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Housekeeping

Cabin rental, with kitchen and utensils where you bring and prepare your food. Includes boat, motor and gas. Housekeeping is the least expensive plan and your cabin is part of a setting with other cabins where the owner and/or caretaker are onsite.

Outpost

Outpost is the same as housekeeping except it is not part of a lodge setting, normally a single cabin by itself. Best for people who want to get away from it all. This is a great plan for those who are looking to “unplug” with close friends or family…and experience incredible hunting.

American Plan

This plan includes cabin, meals and maid service plus boat, motor, gas and usually a guide, but not always. Great for groups who don’t want to spend their vacation cooking, cleaning, or finding game!

Modified Plan

Some destinations offer housekeeping with a choice of meals. Normally people take care of their breakfast and lunch then have dinner at the lodge.

Drive-in

The least expensive option where lodge can be reached by road, most are less remote, but some do get into remote areas with long drives on gravel roads. Excellent hunting can be found at many drive-in lodges…but you have to know where to look.

Boat-in

A boat-in lodge can really add to the adventure of your trip. You travel to a landing where the lodge picks you up and takes you into the camp by boat. Many of these are on islands and provide the total solitude experience of a fly-in without the additional cost.

Fly-in

The classic Canadian adventure is to arrive at your destination via vintage floatplane. Some of the finest lodges in Canada are fly-in, offering some of the best hunting in the world. Extremely remote fly-in lodges normally have a landing strip at the lodge so commercial aircraft can get you there efficiently.

Housekeeping Plan

Costs vary widely based on accommodations and quality of hunting. These destinations can offer just four walls and a bunk or run up to fantastic homes with decks, air-conditioning, satellite TV and internet and incredible water views. Because of the wide variance in quality of accommodations and hunting at housekeeping destinations we take great care in finding the best value in all price ranges.

When choosing housekeeping a balance must be struck between quality of hunting and amenities. Many times the top housekeeping lodges for amenities are not located in the top hunting destinations and vice-versa, the top housekeeping resorts for hunting many times do not offer the best amenities. One way to combat this if amenities are important is to choose a lodge with the amenities you want and vacation when the hunting is best.

American Plan

Lodges cost more because they offer greater services mainly food, a guide and maid service. On average they are better maintained than housekeeping lodges and of higher quality. Canadian lodges are known for excellent home cooked meals and some even have chefs on staff that offer fine dining. Our recommendations are at the top in lodge amenities, food service and some of the best hunting in Canada.

Outpost Plan

Outpost plans also vary widely in cost based on the quality of the accommodation, distance required to get from the base to the cabin and quality of hunting. Outpost cabins also vary widely in quality from one room cabins to home-like structures in the wilderness.

Our recommendations in many cases offer excellent accommodations, equipment and hunting at a cost you’d pay for average services elsewhere. Our outpost recommendations are on some of the most spectacular fresh water hunting lakes in the world.

Guides

If your budget allows, we highly recommend hiring a guide…especially if you have never hunted the area. Guides can be hired as one-on-one, one guide for every two hunters, or even up to one-on-four.

Besides helping you find big game, a guide can take you to remote areas you wouldn’t feel comfortable traveling on your own.

Housekeeping

Cabin rental, with kitchen and utensils where you bring and prepare your food. Includes boat, motor and gas. Housekeeping is the least expensive plan and your cabin is part of a setting with other cabins where the owner and/or caretaker are onsite. This is a great plan for people who want to set their own schedule, have children or are on a budget.

Outpost

Outpost is the same as housekeeping except it is not part of a lodge setting, normally a single cabin by itself. For people who want to get away from it all. This is a great plan for those who are looking to “unplug” with close friends or family…and experience incredible fishing.

American Plan

Includes cabin, meals and maid service plus boat, motor, gas and usually a guide, but not always. Great for groups who don’t want to spend their vacation cooking, cleaning, or finding fish!

Modified Plan

Some destinations offer housekeeping with a choice of meals. Normally people take care of their breakfast and lunch then have dinner at the lodge.

Drive-in

Drive-in is the least expensive option where lodge can be reached by road, most are less remote, but some do get into remote areas with long drives on gravel roads. Excellent fishing can be found at many drive-in lodges…but you have to know where to look.

Boat-in

A boat-in lodge can really add to the adventure of your trip. You travel to a landing where the lodge picks you up and takes you into the camp by boat. Many of these are on islands and provide the total solitude experience of a fly-in without the additional cost.

Fly-in

The classic Canadian adventure is to arrive at your destination via vintage floatplane. Some of the finest lodges in Canada are fly-in, offering some of the best fishing in the world. Extremely remote fly-in lodges normally have a landing strip at the lodge so commercial aircraft can get you there efficiently.

Housekeeping Plan

Costs vary widely based on accommodations and quality of fishing. These destinations can offer just four walls and a bunk or run up to fantastic homes with decks, air-conditioning, satellite TV and internet and incredible water views. Because of the wide variance in quality of accommodations and fishing for housekeeping destinations we take great care in finding the best value in all price ranges.

When choosing housekeeping, a balance must be struck between quality of fishing and amenities. Many times the top housekeeping lodges with amenities are not located in the top fishing destinations and vice-versa, the top housekeeping resorts for fishing many times do not offer the best amenities. One way to combat this if amenities are important is to choose a lodge with the amenities you want and vacation when the fishing is best.

American Plan

Lodges cost more because they offer greater services, mainly food, a guide and maid service. On average they are better maintained than housekeeping lodges and are of higher quality. Canadian lodges are known for excellent home cooked meals and some even have chefs on staff and offer fine dining.

Our recommendations are at the top in lodge amenities, food service and are on some of the best fishing lakes in Canada.

Outpost Plan

Outpost plans also vary widely in cost based on the quality of the accommodation, distance required to get from the base to cabin and quality of fishing. Outpost cabins also vary widely in quality from one room cabins to home-like structures in the wilderness.

Our recommendations in many cases offer excellent accommodations, equipment and fishing at a cost you’d pay for average services elsewhere. Our outpost recommendations are on some of the most spectacular fresh water fishing lakes in the world.

Guides

If your budget allows, we highly recommend hiring a guide…especially if you have never fished the body of water before. In many cases you can hire a guide even for a few days to get you started. Many factors go in to finding fish, most importantly time of year and weather. A good guide knows how both factors affect local fish populations.

Besides helping you find fish, a guide can take you to remote areas you wouldn’t feel comfortable traveling on your own. They are also experts at cooking shore lunch which is a highlight of any Canadian adventure.