Hello everyone from cool, windy but finally clear Happy Camp! Catfish Chris here with an update. As all readers know, I have been and continue to be extremely busy at camp as Magoo, my right hand girl, is not here.
Magoo has great spirits as reported by Jamie, but no idea if the tendons are healing or not. The vet said it is a waiting game and time will tell if she heals or not? Take care my right hand girl!
As far as Happy Camp, we have been blessed to have people from Indiana, Wisconsin, Toronto and Ottawa stop at camp in the past few days. Fishing remains strong despite the weather. I think the water temps have reached their peak in the upper 60’s. Fish seem to not be bunched up except Perch. Last week, Jeremy Mews from Milwaukee, Wisconsin brought in the largest Perch to date at Happy Camp, a 15 incher! Way to go Jeremy. Pictures soon to come.
While perch continue to be caught all over with many fish over 12 inches, walleye and pike remain hungry as well and many fish frys and grilled fish meals have become the norm at Happy Camp. In fact, Quintain became a line chef of sorts, setting up a line of fish and potato fryers outside of cabin 2! Way to Go Quinn!!
By the way Quinn, practice on that Moose call for next time, but isn’t the call suppose to bring them closer??
A few days ago, I was able to take a group of fishers to an area lake. We caught lots of walleye up to 5 pounds and many Pike of all sizes. Also, an Osprey soared above us as we fished!
Other items of interest, we have 2 Bald eagle chicks in the nest and the other night, there were 11 adult Loons on White Otter Lake, what a sight!! In addition, Bull, Cow and Calf Moose have been sighted in the Happy Camp area, Bears, Fox and Lynx also have been seen!
Water levels are low and the berry development is poor, raspberries are fair but blueberries seem to be slim at best! With slim, it appears he jumped the first CN train out of Hillsport.
Bear baiting is going well and they are eating us out of house and home, hope that continues so are hunters can take in the bounty!
This afternoon I was blessed to enjoy my first true Italian lunch courtesy of Mike and Beverly Carnecelli! Mike and Bev come to us from Toronto and always provide us with many laughs and are truly good people, much like all of our Happy Campers!
We dined in the porch with walleye, sliced tomatoes, fresh bread, home made wine and some Mushrooms in a jar that Mike’s brother, Luigi, made after picking the mushrooms from the Happy Camp woods a day ago! To listen to Mike and Luigi talk about coming to Hillsport in 1961, along with all of their tales, are simply priceless!
As we slide into our bear season, please remember that we also have fantastic fall fishing in September. We lose the bugs, the days are warm, maybe you want to combine fishing with Grouse hunting? It looks like a good year for Grouse, time will tell.
So if you are looking for some great fishing, lots of laughs, a hunting trip, or just peace and quiet away from the everyday grind, Whatcha waiting for, give us a call or shoot us an email, reserve your spot and Come On and Catch the Good Life with us at Happy Camp Ontario!!