09/23/2026
It seemed to be the local’s week in the kingfisher these past few days! Ive been looking forward to fishing with all these groups for a while. Mother Nature threw us some tough conditions but despite it all some incredible fish were caught!🎣🏆
It all started off with a chance to share the boat with local legend Ike, his daughter Tina, and son in law Kevin. Ike has worn many hats in our great Temagami community, but my time knowing him was when he was the president of the Temagami Area Fish Involvement Program. I found it quite fitting that his daughter Tina caught her PB of a 31.5” walleye 🤯 with her father in the boat, who very well could have stocked that fish into Temagami years ago! So many laughs and great conversations. Oh yeah, how could I forget, Kevin got the Grand slam😉!! Catching pike, laketrout, walleye and bass all in the same trip! What a blast!
The winds of November came early on our trip with our Chef Matt 👨🍳, his wife Becca and his two close friends Neil and Stacy. Nothing crazy huge but Matt showed off his skills outside of the kitchen putting a clinic on the walleye with a side of lake trout! Can’t thank this guy enough for what he did this year in the kitchen. I really wanted him to get a giant but I know this won’t be the last time we’ll share a boat together🤘!
Last but not least Gary and Dianne. I’ve known Gary for a few years now, an anyone who’s fished Bass’n For Kids most likly does too. Gary was involved since day one with the charity and was the auctioneer for years, but last night wasn’t about bass, and the highest bidder was his wife Dianne with a beautiful 31” walleye! We caught some great fish on tricky bite, but these two figured it out which made for a great evening.
Thanks to all who came out these past few days, and thank you even more for your time in serving our great community here on Temagami 🙏