An 18-hour drive from Calgary to Northern Saskatchewan but totally worth it! My Buddy Dan (on the left) and I have been friends and co-workers for over 30 years. We both love fishing! One of our favorite annual trips is up to Northern Saskatchewan where we spend a week or so camping and fishing. As well, we both enjoy friendly competition while we’re trolling on the lake. On this particular day, June 18th, 2019, we were both hoping to reel-in “the big one”! You know how sometimes, when your friend catches a huge lunker and you are genuinely happy for him (or her), while secretly, somewhere deep down inside you kind of wish it was you? Well…this may have been the case on this particular day. I reeled in the 34lb Lake Trout at around 2:30 pm and Dan scrambled for the net. We weighed the Laker (in the net) and then the trout and I posed for a few pictures. Next, our would be trophy was gently placed back in the lake. Dan was smiling, but I knew deep down inside he wanted a big fish! I said “The next huge one is going to be yours”! He looked unconvinced. Having said that, 20 minutes later, Dan had a trophy of his own…A beautifully coloured 31 lb Lake Trout, which we also released! I guess dreams do come true!

It was our second evening in July 2017, on famous Wollaston Lake. Four Dads and Four sons made the 46km journey by boat to stay on picturesque Estevan Island in an old trappers cabin. As many know, the weather on great Wollaston can pose a risk to any avid boatsman, but we persevered through a raging storm that day, only to enjoy a wonderful supper of fresh lake trout and steak prepared on the fire before heading out for a evening Nothern Pike hunt. This picture takes place in the setting sun that evening when the sky cleared and the lake was glass. We took to some top crawler action in the muskeg bays and this was the result...a 40” northern that attacked my Whopper Plopper as I watched it come out of the muskeg and hammered my lure. The result? A pic of that beauty’s the setting sun on the gorgeous Wollaston Lake, SK.