Here's a pic at the entrance to Baie du Nord.
Another pic of the entrance to Baie du Nord
Evidence of lots of sand bars and sand beaches
As for the fishing, we had 3 thunderstorms during our stay and no doubt, that impacted the walleye fishing to some extent. On our best day, 2 of us landed 40 walleyes in 6 hours of fishing. Most of the walleyes we caught were 15 -19 inches in length. Our biggest landed was 22 inches and we lost a bigger one (about 25 inches) at the boat. We were unable to find any schools of bigger walleyes - a little disappointing from my perspective. We enjoyed 5 walleye meals while there (two of which were breakfasts). On our worst day, after a morning thunderstorm, we landed only 6 walleyes in the 5 hours before an afternoon thunderstorm. In all, the two of us landed over a 100 walleye in 6 days of fishing.
There is no slot limit yet on the Gouin (anticipated for 2007). The walleye possession limit is 8 and for northern pike is 10. Methods we used were jigging, bottom bouncing and crankbaiting. Other clients in camp only jigged and were rewarded daily with more but smaller walleyes (most were 12-16 inches). We also caught approx a dozen perch and approx 2 dozen northern pike. We didn't target pike - they were merely picked up fishing for walleyes. All pike were released, the biggest of which was 8 lbs.
We stayed in a new 2 bedroom cabin built this past spring that had a shower, a toilet, hot and cold water in the shower and in the kitchen and a screened porch with a view of the river. Although this cabin could sleep 8, the cabin was ideally suited for 4 fishermen and possibly 6 in a stretch - there just wouldn't be sufficient room for 8 guys and their gear. New 15 foot Starfish boats (Princecraft) with 15 HP motors worked well. My only negative comments would include the lack of many walleyes > 24 inches, the needless hassle to get ice and the occasional lack of camp water (reservoirs empty). Here's a pic of our cabin (like a duplex with each side sleeping eight). Windows were installed during our stay.
Hosts (Ron and Rosie) were outstandingly friendly and hosted a pot luck dinner (included lots of freshly cooked walleye and sweet corn) for all camp clients our last night in camp. Wild blueberries were plentiful as evidenced by the fact that one client picked 15 quarts in 2 hours. Rosie even surprised us one evening with 2 pieces of her prize winning wild blue berry pie. Scrumptous!!
