Late June found me chasing one of my favorite species,  the Northern Pike, at Kasmere Lake Lodge, a satellite fly-out camp of Nueltin Lake Lodge managed by owners, Shawn and Amanda Gurke.  The trip began with an overnight hotel stay in Winnipeg, followed by an early morning charter flight direct to the landing strip at Nueltin Lake.  We then jumped on a float plane for a short 25 minute flight to the 5 bedroom deluxe lodge at Kasmere Lake.  This  left a good chunk of the 18 hours of daylight for my fishing partner, Dr. Rick Hammel and myself, to wet a line.  

Kasmere Lake was a fly-out lake for Nueltin Lake Lodge up until 10 years ago.  At that time the owners decided to construct a deluxe lodge at the twenty mile long lake.  Here we found pike, lake trout and grayling in good numbers.  Our eight day stay produced a few trophies in all three species.  A variety fo flies took the pike and lakers with most of the grayling coming on small drys.  The grayling averaged 15 inches with Dr. Hammel taking a 19 inch beauty.  The pike and lakers topped out at just over 40 inches.  Our most productive days involved a portage to an additional lake as well as a fly-out ($375/person) to a neighbouring body of water.  These additional options helped fill out the 8 day trip. 

Cost of the trip----$3600  for 4 days guided fishing

Additional 4 days ---- $1000

8 day total $4600

Not included---hotel in Winnipeg

The lodging, food, and amenities of the lodge were all first rate.  The native guides did a good job of putting us on fish.  Additional information on the many options of Nueltin Lake Lodge and their entire operation can be found by checking out their website at www.nueltin.com/

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