The sun was out this morning here at Gangler’s Courage Lake Tundra Outpost. I had to get my dark Costas on immediately because my eyes weren’t ready for it. Before we went fishing we needed to tidy up some things and make sure most our stuff was packed. At 2 PM we had to be ready to be picked up by the Lodges Cessna Caravan Seaplane and flown back to Gangler’s so we can head home tomorrow.
Granny and I fished under sunny skies on a calm Courage Lake from around 8:30 till 12:30. And the truth is, the fish here prefer a little bad weather in order to be hungry. Under today’s conditions we had easy access to the entire lake. We fished hard at a lot of great spots including some areas we slayed pike at yesterday. But it was a different day. Although we caught a few nice pike, it was slow. And funny thing is, we didn’t see one single caribou. None. It tells you something because we saw a lot of them every day until today.
At 1 pm we released our last pike of the trip and pulled up our boat and broke down camp. By 2 we were taking off in the Caravan Seaplane to return to the main Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge. Tomorrow we’ll begin the journey home with the early charter from Gangler’s runway to Winnipeg. There our Ruby Van awaits and we should be able to drive all the way home by early evening.
Despite a few weather challenges and bush plane flight delays, this has been an epic trip. “Epic” is an overused word but it has its place. This was an amazing trip. I you’ve been putting off a big pike trip to Canada then quit wasting time. This was my second trip to Gangler’s and I promise you once we get home we’ll be planning our next.
Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge