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| Babe
and a Great Bear Lake laker caught in August
of 2004. |
Great bear is the fourth largest lake in all
of North America…lagging behind only
the Great Lakes. Situated on the
edge of the treeline northwest of Yellowknife
in the Northwest Territories, the thing that
sets this immense body of water apart from
others is there’s no sign of people or
roads to take you there.
But thanks to a plane
and a runway carved out of the rugged landscape
by Plummer’s Arctic Lodges…getting
to Great Bear Lake from Winnipeg couldn’t
be easier. And last early August that’s
how my wife Kris and I returned to Great Bear
for our second angling adventure.
The first
time around, the two of us did manage to
share in
some fantastic arctic grayling fishing together
at a scenic river almost too beautiful to
describe. But unfortunately, before we had a
chance to
experience the great bear region’s
world class arctic char and lake trout fishing,
Kristeen
was called away on a major family emergency.
And while I did remain there with my crew
to fish for them on my own, although the
trophy
action was completely out of this world
for both species…it just wasn’t the
same without her. So as you can probably
guess, 8 years later,
we both return with a number of priorities
to target together on our wish lists.
From the runway, we’re only a hop, skip
and a jump away from the lodge, which is
situated on a small island on the east side of
Great Bear
Lake.
In-coming and out-going guests congregate
at the main dock. From there, all that
stands between us and lake trout fishing
is a quick
look around
the camp…getting our bearings on
a map of the area…the purchasing
of fishing licenses…and
a quick lunch. After all that, guide Chris
Meger is waiting and ready in the boat.
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