The bar for the Walleye is 28-1/2 in. and for the Northern 41 in. (not bad for 3 days of fishing!).  Everyone in camp has been enjoying their first fish fries . . . yummy!  The temps have been primarily in the 50′s although a little cooler today but the rest of the week looks like sunny and warmer.  We’re happy to be back in the swing of things and looking forward to the upcoming season.

A guy working on our driveway this afternoon accidently cut the line so we are without a telephone for a few days. If you need to contact us, please email. Thanks.