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What To Expect
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Each day starts off with steaming hot coffee and a lumberjack breakfast. Then it's off to meet your guide and get fishing. At noon, stop for the famous native prepared shore lunch, which some think is the highlight of the day. Fillets sizzling in the pan and coffee brewing, a true fisherman's delight. Then it's back fishing, exploring, or just taking in the beauty of the North.
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After a memorable day fishing, head back to your private cabin. Relax with a hot shower or take a quick nap. Make your way to the lodge for a cocktail before dinner.
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Dinner, served in the lodge, is praised by all our guests. Homemade soups, salads, steak, and poultry, complimented with bread rolls and desserts baked daily in our kitchen.
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After dinner, enjoy the evening in the lodge socializing with other guests. Get together and have a game of Texas Holdem or Pool. Tell your big fish story around the fireplace (there will be lots going around), or just kick back, relax, and get ready for the next day of fishing.
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Getting Here
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Getting here is simple - leaving the great fishing behind is the hard part!!
Make arrangements to fly to Winnipeg Manitoba the day before your fishing trip. Winnipeg is easily accessible from the U.S. with several flights daily from Minneapolis.
Our shuttle will pick you up at the Hilton Winnipeg at 5:30 a.m. and take you to the airport for a 6:30 a.m. take-off. Two hours later and you're at our airstrip and are greeted by Lodge staff. A short five minute boat ride and you are at Arctic Lodges ready to be meet your hosts and find your log cabin. Have breakfast, pick up your fishing license and meet your guide and you are ready for the first day of an unforgettable fishing adventure.
On your return trip you will leave Arctic Lodges at approximately 9:30 a.m. and arrive in Winnipeg before lunch. This gives you plenty of time to make connections back home. We recommend to book your flight home from Winnipeg after 3:00 p.m. to give you ample time to board, if weather problems exist flying from the lodge, or if unforeseen delays occur.
Don't forget to bring a valid passport or birth certificate to clear customs.
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Accommodation
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Rustic log cabins that can hold 2, 4 and 6 people are part of the Arctic Lodges experience. All the cabins and the main lodge were constructed of peeled spruce and jack pine logs. All the logs were brought in from distances as far away as five miles from the lodge. Finding trees with straight six-inch diameters in 16-foot peeling them and laying up the logs by hand is a very long process. Log buildings require a large amount of labor.
All cabins have electricity, running water and wood burning stoves. Daily maid service, linen and bedding supplies and fresh towels make the clean and comfortable cabins a true outdoorsman delight. Fully modern washroom facilities and hot showers are located a short distance from your cabin.
Our main lodge houses our dining rooms, lounge, kitchen and tackle shop. Our dining room is open in the morning and evening for breakfast and dinner. A rustic setting with log furniture and a huge fireplace all combine to give our guests a relaxing atmosphere. So sit back, grab a coffee and join your friends around the fire.
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Equipment
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Arctic Lodges is equipped with 16 foot LUND boats with 25hp engine. We have added 18 foot Alumarine boats with 40hp Yamaha and Mercury 4 stroke motors and come with swivel seats and a casting platform. Our plan is to upgrade all boats for the 2009 season.
Bring your own fishing rods and tackle or make arrangements to rent everything you need from our tackle shop ($25 U.S./day - please give us one month advance notice).
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We recommend you bring a 6 - 6 1/2' medium/heavy action rod with 10-20lb line for trolling spoons and crankbaits for Pike and Lake Trout. Jigging for Walleye and casting for Arctic Grayling can be done best with a 6'light/medium action rod with 6-8lb line. Spinning reels are most common with some using bait casters and level winds.
Spoons like the 'Five of Diamonds' and 'Red and White' are old standby's that work great for Northerns as well as some of the Mepps spinners lineup. Crankbaits like the Storm Thunderstick and Rapala Husky Jerk have been producing big fish. Our tackle shop keeps plenty in store. Top water baits are also fun when the Pike are aggressive.
Shallow Lakers respond well to spoons and crankbaits. For deeper Lakers we recommend heavier jigs and jigging spoons. Walleye can be caught on jigs tipped with Power Bait. Grayling can be caught on a variety of smaller spoons and also Mepps spinners.
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