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“We’ve been catching some nice size walleye out here from one minute to the next we have gotten spoiled. If we don’t catch any within 10 minutes from a spot, we’re like, ‘what’s going on.’ -Andy





“We’ve never actually used or heard of salted minnows, but boy, I’ll tell you, they are hitting just as well as any other bait, the salt gives it a nice trail that the fish are attracted too. Its nice that we don’t have to worry about keeping them alive either, and we can use them the next day as well.” -Justin

Jerry and Warren havin' some fun under the sun.

"I'VE FISHED OVER 30 CAMPS IN CANADA AND THIS IS THE BEST CAMP I'VE SEEN THE EQUIPMENT, CABINS AND FISHING ARE ALL OUTSTANDING" Jerry






























“Im more of a bass fisherman, but man, I’ve grown more and more inclined to fishing for walleye, especially after catching these beauties here at AnglersKingdom, Nungessar lake. We don’t have to travel far from camp to catch these neither, which is always great.” Justin






“I’ve never caught so many trophy size walleye so close to camp, not to mention we did not even get to fish the entire lake, I can just imagine how many hundreds of other spots there might be out here on this vast lake. We would easily spend a month or even more up here trying to fish the whole thing”
Justin

Here's Herman with a 28'' walleye

Mike from Illinois with a walleye





















"I never caught so many good size walleye in one spot, and so close to camp." This was a clear day with water temp at about 60 F at the narrows close to camp on .















Zach catching a little baby walleye off the dock. Earlier on, he caught a nice 15" off the dock as well

MAY 29 TO JUNE 5

John Bachburger



June 1, 2010. Overcast near the virgin islands. Andy using a spinner to haul in this pike















As Justin was reeling in this walleye, A huge northern came up near the surface and took a swipe at it. It could of been a two for one.

Andy and Justin hauling in a 24 and 25"














Took an hour to take the kids fishing
It's almost getting old hat for them and they expect to catch big fish.
They got these two off of eagle nest.

We spent a few minutes in Greens Narrows and had an eagle come down for a snack. Then a 50 inche pike take walleye from us twice. We went back to camp and returned with some suckers. caught a 26,27,28 inch walleye consecutively, then had to go to get the kids back for school




We had the big cold front Thursday thru Monday so it wasn't looking great for the folks this week. The rain has brought the water up about 6inches.
Fishing was good Saturday and Sunday. Monday was a bit slower.
It was Sunny Tuesday thru Friday.
Wednesday with a strong west wind was non stop action from everyone I talked to.
Dead calm all day - Slower Thursday afternoon
Not a lot of big pike this week but that is expected after a cold front.
It seems like the fish locations are starting to "normalize"
The fish are for the most part in the same areas they are each year at this time.
The majority haven't made it out to the mid lake humps.
It almost seems like that cold front stopped them from migrating.
The good news is that they are hungry and concentrated.

On Wednesday morning the were on a tear in 10 -12 feet by afternoon they were being hammered in 5-6 feet of water and later we in 10-14 feet.
All the usual suspects in all the usual places.
Its business as usual for the Walleye of Nungesser lake.


The Caribou have started moving, have had about a dozen sighting this week.
Have a nice videio clip of one right near camp and missed a golden opportunity because I didn't have a camera. Had a Cow and her calf swimming between two of the "virgin islands"



















Andy Buffalo from Rockfordfighing.com and his group have been hammering big walleye pretty much everywhere they have fished this week.

Will post some nice photos and good video asap

One comment that stands out this week was something to the affect that "I'm 70 years old and I've been fishing Canada for most of my life and I've never fished a camp as good as this, the lake is outstanding, the equipment is excellent, the staff are friendly. I can't say enough."

It even made me stop and listen. I get so busy with all the stuff it takes to make this place run and it is very gratifying to hear something like that.
I believe we have a good staff in place this year. and they will continue to develop as the summer goes along.

Kevin,

Here are some pictures of the 45" Northern Pike Nate caught last Thursday morning. The 19" walleye is what he decided to latch on to. They netted them both. Great fishing trip!

Bret

Bret Hodne

Public Works Director

City of West Des Moines, IA

Bret, Ron and Wade Hodne and the guys from Iowa were back again for the fifth year in a row.
(they will be back up July 24th)
They caught lots of big walleye.
Bret was saying that jigs were catching more big walleye and spinner rigs more numbers.
Worms worked well so did shiners
"we caught fish everywhere we fished, as usual"
have a few pics to post
hopefully Bret will send more.

John Rhinas and Ken have done very well on the walleye, no big pike yet.
HERE IS AN EMAIL FROM JOHN
Kevin,
We had a great time. On Friday alone, I caught 6 walleyes on flies on a fly rod, 23" largest. Ken Nickel caught ( 2 ) 34" northerns on small minnows, with great fights on light tackle and we caught more walleyes and small pike in the afternoon.
We had great fishing, and saw 3 black bears, 2 moose - one in velvet, a porcupine and a female caribou along the way and during our week there.
See attached pics. We will be back. Shore lunch was fun. We will be doing more flyfishing too.

Thx.
. John C. Rinas























Terry Bedard and his group have returned and they have had excellent fishing. lots of big walleye. Should have plenty of pics to post.


I will be getting details and photos from everyone and hope to have them on here by sat pm.

MAY 22-29 CONTINUED GOOD WEATHER AND FISHING

TONY SCHAEFER AND HIS GROUP Caught SOME BIG PIKE
Sunday they had two 40 inch pike a 41 and a 43.
will post pics soon
oops the camera wnt in the lake
no pics
TONY NOVALONY AND HIS GROUP HAD A BUNCH OF 25-28 INCH WALLEYE OFF EAGLE POINT.

































JOHN BACHBURGER AND GROUP HAD AT LEAST ONE 40 INCH PIKE AND SOME BIG WALLEYE.

HAYDEN, SEANNA AND BRADY CAUGHT A BUNCH OF GIANT WALLEYE
EVEN SOME RIGHT OFF THE DOCK.
I took the kids out for a few hours.
Seanna had a 25 incher within the first 30 seconds.
She ended up and with a HUGE walleye
Hayden caught a 29 incher.
They've both caught several over 30 in the past but still get a thrill out of these big walleye.

Haydens friend Brady caught his largest pike ever.

Then after supper they caught a bunch off the dock.
It was a great day.

MAY 15-22 -HOT WEATHER HOT BITE

So far the walleye seem to be in all the typical spots.
Definitely ahead of past years but just think of what the fishing would be like a few weeks ahead and you won't have any problem. The Dragon flies came out Wednesday, the Tiger Swallowtail Butterflies (Yellow butterfly for short) are out.
So that means????___that the shiners will spawn in a few days.
Which means???____that the pike and walleye will be in the shallow reeds near creek mouths.
Have fun.
Any black flies will be quickly taken care of by the dragon flies.
Of course there are almost zero mosquitoes here on the island because it is all sand so there is no standing water which equals no mosquittoes. yahoo!!!










RON AND DAN CONTINUE TO HAMMER THEM
Greens narrows, Eagle nest and all over North bay are loaded with 24 -26 inch walleye in 3-10 feet of water. Of course there are plenty of littles one as well.
Thursday afternoon Ron landed a beautiful 40 inch pike, which he pulled out of the edge of the reed line.
Then in the evening Ron got a nice 38 inch pike.
Carl had a HUGE walleye follow his rapala just like a Pike he figures it was well over 30 inches.
The guys continue to catch lots of walleye right close to camp.






























































DIXIE CATCHES HER LARGEST PIKE EVER.
Dixie Moore caught a 43 inch Pike, her largest pike ever.
I wish we had it on video from the stories they told and the excitement still bubbling over when they returned for dinner I'm sure the video would have been fun to watch.
There were several good comments, apparently the fun started when they went for the net and realized it was hanging nicely in the cabin and then something about throwing the ___ needle nose pliers overboard. Then there was all that blood on the floor of the boat (and it wasn't the fishes).
See that great smile in the picture? It was still there when they left camp (without their rod case) and will most likely still be there when Dixie gets back to Iowa.
I wouldn't be surprised if she sends that photo to the nice lady at the DesMoines Register.









































































Cal Wicklander has been fishing Canada for 30 years and was amazed by the number of big walleye. His comment " where I used to fish I caught hundreds of 15 inch walleye. At Anglers Kingdom I can't remember catching ONE that small., What a walleye lake".

Monday May 17

Dave Moore got a nice 28 inch walleye his wife Dixie beat him on the numbers.
Dan and Ron had a bunch of 24-27 inch in 2-10 feet of water. I put em on a weedline where the wind was blowing in an let em go.
"we couldn't keep the off" was Rons comment.
The caught walleye casting jigs with twisters, trolling spinner rigs, and trolling cranks.
The also had a BIG pike but couldn't land her.
Couldn't get Cal to leave the honey hole.
Hayden and I got a bunch of walleye all over.
will post some photos asap

2010 OPENING DAY

MAY 15 2009?????



















MAY 15 2010????













APRIL 16 , 2010
THE ICE IS OUT


















AND WE BEGIN 2010
LIGHT SOUTHWEST WIND 70 DEGREES, SUNNY AWESOME WEATHER
THE BEST OPENING DAY IN 20 YEARS.
ONLY PROBLEM WE DID NOT HAVE ANY GUESTS.
WITH THE LATE ICE OUT IN 08 AND 09 EVERYONE WAS SCARED TO BOOK MAY 15

THAT'S OKAY DEB, HAYDEN AND I WENT OUT FOR A FEW HOURS
AND CAUGHT A FEW DOZEN NICE EATERS ABOUT 2 MINUTES DRIVE FROM THE LODGE

































































OF COURSE HAYDEN CAUGHT A NICE BIG WALLEYE.

THE WALLEYE ARE WELL SPAWNED OUT.
THEY ARE WELL OUT OF THE
SPAWNING AREAS

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