My step father Brian "Buckwheat" Miller, his buddy Rick "Danger" Rain and I took the 4 plus hour ride up to Lake Nipissing to spend a couple nights in the famous "Ice Bungalows"
We were 3 guys yet because it being the middle of the week there was room to put us in a 6 man hut. This was luxury at it's best and even in the -47 degree with wind temp we were toasty warm inside!
When we go there, we met up with few guys in our hut...they said it was the hot hut and we will be gettin hit after hit. Well, we did for about 2 hours straight...
Here are a couple of our first ones...
"Lake Nipissing Walleye" we callem
Our set up was great...6 holes inside so we put 3 in there each and 3 outside...here is what it looked like inside, That funny lookin Rod holder was created by Danger...he calls it the "Duckfoot"...
Buckwheat just waiting for the bite.
and yes it was very relaxin...
As evening set in we brought the tip ups inside, we cleaned up some "Lake Nipissing Walleye"
and had ourselves a snack
Delicious it was...along with...
some Shrimp...
and a few pops...
Nighttime hit and being as dedicated as I am to fishing...I just didn't stop...had to get some through the night.
The funny thing was is the only thing biting at night were these little buggers
Some calledem Mudpuppies otheres calledem Salamanders...but the damn things would bite and not even set off a bell or tip a flag....anyway not swimmers on any night after 4 or b4 10 am
We did manage on Pike...I look goofy
We were bit off about 6 times...two had some real weight to them. I know one was a Pike that Danger got to the whole and was at least double the size of the one I got. We didn't get the othrs up to the whole...we like to think they were "real Walleye"...who knows..
Wednesday night, Dennis the owner dropped in for about and hour and we talked about some of his fly in spots. They sound incredible and after the way we were treated at his ice Bungalows....a trip up north to his spots are definately in the plans....
www.flyinfingcamps.com
Thursday we packed up to leave
Said goodbye and headed home....
I would recommend these www.icebungalows.com to anyone. They were clean, well insulated and very comfortable! The ownership and staff were very accomodating and friendly.
WE caught about 60 "Lake Nipissing Walleye"...one Pike, 6 Mudpuppy(Buckwheat got them all) unfortunately no reall "Walleye".
Another new experience for me....on the ice over night..and I would definately go again!
........The incredible shrinking Bacon