Sight fishing 40+” Northern pike, great weather, top of the line food/accommodations, and an outstanding fishing group. Life doesn’t get much better than that.
Four of us from various parts of the world (Toronto, Salt Lake City, Broomfield Col, Pearland Tx) made the trip to Cree River Lodge. The trip started with us all meeting in Edmonton for an overnight stopover. The adventure began the next day with a 4am wake up to meet the 530am, 2hr charter flight to Stony Rapids. There we boarded a turbo prop otter on floats for a 30min flight to the lodge. Arriving at the lodge at 8am, we were greeted with breakfast, a quick unpack, and off to fishing. Typical days consisted of 630am coffee, 7am breakfast, 8am boat departure, shore lunch at noon, and back to the lodge by 5pm. Full days.
Can’t say enough good things about the lodge, accommodation, food, staff….all top tier. We had two people per cabin….the cabins consisting of two rooms and a bathroom….quite comfortable. The lodge was “Starlink” connected for those needing to “stay in touch”. Dinner was pike, walleye, pork, steak and all the trimmings; shore lunches were freshly caught fish…..Needless to say no one left losing weight. Owners Pat and Lori were perfect hosts….outgoing, friendly, and “on top” of all the things necessary to run a remote lodge.
Oh yeah, the fishing……
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