I've been offline and without phone for a few days. When I checked it out, I found that the cable to the dish was completely severed. It happened to be laying across the beaver's path onto the island so he just chewed it in half. We have lost popular trees more than a foot across, and our precious ash tree. 
We are getting used to high water and a crazy dock situation. The water has actually gone down about 6 inches and the sun is shining. Fishing is great. It's easy to get up Onnie Creek.
Roger and Judy Mraz took their grandson to their favourite lake for a fishing trip.+of+IMG_4311_3.JPG)
My Viking Outpost fishing adventure actually began on my thirteenth birthday. My Dad got me a new rod/reel and tackle bag. He printed out the Viking web pages and used it for wrapping paper so I had to decipher the clues as to what he really had planned. I was pretty excited and even more so when I found out Uncle Rob was going to join us. We arrived in Red Lake in the middle of a storm. My uncle doesn't like to fly and he wasn't too excited about the pilot's view of the landing from the Bearskin plane. 
Fortunately our float plane pilots, J.B. and Craig provided the smoothest take offs and landings we had on the whole trip! I got to be up front which was really cool as I want to be a pilot some day too. When we arrived at Domain Outpost the dock was about under water from all the rain, Dad, JB and I put down extra boards to make walkways on the dock and around the landing to help keep feet a little dryer. 
The fishing got off to a great start when I landed a 39 inch pike an hour into the trip. I had never been pike fishing before and only took one lure with me when we went out. Hugh was right, changing lures all the time doesn't help catch fish. The fish tore a hole in the net and my Dad had to patch it with fishing line. It was the biggest pike my Dad and Uncle had ever seen. On the last day my Dad caught his first pike over 30 inches in his life (34 inches) with Grandpa K's 30 year old pike rod and reel. Mine was still the biggest on our trip.
Two things I hate are getting up early and being cold and wet, I got better at both during the trip as I discovered that catching lots of fish makes you forget about the weather! Uncle Rob was our awesome camp chef! He cooked walleye lots of different ways and taught me how to fillet fish and make a shore lunch. We used any leftovers in salads and po'boys for lunch the next day and on the last morning Dad even made walleye and eggs for breakfast!
The last day of our trip dawned rainy and foggy, Dad and Uncle Rob decided they should go catch lunch just in case Craig couldn't fly in that weather (actually they were hoping he couldn't). They hooked 7 walleye in 30 minutes and felt like kids caught with their hands in the cookie jar when they heard the plane! 
A fishing trip with Viking in Canada is definitely one of 
This was my sons first Canada trip at 12 years old. Three generations were there my father, myself & my son. My father has been coming to Canada for over thirty years (you can see by his hat in his picture attached dated 1992). Even though the weather wasn't the greatest we still had great fishing as you can se by the attached pictures. My son actually caught a 37" 14.5 lb northern all by himself which we released (we released ALL our notherns).
Can't wait for next year...
Thanks, Tim
We are lucky that our docks are still serviceable. Red Lake Marine's gas pumps are out of service and some air services have moved to higher ground. 
Shorelunch at Onnie used to be a popular adventure but for the past few years most people took sandwiches. Larry Johnson and group did go to Onnie yesterday and had a great shorelunch. They weren't too hungry when they returned wet but happy.
That's me in the picture. My name is Jackson and I came to Rheaume Lake with my Dad, Uncle, Grandpa, Cousin, and four other friends/relatives. We were there from August 6th through the 14th and the weather was incredible. The water temperature went up 10 degrees during the week which didn't seem to slow down the fast walleye action but definitely made the swimming more awesome. There is a lot of water to explore on Rheaume and we found countless spots to stop and jig. 
Frozen minnows seemed to work the best, but worms and leeches picked 'em up as well. Not a lot of big Northerns, but plenty of Walleyes in the 20+" category. I've included some photos of me and my Dad with some big ones that we threw back. Another photo is of my friend Mr. Jones and my 
Grandpa hooked up on a double. I also enjoyed hanging out with my Cousin Wyatt back at the cabin. We hung out a lot by the fire burning stuff. The last photo is of the entire group at the end of the dock on the last day. This was our first visit through the folks at Viking Outpost, but it won't be our last. They did an outstanding job making sure we had a fabulous time. If you are thinking about a vacation of a lifetime, you should strongly consider a trip through this operation.
My Dad posted a video of me cliff jumping on You Tube. Check it Out!
Jim brings his family to the Island each August. They take over the whole island, doing their own cooking and making their own fun.
All over the area, everyone is talking about the high water, due mostly to one huge rain storm on July 31. Here is our dock at Viking Island. Hugh has built ramps on top of this mess while we wait for the water to go down. In Red Lake, we need to move the Norseman because the water is well over the concrete at the base. I've never seen the water higher.
After 5 straight days of cold rain (and excellent fishing I might add) this was our Lake Domain morning welcome on day 6. This photo is now my new screen saver and a reminder of my 5 memorable trips to Domain and the "tease" for my next trip there in 2011.
The first night of the trip, the boat was right up against a rock cliff with Peter in the middle. He had no way to cast and just tried a dinky little cast with an underdog looking little orange mepps. Oh, his rod bent over and the fight was on. The line was screaming off the reel and Peter was hanging on. He reeled in 4 times before it came to the surface and then 4 more times before they got it in the boat. He caught a bigger northern than his Dad or Uncle Rob had ever seen.
It may have been a bit rainy and not too hot this July, but fishing has been great. Most groups at Viking Island have not found walleye in their usual fishing holes and have spent a couple days looking for new spots. THEN things have never looked better! Big walleye (22"-28") and little ones are all hungry and ready to be caught.
