For many years I was fortunate to fish with Phil’s dad Smokey, the gentleman of gentleman and one of the best fly caster’s I have ever fished with. Phil started fishing with his own group of friends on the Chairman II a number of years ago. This year Phil gave us a real treat, he […]
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Chairman II Outing 34th Year
Heading home to port after three days of spectacular fishing for walleyes, northern pike and smallmouth bass. Jeff, Bill, Barrett, John, John, Jim, Dave, Doug, and Bill have fished with us for several years running. The organization has been with us for 34 years. Fishing was fabulous. walleyes were found in current, in bays on […]
Read MoreChairman II Father-In-Law & Sons-In-Law Fishing Excursion
We were fortunate enough to have Rick, Robin, Tom., Isreal, Dave, Jake and Adam join us for three days of fishing May 30, 31, and June 1st on the Chairman II. Our guests came from New York City, Washington D.C, and surrounding Maryland. The guides were Jon Balaski, Matt Shermoen and Billy Dougherty, and Bernie […]
Read MoreLe Mars Iowa F.B.I. back at Rainy Lake Houseboats
The FBI from Le Mars, Iowa came back to Rainy Lake Houseboats for their 9th consecutive year. Tom Rohde, his dad Leonard, brother Tim and Nick De Rosa arrived on Saturday May 24th. Randy Reardon, Dave Erdman, Mark Nieman and Gail Sitzmon arrived on Sunday and quickly loaded up and headed to Saginaw Bay. Bob Peutz, […]
Read MoreTucker and Bob on Rainy Lake Houseboat 31
Tucker and Bob wanted to catch Rainy Lake’s famous smallmouth bass. We found smallies on the points in the morning and close to spawning beds in late morning and early afternoon. The best choice for baits were 10 cm Husky Jerks, gold with black back and orange belly. Husky Jerks are made to jerk and […]
Read MoreSpending a great Day With Bob Jornlin, My retired Guide Partner!
Bob Jornlin was my parents head guide, in fact Bob started at Rainy Lake Houseboats in 1976 before my parents arrival. I arrived in 1985 from Kettle Falls. Bob retired in 2008 much to my dismay. We spent 23 great years guiding on our Chairman I and Chairman II. Bob had not been back on […]
Read MoreIce Out Changes Location Plans For The Better!
Ice out made for change of locations this year for some of our long term guests, the results were great! On Sunday I was helping one of our houseboats get to Seine Bay skirting the ice along the way. ( Pictures on last blog post). Monday I was fishing with the Welsch party, (true Blackhawk […]
Read MoreIce is Out!
I went up to Seine Bay Saturday afternoon May 17th and got to Pine Point. The ice had choked off any opportunity to get into Seine Bay. One boat was stuck out in the ice after getting through in the morning. It took them over an hour to finally get through. My friend Stuart Milette has a […]
Read MoreIce Out Update 6:00 PM May 13 2014
Ice made fair amount of progress at 5:00 Pm today. The picture on the left is taken from the Dryweed Island South houseboat mooring site. Ice was gone about a mile and one half east of Bushy head Island. ice is moving south east with the northwest wind. winds are supposed to blow 10-15 mph […]
Read MoreRainy Lake’s fish Masses Planning a Shallow Water Invasion
Billy Dougherty with Memorial Day Walleye! 2014’s nasty winter has passed and spring is here. Ice out will be during the week of May 12th. Guess what? Rainy Lake’s fish population has planned a shallow water invasion. The move to shallow water will peak from Memorial Day weekend way into June. Mark my words spring is on […]
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