Ask the dock

Build your request, then text it to Jeb from camp Wi-Fi. There's no signal out on the lake, so send it before you head out.

Sign-up board

Put your name down for a portage lake boat, a guide day or the sauna. In this preview the board stays on this phone. Once the app is live, everyone at camp sees the same board and the dock crew confirms.

Keep limits

Each limit is per angler, and it is both the daily and the possession limit. Every bigger fish goes back alive.

Walleye

2, 18 inches or under

Northern pike

2, 27 inches or under

Lake trout

1, 30 inches or under

Trophy sizes

Walleye

27 inches or longer

Northern pike

38 inches or longer

Lake trout

32 inches or longer

Register your trophy at camp.

Portage lakes

Included with your trip. Tell Jeb or the dock crew before you go and they'll make sure the boat is ready.

At the dock

Boats ready

7:00 am, gassed and cleaned

Live minnows

$8 a dozen

Garmin Striker rental

5 inch $15/day · 9 inch $25/day

Guide

US$275 per day

Leaving day

Out of the cabin

7:00 am

Gear at the dock

7:30 am

Balance

Due at camp on your last day

Tipping

Tipping is personal and based on your own experience. The average is about 10% of the package price before tax and extras, shared among the staff. For guides, about $100 per person for a full day and $50 for a half day. Cash handed to staff is best, and envelopes are at the lodge.

Same week next year?

Many groups hold their dates before they fly out. Tell Jeb at the dock, or send him this.

Fly-in morning

Check in

7:30 am at the River Air float base

Where

#1 Second Street Dock, Kenora, ON P9N 1T2

Flight

30 minutes by float plane

Licence

We'll take care of it

Opens your map app with directions from where you are now. Allow time to park and unload; check-in is 7:30 am.

Running late or need a hand? Text or call Jeb.

Each person gets 100 lb and the whole group shares it, so a light packer covers a heavy one. Groceries count. Bags of 40 lb or less are easiest to load.

In Kenora

Groceries

Safeway

Dinner

Lake of the Woods Brewing pub · The Boathouse · Casey's · Log Cabin

Drinks

Pop, beer and water ordered ahead fly in at a lower freight cost

Bait

Live minnows are at camp, $8 a dozen

Planning tools

On sydneylake.com. Use them at home before the trip.

Tackle that works

Walleye jigs, mostly 1/4 oz with a few 3/8 oz. 8 to 12 lb line, fluorocarbon is best. The boats don't have depth finders, so bring yours or rent a Garmin at camp.