Virgin Fly-in Guided Fishing Package - TRULY WORLD CLASS!
North of 55! Ultimate Fly-in Brook Trout Fishing
Guided All Inclusive Package #55G
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Our Norseman aircraft ready to be loaded. Parties up to five persons plus guide and boat and motor for a North Of 55 Brook Trout (Speckled Trout) Adventure.
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Minimum Four Persons Plus Guide - 2-7 Days Guided Fishing - $3,999.00 US per person.
Everything is included but your gear and spirits. Using our Norseman aircraft, the minimum number of your party must be four persons. The maximum number of your party can be five persons plus pilot and guide. Adding a second aircraft, our Cessna 185, we can take a maximum fishing party of seven persons plus pilots and guide. We will take you to rivers and streams that are hardly if ever fished before or where the current generation of fish has never seen a fisherman! These kinds of virgin waters can be found North Of Latitude 55. The fishing here is as good as it was in the time before man. West Caribou Air can take you to these virgin waters where the Ontario Speckled Trout (Brook Trout), have never seen a lure or an artificial fly before! Real trophies are lurking in the shallows. Our North Of 55 fly-in fishing package for Speckled Trout will provide you with a fishing experience in virgin waters unknoSwn to most of mankind.
We have several secret rivers that we have researched in the far reaches of the Hudson Bay area. We do not divulge the names, coordinates, or locations of these secret rivers for competitive reasons, I’m sure you will appreciate this when you get there, and you haul in one after another trophy Speckled Trout. For the truly dedicated fly fishermen to fish the best of the best un-pilfered Hudson Bay tributary during prime sea-run brook trout season. This is a fully outfitted, guided fishing trip. You will camp alongside the river in large comfortable tents equipped with sleeping cots. A screen sitting tent and a large cook tent completes the not-so rugged accommodations. Depending on the river flow and fishing quality, campsite locations may be changed. Each day you will range to work the prime fish pools in search of trout up to ten lbs Return To Top
What's Included
Our all inclusive fly-in fishing trip North Of 55 includes everything but your personal effects.
- Loading and unloading of your bags and equipment on our aircraft.
- Introductions made to your guide and pilot.
- Pre-flight briefing questions and answer session, lunch when necessary.
- An equipment check to insure you have brought the necessary personal items listed below.
- All meals and non-alcoholic beverages. Bring your own mixes for spirits.
- All equipment needed for your trip except for fishing rods and tackle and personal entertainment.
- Transportation to and from your outpost camp in our aircraft.
- Your guide for the trip.
- The erection of your tent camp and enclosed toilette facilities. Heating stove and propane.
- Boat and motor and boat gasoline and oil.
- Boat bailed and cleaned every morning by your guide.
- Emergency kit required for boat and a first aid emergency kit.
- Breakfast and mid day meals prepared by your guide. See notes.
- Wilderness gourmet dinner prepared by your guide. See notes.
- Dishes and pots cleaned by your guide.
- Daily h'orderves and wine before and during dinner.
- Fish cleaning and packing.
- Trip video clips taken with our video camera.
- Emergency high powered rifle handled by your guide. See notes.
- Regular check calls from our base camp that would cause a fly-in visit by our pilot if not answered.
- Emergency satellite telephone. See notes.
- Detailed written flight notification stored at our base camp showing your departure date, return date, GPS Coordinates of your outposts camp and passenger names and other detail as required by Transport Canada.
- Organic gargage and waste disposed of on site by burning or burying. Inorganic garbage removed by aircraft.
- Striking your tent and packing up your camp by your guide and general clean up to insure the campsite is left in a natural state.
What's Not Included
- If flying by commercial airline, your cost of flights to Sioux Lookout Ontario.
- Transportation to our floatplane base from Sioux Lookout if arriving by commercial airline.
- Transportation costs to our floatplane base if arriving by automobile.
- Personal Clothing and toiletries.
- Sleeping bags.
- Liquor and Beer and spirit mixes.
- Fishing rod and tackle.
- Playing cards, chips or games.
- Snacks.
- Hip or chest waders.
- Live Bait is not allowed in these regions.
- Hotel Expense for late day arrivals.
Getting Here - Arrival and Scheduling
 Your all-inclusive trip with West Caribou Air begins at Savant Lake Ontario. Arrive at least one hour in advance of your departure time.
It takes about an hour for pilot and guide introductions, for your preflight briefing and to load the aircraft. You must arrive at least one hour before your scheduled 'Latest Possible Departure Time'. If you arrive in either Sioux Lookout at such an hour that you cannot arrive at our float plane base at Savant Lake one hour before your 'Latest Possible Departure Time', you will have to arrive a day early and stay overnight in a hotel at your expense. There five hotels in Sioux Lookout and one hotel in Savant Lake.
It takes time for your guide to set up your outpost camp when you arrive at your fly-in fishing destination North of 55. We recommend an early or mid morning departure from our Savant Lake Ontario float plane base. In mid summer, our 'Latest Possible Departure time' is about 3:00 PM. In the fall, our latest departure time is about 1:00 PM. The flight to your North Of 55 outpost camp and virgin fishing can take from 3 hour to 4 hours. You must confirm the 'Latest Possible Departure time' for your trip. Like any airline, we also have hourly schedules and commitments made in advance to our clients so you must insure that you arrive at our float plane base at the agreed upon hour or risk missing your departure window. Upon such an event, it may cause a delay of many hours or even a day to reschedule your departure time.
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 Arriving By Commercial Airline at Sioux Lookout:
You can fly to us by commercial airline. Fly to Thunder Bay Ontario or Winnipeg Manitoba and book a connecting flight offered by either Bearskin Airlines or Wasaya Airlines, to Sioux Lookout Ontario. Rent a car to drive to Savant lake or we will have you picked up at Sioux Lookout and return you to Sioux Lookout at the end of your trip for a total cost $270.00.
Connecting flights to Sioux Lookout are available from Thunder Bay Ontario or Winnipeg Manitoba using Bearskin Airlines 807-485-2441 http://www.bearskinairlines.com/. Wasaya Airlines 1-877-492-7292 http://www.wasaya.com/. The flights are approximately One hour and fifteen minutes and one hour and fifty minutes respectively.
Your package begins at Savant Lake. It takes an hour or so to travel from Sioux Lookout to our float plane base at Savant Lake. Therefore any parties not able to arrive at Sioux Lookout earlier than noon on departure day must plan arrive a day early and stay at a hotel overnight in Sioux Lookout. Rent a car from Sioux Lookout for a week and drive to Savant Lake or we will have you picked up at your hotel about 9:00 am on the day of departure and drive you and your party to our float plane base at Savant Lake. Total cost to be picked up at and returned to Sioux Lookout by our method is $270.00 for a party of four.
Arriving By Automobile at Savant Lake:
Your package begins at Savant Lake. View . The driving time from Thunder Bay Ontario to our float plane base North of 50 at Savant Lake is about four hours. Driving time from Winnipeg is about six hours.
Questions - Call Don or Clayton Downton 807-584-2944 Savant Lake Ontario
E-mail: flyin@caribouair.ca
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(We offer the best Speckled Trout fishing in the world simply because the fish are bountiful and the virgin waters we take you to have never experienced any fishing pressure.)
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North Of 50 Ontario Speckled Trout (Brook Trout)
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North Of 50 Ontario Speckled Trout (Brook Trout)
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Virgin Fly-in Fishing North Of 55
"Virgin fishing" is the right label to describe our ultimate fly-in fishing trip. Most of mankind has never experienced virgin fishing North Of 50. The concept of Virgin fishing is unimaginable to lifelong fishermen have never fished North of 50! The idea that a lake or stream exists that has never been fished before just does not seem creditable. Our ultimate package "Virgin Fishing North of 55" means flying even further north into regions that have hardly been explored let alone fished before. To go further north means traveling near the tree line and the arctic tundra.
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Our North of 55 Virgin Fly-in Fishing trip consists of two to seven days (same cost) of fishing including the trip to and the trip from your fly-in outpost fishing camp. Transportation is provided by our own Norseman Aircraft. A large and comfortable wall tent camp is constructed by your guide beside a wilderness beach or on the banks of a suitable river or stream and is equipped with wood stove if required for heat.
Speckled Trout are the main species to be caught north of 55, however, you may want to fish for Walleye, Northern Pike, Lake Trout, and Sturgeon north of 50. You can tell us your preference. Speckles in the 6 to 8 pound range are typical. Twelve pound Speckles are considered trophies and 10 pounders are not uncommon. Speckles can be fished with light spin cast tackle or fly rods. You can bring both.
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This is Clayton. He says "After hours we fish too - but only for a few minutes at a time when we get the chance!" Displayed is a Savant Lake 6 pound Walleye and a Lake Trout caught one afternoon this summer after work and before dinner at our Savant Lake float plane base. "Didn't even untie the Cessna!" Said Clayton. Click To Enlarge
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Our Package Description North of 55
Guided all inclusive fly-in trips of two to seven days with guide, (boat, and motor if required), all food, bait, ice and supplies including emergency equipment and a satellite phone.
North of 55 guides are equipped with a high powered rifle just in case a wayward polar bear visits which happens infrequently.
On guided trips your guide will erect your supplied tent (some help is needed) and build an enclosed toilette facility for your comfort.
On unguided trips, you provide your own tent and food. You can elect to have a boat, motor or canoe. While we offer fixed length trip packages, unguided trips can be planned for as few as two days and as long as you like.
Common features of all West Caribou fly-in fishing and hunting trips are: the high level of service we provide, the quality of our equipment and the safety considerations we make. The experience and skill of your guide cannot be rivaled. Hospitality is provided in the warm and gracious tradition of all Northern peoples. Our motto is "No Surprises" and we take time and care to explain all aspects your fly-in trip from beginning to end. We start however by first describing the fishing, your wilderness fly-in camp and the arrangements we have made for your dining pleasure if on a guided trip.
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Why Tent Fly-in Fishing?
A tent rather than a constructed outpost camp is offered and preferable for the following reasons.
Virgin fly-in fishing can be found North of 50 with West Caribou Air as your outfitter and guide. We understand that you may prefer, even demand a constructed outpost camp but first consider what you will miss!
At latitude 50 and above we find the greatest concentrations of virgin lakes and streams that provide spectacular virgin fishing. Fishing here may be equivalent to what fishing was like at the beginning of time or before man became a fisherman. We offer the best Speckled Trout fishing in the world simply because the lakes and streams we take you to have never been fished before. The gene pool of the northern Speckled Trout has not been devastated as it has been in the south. Trophies can be caught here. We believe that Northern Speckles are genetically larger than southern Speckles.
Outpost camps are almost none existent at these latitudes. You can't catch trophy fish on a lake, a river or a stream at any latitude where there is a fixed outpost camp as all the trophies would have been taken long ago. We spend a lot of time looking for and testing suitable unnamed virgin lakes and streams for spectacular fishing. They can only be found where man has hardly ever, if ever fished before.
The 1C Tent Camps are fully furnished large wall tents complete with ground covers, and tarpaulins. A good wood stove is installed for heat. We furnish all the utensils, propane cooking stove, Coleman lanterns, saws, food, and everything else it takes to make a completely furnished camp.
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Fishing Pressure
We take our fishing party clients to a tent camp location two or three times and then we move our camps to an entirely new location. We move before all the senior fish have been caught. Catching a trophy is a thrill but the trophy fishing can't last if we keep going back for more. Our guides informally monitor the size and weight of the catch daily. They tell us when we must move to a new location. We leave to give the remaining senior fish time to spawn new generations of large fish. If we were to take all the trophies, we would damage the gene pool. We move to a new virgin location sooner than later. We do not return for at least two years until a younger generation of fish has grown large! This is our policy.
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Known for their breathtaking and brilliant colorations, the brook trout is a fish that has won the hearts of many anglers. The aura, and excitement, of fishing these Brookies giving forth such a scrappy fight, tasting delicious in the pan, and certainly its beauty has landed it at the top of the list amongst our fish in Ontario
 Tent Camp Locations
Our secret lakes and streams are not named and we don't publicize their locations except for our non-secret non-sensitive locations. We will discuss suitable locations with you on the telephone anytime. We only reveal the exact location once you arrive at our float plane base.
Your fly-in fishing destination and campsite location is selected when we understand what fish species you would like to pursue and what other considerations should be made to accommodate the interests, experience and skills of your party. Except for river locations, all camps are located on a sheltered campsite next to a beautiful wilderness beach. A written record of your destination, including GPS coordinates is on file in our management office. Your official flight itinerary and flight notification is a matter of record required by the Canadian Federal Government and is properly logged before you leave our float plane base.
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Prospective Dinner Menus (guided north of 55 only)
Wilderness Gourmet dinners are prepared by your guide every evening from a varied selection of menu options including meats, vegetables, home made bread, salads and traditional seafoods. Wines and h'orderves are offered while your guide is preparing your evening meal and discusses the day’s events and tomorrow's plan with you and your friends. A complimentary wild Moose meat dinner served with greens and wild rice is included with each trip. This is a traditional first nation’s meal with wild rice picked by local first nation’s people who harvest the rice every fall from the lakes and marshes in the Savant Lake area.
Dinner consists of h'orderves served before dinner with wine. Dinner selections may include:
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Beef Stroganoff
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Moose or Beef Stroganoff
With Mushroom Sauce, green beans and sliced red or green peppers.
Mandarin Chicken
with Brown Rice, Peppers and Green Beans
An aromatic bowl of brown rice topped with our tender chicken pieces, crisp red bell peppers, green and wax beans, carrots, broccoli and onions. A unique ginger-orange mandarin sauce makes it complete.
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Surf and Turf
Being a lobster or Speckled Trout and beef filet minion (beef tenderloin steak) cooked in olive oil, butter and herbs for four to five minutes and served with boiled, mashed or home fried potatoes and artichoke hearts and asparagus.
Catch of the Day
The Catch Of The Day Dinner is usually freshly caught Walleye or Ontario Speckled Trout served with greens, potatoes or rice. Second helpings are the order of the day.
Other dinner options might include sea foods like lobster, shrimp, and seafood pastas and fish chowders. We ask you to choose your dinners a month in advance of your trip from our dinner menu.
fish chowders
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NOTE: Weight Limits - VERY IMPORTANT Aircraft space is limited. Please pack light and compact. Up to 100 lbs per person is allowed (for gear, food and beverages). For longer flights this limit may be reduced (depending upon party size). Overload charges may apply where additional weight and bulk require additional flights. Please contact us with passenger weights before the trip, and we will advise exactly how much cargo you can bring to avoid overload charges.
NOTE: To ensure we maintain a strong population of this wonderful species, we recommend catch and release (except for shore lunch of course), and the use of barb less hooks is recommended.
Regulations: Limit: 5 Brook Trout with a sport license. 2 Brook Trout with a conservation license. Size Restrictions: Only 1 fish can be greater than 11.8 inches. Trout Combination Restrictions: You can only have a maximum of 5 trout no-matter what species. If you have 1 Lake Trout, you can only keep 4 Brook Trout. Open Season: Jan. 1st to Sept. 1st.
Don't Delay. Brookies are one of the most beautiful fish in North America. The joy of walking up and down a scenic northern stream just adds to the adventure of finding these sometimes elusive fish. They are also the best tasting of the Trout Family. Discover places where serenity and exhilaration combine to give you the best trout fishing trip you’ve ever taken. At West Caribou Air Service we’ll show you the trip you’ve always dreamed of, so come and join us for a fishing trip of a lifetime
Contact Us
For more information about West Caribou Fly-in Fishing Packages in Ontario North Of Latitude 55 or questions about Fly-in Fishing Packages Ontario North Of 55, contact us.
Summer: 807-584-2944 Winter: 807-476-0323. E-mail: flyin@westcaribouair.com
Don Downton, base manager and chief guide or if you can catch him on land, Clayton Downton, Proprietor.
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Moose Hunting:
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Much can be said for the moose hunting. We have outpost and tent camps that provide a variety of hunting opportunities in regions so remote, and so populated with trophy moose that we have had a 100% party hunt success rate. "Bull Tags" available for the 2007 season. Read more about hunting North of 50 with West Caribou Air.
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