WEEK 11-16 WRAP-UP!

               August is and will always be the beginning of Bear preparation. Yes, you heard that right—Bear preparation! It’s like prepping for a family reunion, but instead of awkward questions about your job, you’re dodging actual bears possibly. So, because of this, I don’t have time to update everyone on what's happening up here. Just know that if you see me running, it’s probably not because I’m late to the dinner table.

On the fishing front, there’s been an interesting shift this season: the leech bite, usually reliable well into the month, turned off a good two weeks earlier than expected. In its place, minnows have been performing exceptionally well, drawing in walleyes with impressive consistency, while crawlers are not far behind, keeping things lively for everyone on the water.

We added another 30-inch Walleye of the season on September 1^st.  Congratulations to David (Juggy) from Cabin 1.  Outstanding net job by David’s wife Karen (Pixie).  Nick had Payton (daughter) the grandparents, and Payton’s mom Melissa up for the long weekend.  David told me he hasn’t fished Perrault Lake in 50 years, and that was his first fish of the trip.  Not a bad way to start your weekend.

Walleye fishing has been nothing short of wild, with schools of 10- to 13-inch walleyes practically swarming any lure with a pulse. Their appetites have been relentless, and all of our anglers would come back stating they weren’t catching the standard sizes of walleye.  I caught up with Jeremie from Cabin 6 after he got home whose brother happened to be fishing the same week but from a different lodge. While most of us chased those thick, cordwood-stacked marks on our finders, he took a different approach, seeking out the small, scattered clusters of just two or three fish off the beaten path. That tactic paid off with much larger fish being caught, proof that sometimes less really is more in this game.  It sounded like he used a lot of gas chasing walleyes, but I wish I would have had that information at the beginning of the month vice last week, but I will remember for next season.  With any type of rain, we would receive this because it really activated the walleye fishing and bigger fish were caught this month.  Unfortunately, we didn’t have many opportunities because the rain was very sporadic, and we had very little of it this month as has been the case all season. 

Speaking of changes on the water, musky fishing on Perrault Lake has really been on the rise this year, with more of these legendary fish boated than I can recall in seasons past, though I’ll admit, my memory isn’t what it used to be, and I’m sure Julie would confirm that without hesitation. It’s as if the muskies have caught wind of the walleye population and decided to crash the party, making every outing on the lake a little more thrilling, a little less predictable. Every story around camp seems to feature a musky tale: the ones that got away, and the ones that made even the most seasoned musky anglers marvel with the size.  I even caught a PB by complete accident.  Fortunately, my nephew Connor who was showing me how to catch walleyes was patient with the net as another Rocky Shore boat who was fishing by us said it took 30 minutes to land it.  We were lucky the lure that was stuck in the side of its mouth with 6 treble hooks in it got stuck in the net and I was able to lift it out of the water hanging by the net.  It was 52-inches, and I sure wish Connor would have been the one that had the thrill of fighting that fish.

Bear week happened again August 15 with 3 hunters heading out to the bush.  Jesse, and Scott decided they wanted to go fishing earlier rather than later and harvested to nice Bears both male first night out.  With solid shots they were easily retrieved not far from their spots.  Mark took a while longer but tagged a very large female and dropped her where she stood.  An excellent hunt by all three hunters!  Great job guys!  Thanks for making it easy on us.

Don from Cabin 2 and Herbie reported finding a substantial (Nick saying)

number of smallmouths near Sucker Island last week. They mentioned that, had they dedicated the entire afternoon to fishing, they might have caught up to 50 each. BTW Nick made an impression on Dan and the gang from Penthouse 1.

MFT results for 27 July:  We had quite a tournament with some very respectable fish caught and released.  Since I'm the judge, jury, and executioner I decided to award a few more prizes.  In the Northern Pike/Musky award we had 3 worthy recipients.  Aidan from C-7 landed and released a beautiful 35-inch Pike.  Perry from Penthouse 1 landed and released a very rare silver Pike.  I will post the picture when I get from them since they are out fishing as I write this.  It's a  genetically mutated Pike.  I liken it to an albino deer.  So I awarded Perry a hat as well.  And rounding out the Pike/Musky awards is Penthouse 2 Ryan who boated and released a 43-Inch Musky!  Jim from C-2 won the micro prize with a 5-inch bass, and Les from C-3 won the walleye with a 28-inch beauty!  All released for future anglers to catch.

               MFT Results for August 3rd: Christine from Cabin 2 boated a 23-Inch Walleye, while her father Len wasn't to be outdone boating and releasing a 33-inch Northern Pike. Brian and Jay shared the Micro prize with a 4.5-Inch Smallmouth Bass. Nice job everyone!

MFT results for August 10th: Well folks our tourney was a tough one this week. I had a micro fish from C-2 Janie of 5-inches. I either forgot to write down the other winners or I didn't get any other entries. Weather wasn't the best but hopefully someone will send me a picture and a reminder of their winning fish. A first I must admit.

MFT results for August 17^th:  Steve from P2 crushed the competition with a near 54-Inch Musky.  Jesse took the micro prize with a 4.5-inch bass.  We didn’t have many walleye anglers this day as there weren’t any recorded. 

MFT results for August 24^th:  We ran a 2 day tourney because of weather.  Ayderik from Cabin 4 released a 5-inch Smallmouth bass.  John from Penthouse 1 boated a 38.5-inch musky, promptly released it, and Mike from Cabin 2 caught and released a 27.5-inch Walleye.  Jeremie from Cabin 6 caught a 23.5-inch Pike to claim the prize.

MFT results for August 31^st:  Dave from Penthouse 2 boated and released a 26.5-inch Walleye!  First timer Dan from Cabin 2 (all the way from Alabama) won 2 prizes, the first was a 4-inch Smallmouth, and a 25-inch Northern Pike.

We’re well into September folks and the leaves are turning color.  Fall is definitely here.

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Week 9 and 10 Wrap-UP!

Week 9 and 10 combined. 

               What a great couple weeks of weather.   

               As we mentioned last week there are no restrictions on groceries as I type this.  Some take their food from the states and some enjoy shopping when they cross the border.

We are low on leeches.  When the leeches are gone it doesn’t sound like we will be able to get anymore.  Crawlers have been working well also.  Minnows have been slower, but they were working during the evening bite.

We added a new member to the 30-inch club.  Congratulations Mason! This 13-year-old caught photo and released a 32-inch Walleye! 

               We also had some personal bests caught the past couple of weeks.  I won’t include Mason since that’s pretty obvious.

               Molly from Cabin 1 27.5 Walleye

               Sarah from Cabin 3 29.5 Walleye              

               Celeste from P2 29 1/8 Walleye

If I missed anyone it’s because I either forgot or I wasn’t told, or it wasn’t written on the Brag Board.

Some beautiful Pike and muskies were caught these two weeks with not so many photos and we’re off to a great start with this week.

Week 10 had a stowaway or a swimmer or whatever you want to name it in the P2 boat.  Brian, Celeste, Isabelle, and Jett were minding their own business out on the water when a red squirrel was seen swimming across the lake.  Much to their surprise, the four-legged critter decided to climb up their motor and jump into the boat causing some screaming and fast movement of the anglers.  They decided to come back to shore to extricate said squirrel.  I have to admit the video they showed me which has been deleted was pretty funny watching the squirrel run around the boat and unnamed individuals screaming.  I won’t name names.

We're also interested in this lure that was placed on the brag board. Is there a story behind this wornout lure or not. Let me know.

MFT results for 7/13/2025: We had a good number of large walleyes caught today but the largest was a 28-inch walleye by 3 timer Todd out of cabin 4.  The micro was won by Darin with a 5 1/2-inch Small mouth bass as he went from largest walleye two years ago to micro prize this year!  Don from P2 boated and released a 33 1/8-inch Pike to grab the Northern pike/musky prize!  Great job everyone and the food at the bbq was excellent as usual!

               MFT results for July 20th:  The biggest walleye caught and released was Cabin 7 Steve with a monster 28-inch Walleye!  Celeste from Penthouse 2 fought and landed and released I'm assuming a 5-inch Smallmouth bass.  Miles from Penthouse 1 boated a nice 23-inch Northern Pike!  Nice job and some nice fish caught!

               Nick was coming back from the dump run when 2 bucks ran across the road causing him to slam on the brakes.  Out came a wolf chasing them.  Wish I would have seen that.  We also had possibly the same two bucks up on the septic field out back, and the local Lynx was seen in the driveway twice today.

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WEEK 8 WRAP-UP!

Week 8 was here and gone and we had quite a few new guests this week.

The weather was beautiful as usual, but we’re looking for more precipitation. 

We had quite a few young anglers running around camp this week, and the beach house turned into game night quite a bit.  Two of the youngsters held two bingo nights and we all had a great time while they ran their bingo hall.  They also had numerous games out and it seemed the Cabin 1 and 2 families took full advantage of what the Beach house has to offer.  It was nice to see, and there was a lot of laughter coming from there.          

As most of you know we at RSL don’t shy away from keeping everyone informed.  With that said the Walleye bite was slow.  After speaking with some of the other camp owners we agreed there was a fairly significant may fly hatch which is quite unusual for us up here.  We believe it affected the walleye bite.  Although rare it does happen from time to time, and it made for some challenging walleye hunts.  We had lots of fish brought in of the other varieties.  Nature has a funny way of reminding us who really is in charge.     

I have been asked several times about bringing groceries and what kind of restrictions there are at the border.  As of today, there are no restrictions on groceries.  Liquor and tobacco notwithstanding.

MFT results for July 6: We had a 3-way tie with 6-inch bass for the micro fish prize.  Terry, Shannon, and Eli all caught a 6-inch small mouth bass.  Ken boated and released a 26-inch Walleye, and Sonny caught a 24-inch Pike to claim the Pike/Musky hat!  No picture of the pike but it was measured before it was cleaned.  Congratulations to all the anglers!   

We have a trail cam on the driveway and got a nice photo of a lynx. 

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