Liddle’s Miminiska & Makokibatan Lodges
In the fall of 2001, I started a very interesting (but brief) fisheries biology contract up north. My first day on the job was certainly memorable! It was September 11th, and needless to say there wasn’t much talk of fish netting when I got to the office!
To make matters even more bizarre, I was told that I needed to go back to my apartment and pack my bags. I was needed on the field team heading off to the far reaches of northern Ontario. Our destination? Yep you guessed it – Liddle’s Miminiska & Makokibatan Lodges.
Our task for this particular trip was to conduct an assessment of the Walleye populations in Miminiska and Makokibatan lakes. After a very long drive up to Nakina (north east of Thunder Bay) from Sudbury, we completed the rest of the journey via float plane. What was exciting about this trip, as compared to my previous float plane adventure (mentioned in my last blog post), was the fact that we actually were able to stay at a real fly-in fishing lodge!
Thank goodness for that – the weather while we were there was absolutely horrifying – in fact we had to extend our stay by a couple days due to a serious storm. All in all, I must say however that the experience was totally amazing!
Our 4-man team was split into two teams of two – one team (the one I was on) stayed at Makokibatan, while the other crew flew over to Miminiska. Based on conversations with the other guys, it sounded as though they had a similar experience to us – that is to say great hospitality/food and evidence of a VERY healthy (and hefty) Walleye population (not to mention all the Pike and other species).
What’s funny is that we ate the same food as the staff (ie not the REALLY good guest food), yet I was still blown away by how amazing it was. It became pretty evident that the Liddle family knows a thing or two about running a fly-in fishing lodge!
Sadly I didn’t ever get the chance to wet a line myself – but it was certainly fun chatting with (and living vicariously through) the guys who were there for their fishing adventure.
Hopefully one day I will be able to return to one of the Liddle family’s lodges – this time with ‘work’ being the furthest thing from my mind!
If you are thinking about planning a northern Ontario fly-in fishing trip definitely keep Liddle’s in mind. Be sure to check the photo galleries on their site if you are looking for a little more inspiration.
And of course, stay tuned for more of my fishing adventures – I promise there will be some that actually involve sportfishing!!
(Image courtesy of Liddle’s Fishing Adventures)
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Written by BigTrout on February 23rd, 2007 with
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