We got there Sat AM, fished Sat Sun Mon. Monday was the best day. We mostly used 3/8 fire balls. Blue/white and Chartreuse were better than the other colors we tried. Minows out fished the gulp minows. Fishing was a bit slow. The best bites we found were in McKenzie Bay. We heard the some people were slaugtering them in Sawmill bay but we never made it there. There was definately a may fly hatch going on. Sun night when the waves calmed down we could see them by the thousands on the surface. We did not have the 150 fish days that I have heard about. I think we were closer to 30 per day in my boat. Some did better, some much worse. For most of us, it was our first time there. That was a definate factor. A few basics, run aluminum props only, and zoom in on the GPS when navigating. If you are zoomed out too far, you cant see the + signs. That is where the rocks are! Watch for floating logs. They are thick in some areas. We did see one capsized and abandoned boat. We later learned that everyone survived it. Seeing that was a good reminder that the lake could eat you up if you let your guard down. We travled in some 4' waves which was interesting. Water temps were in the low 60s.

Thanks for the report! A group of us are headed up to Mahkoon's Saturday morning to fish until Wednesday.

marine_man

snakes I was looking for you but didnt see you.anyway I also heard about that bass boat that was capsized I guess they got it flipped over and ran it the rest the weak.I couldn't imagine having a bass boat on that lake. anyway we just got back today and the last couple days have been gorgeous up there but my goodness the wknd was nasty we were there for six days and had raingear on at somepoint everyday. the floaters were plenty I talked to a guy that hit a good sized one in the center and busted it in half didn't hurt his boat. all in all an awesome time again and hats off to our lodge gawleys little beaver what excellent cabins and services can't say enough good.......

We saw the flipped boat on Sun eve on the way back from McKenzie. It was an ominus sight after dealing with four footers fri and heading out to Mc in a big tail wind on Sun Morn. Lucky for us it calmed down for the drive back that night. We ran into the people recovering the boat on Mon AM. They said they lost it off an island or some how lost it Fri in the storm. They had to wait till the weather calmed down to get it back.They had it running Mon night. It was a long tow from south steam boat to the next dock north of us. It was a Pro Craft.
I honked at a boat like yours in ghost one day. But later saw a canadian boat like yours at white wing. Did you fish a mid lake hump in steamboat or was that the canadians too? We did not catch a ton of fish but most of us had fun! How did you guys do? I bet it got good Tuesday.

that could,ve been us we fished all over, but never tried the ghost narrows, were they good? we caught our biggest fish within sight of camp which was 25" fishin was slow overall but we seen bigger fish this year which is fine in my book..yeah sunday we fished the wenasaga and lunker point areas we weren't to excited about running 20 miles in that wind..

Nope Ghost was not good for us. There were a few boats there but maybe they were just dodging the wind.

going up to lac seul for the first time any pointers would be appreciated. Any hooks the work good or colors. Well be fishing for walleye and northern and if we catch enough of them maybe some muskie.

In our group it seemed like orange and Chartresue, White and blue and white worked jigs were the best. we got some at 7' but mostly around 12-15 feet on or near structure. Others probably have better more current info.

Check WC too.

Got back from our trip to Lac Seul at Mahkoons last Wednesday.

Had a great trip - great weather and good fishing. Biggest fish of the trip was 27 1/2" long, 6 1/2 lbs caught by me - caught on the first day there on a white lead head with a Gulp 5" Leech.

We never really had many problems catching our eater fish, and did well at Vaughn Lake in shallow water - 4 - 10' of water most of the time, just inside to just outside of the weedline.

We had the best luck on a Orange Lead Head and Salted minnows - when they were hitting Gulp worked well, when they were a bit passive the Gulp didn't perform as well. I would say the longest spell we had without a bite was 1/2 hour - but the group that was right behind us was picking up fish, so who knows what the deal was.

The water level was definitely up - giving us access to some areas that we haven't had in the past. Watch for floating logs - it wasn't terrible, but they were out there more than previous years.

I'll post some pictures when I get them.

marine_man

Anyone been up to Chamberlain Narrows lately? We head up this Friday and can't wait to go fishing for some eyes. Just looking for some stories(if you don't mind), what worked best and where and when? Did anyone troll cranks recently?

Must have had some great guides on your trip. They must have really knew what they were doing.

I was there fourth of July week. fished mostly for big northerns and Muskie. The walleye fishing is always good. check the cabbage beds with a jig and minnow or gulp. the walleys went nuts in the weeds. if you are staying at Ojibway fish wallyes right in the narrows. If you find them on the fish finder you can catch all you want. For some reason late August the big pike hit the weed beds. If you run a rad dog or spinner thrugh them or over the top you might gt some big ones. Good luck