More fishing info
The lakes
Baptiste Lake: Highly irregular, approximately 4 - 4 ½ miles long. Coffee colored water. 76 feet deep. Many islands with a lot of structure, weed beds later summer. Walleyes 1-1/2 to 3 pound average. (Largest 6-7 pounds). Northern pike average 3-6 pounds, largest 27 pounds, most groups catch a 20-pound fish. Lodge is on this lake.
Jean Lake: Circular, 1-3/4 miles in diameter. Main lake is gin clear, 90 feet deep, and loaded with lake trout. One sizeable, shallow back- bay is pike heaven. To access, take a short boat trip from behind the cabin, up the Norbert River, to a trail marked Jean Lake. About a quarter-mile walk. 2 boats. Northerns 3-8 pounds. Lake Trout 3-6 pounds. Lots of fish!
St. Germaine Lake: Connected to Baptiste Lake by a small river punctuated with hair pin terms. It's a smaller lake. A couple of prominent islands harbor pike. Best fishing is for walleyes on the sandy bottoms to the north.
Norbert River: Small river that feeds Baptiste, eventually flowing south to the Churchill River. North of the lodge, from the inflow upstream, the river gets smaller, sluggish, and more difficult to navigate clue to fallen timber; however, early in the year, the mouth of the river is full of spawning walleye. Heading down river from the lodge may be adventurous as there is a series of waterfalls approx. 30' high. There are spawning walleye at the outflow and the deeper holes above the falls early in the year. Later the walleye move to the deeper water of Baptiste Lake and can be caught off rocky points and in deeper holes.
Fishing equipment at the lodge
- Three 12-foot boats, five 14-foot boats and two 16-foot boats (two new in 2009).
- New 4-stroke motors - 4 15-HP Yamahas, 2 6-HP Yamahas, 1 6-HP Mercury.
- Gasoline "jerry" cans
- Nets, boat seats, anchors
- Tools
Fishing tackle to bring
- Rods & reels in a protective case - medium weight
- Spare rod, reel, line, scale, pliers, fillet knife, sharpener, stringer.
- Spoons - Five O' Diamonds, green & white, black & white, red & white) for the pike.
- Crankbaits - Lakers like black Five O' Diamonds and black & white spoons.
- Jigs - Light colored jigs (white, yellow) and small cranks in orange, chartreuse, and blue, suit the Walleye. Frozen minnows and small pieces of beef heart are good on the jigs.
- Jaw spreaders, hook-outs, and steel leaders are a must.
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Baptiste Lake Lodge, Ltd.
Saskatchewan, Canada
For more info, call
Skip at (406) 228-9356
Jim at (406) 228-4385
or Alton at (406) 526-3500
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