Fishing the Roof Tops

I left the dock at 7:00 AM bound for the mouth of Kettle River to meet the Cardelli family for a day of fishing.  Roxanne, Gio, and Marliss went in my boat. Nick preferred to fish in the area, fewer boats than further west. We had a nice south wind about ten mph. We stopped […]

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Fly Fishing Hot July Weather

Pete Ankeny and his friends joined us on Rainy Lake Houseboats Chairman II for three days of fly-fishing for smallmouth bass July 13-15.  Guides Jon Balski, Kevin Erickson, and Bill Dougherty had the task of locating smallmouth that would be willing to take poppers off of the surface. We decided to meet for lunch and […]

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July 3rd Aftermath of storm?

I fished with my old friend Ladd Ojala, His friend Bill and Bills dad.  Ladd and I guided together on the Chairman II back in the early 1990’s. Bob Jornlin, Ladd and I made in quite a threesome back then. We stopped on a favorite reef from the old days and there were some fish […]

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Brad Eberhart Party July 2

Brad called me earlier this spring looking for a guide to take his dad Jim and friend Rich, and Adam Rich’s son. They were staying in the north arm of Rainy Lake. I met them about 7:50 AM. They had fished the day before and had reasonable fishing trolling spinners tipped with Gulp Minnows. I […]

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Walleye Wars June 24-26, 2012

We left port about 3:00 PM and headed east on a twenty-five mile cruise.  We had the Chairman II, Lady II, and Lady III along with twenty-one guests and. We arrived about 6:30 PM and secured the houseboats to shore tying them together so you can step from boat to boat. Chef Jim and Bernie […]

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NJW

Norman John Westerhold has fished every year on the Chairman  II since 1987. Norm missed last year dealing with leukemia. Norm’s group is here for another Rainy Lake fishing trip. Unfortunately, Norm did not win his battle with cancer.  I will write about Norm on my Rainy lake Houseboat Blog. It has been tradition that […]

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