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Since 1941, Rusty Myers Fly-in Outposts has been flying northwest Ontario. The team at Rusty Myers makes planning your trip very easy. Our All- Inclusive package includes your flight and stocking your cabin with everything you need Our outposts are on the finest walleye and northern pike lakes in Ontario. Whether it’s the trophy walleye and northern pike waiting for you in one of our ten remote lakes. Or for less drive time and more time on the lake, you can board your float plane in Ft Frances, Ontario. You can also just relax in one of our spacious outposts cabins that can sleep 8 to 24 with the shelves and refrigerators stocked with quality food by our friendly staff. We are confident we’ll exceed your expectations . Our all-inclusive packages include stocking your cabin with all of the food for your trip (except the walleyes) and we will purchase your beverages to prevent overloads on your trip. We will take your beverage order in from our base in Savant and will have your favorite drinks at the camp when you arrive. From steaks/pork chops/hamburger/hot dogs/bacon/eggs/milk and everything in-between, we'll take care of all your beverage and food needs. We have nine outposts with cabins that can sleep up to 8 and one outpost (Brennan Lake) that can sleep up to 24. All of our cabins are very comfortable with plenty of room to kick back and relax after a fantastic day of fishing and a great walleye dinner. All of our outposts have comfortable couches, love seats and chairs and huge screened-in porches. https://www.rustymyers.com/nine-remote-fly-in-outposts     You may also choose our Green Island Lodge! This is a fly-in American Plan lodge located on beautiful Upper Manitou Lake in Ontario Canada. We will fly you 65 air miles from Ft. Frances, Ontario / International Falls, MN. On the shore of a picturesque bay of our 32,000 acres of crystalline fishing waters. Our legendary guides love to put you on trophy muskie, northern pike, walleye, lake trout and smallmouth bass.  Once you land at the lodge our staff at Green Island is there to unload you and get you set up in your cabin and with our guides. This plan and lodge conveniently will prepare your meals; Breakfast at 7:00 a.m. - on the menu: pancakes, french toast, eggs, bacon, sausage, hot or cold cereal, juices, tea and a bottomless cup of coffee. You'll be set for a day on the lake. At 8:00 a.m. your guide is at the dock with your boat all set for a great day of fishing and an unforgettable shore lunch. Around 5:00 p.m. you will head back to the lodge to kick back relax and enjoy your favorite beverage with family and friends and let the REAL fish stories begin. Before dinner there is plenty of time to enjoy the early evening.  The lounge is open with tables for cards. Dinner is at 6:30. including our famous homemade bread and pastries. Our dinners include, steak, ribs, turkey, roast beef, chicken and ... We are confident we’ll exceed your expectations – once you visit us, you'll realize you’ve come to the right place, let's plan your trip together! Check us out for more inforamtion and reviews!  866-707-7637 https://www.rustymyers.com/       

FishHound Expeditions is a guide owned, guide operated company offering Alaska fly fishing trips on some of Alaska’s best rivers. Our guides have fished and guided all over the world, but Alaska is where we will always come back to!  We have taken our years of experience and knowledge to find the best fishing Alaska has to offer for our clients through countless fishing trips and have gained permits for our most favorite and remote rivers. No matter the length of your trip, from one day to ten, our experienced, knowledgeable, and passionate guides will "guide" you to your Alaska fishing trip of a lifetime.   This means excellent spot on information for you - our guest, on when & where to fish. We live & fish in Alaska year round, not just the summer like so many others.  This gives us a full picture and intimate knowledge on Alaska’s ever changing river conditions & fish run timings.  We specialize in fly fishing but encourage all forms of angling as long as it is done with a smile or occasional cuss word.  Our passion is in trout, but our addiction is salmon.  Fortunately for us these work in balance and benefit our guests no matter when life deals you your Alaska fishing vacation or its length.    Our summer single day float & wade trips take place up in the town of Willow, AK, a beautiful and scenic hour and fifteen-minute drive north of Anchorage. We are the closest consistent fishing location to Anchorage! We have taken our knowledge & experience that comes with multi-day Alaska fishing trips and focused that talent into our 1/2 day & full day Alaskan fishing adventures!  Check out our single and multi-day heli fishing trips! From rainbows to salmon, we can show you how to handle some of Alaska's best water in a day! Our trips can begin as early as mid to late May and run through September 30th & just like anything in Alaska are at mother nature's whim.  Based on which rivers are fishing the best, FishHound will supply our customers with the fishing gear they need (license's & parking fees excluded) from quality waders & boots to rods, reels, line & even flies at no additional charge!   We realize that most folks who are doing this style of trips may be new to it & would have no idea what to bring, so we take the guess work out of it- right down to having back-up ponchos and rain gear for our guests. On our full day trips lunch is included in the price and typically consists of reindeer brats, burgers, or a vegetarian option is also available. Call our office to hear more personalized stories and descriptions of our trips! 907-382-1802. We support and thank our members of the civil services.  To the men and women in active & retired military service, Police, Firemen, and EMS we are glad to extend a discount to you for your trip with us. So, when you are ready for the BEST Alaska fishing (year-round) check us out and book online or give us a call! https://www.fishhoundexpeditions.com/fishingguides

Lake Despair Lodge in Ontario, offers a five-day hunting package and excellent fishing! Included in our five full days of hunting, is deluxe accommodations, breakfast and dinner meals and a box lunch. An experienced guide for every two hunters will set you up in one of our best trees stands or heated ground blinds. We have excellent fishing for walleye, northern pike, smallmouth bass, perch and lake trout. There is nothing like fresh Walleye for lunch! For those who like the fight of huge Northerns such as these (40 inches is common), Lake Despair is the place to be. Lake Despair lodge has eight, fully equipped cabins. Click 'here' to view each cabin. Each cabin includes coffee makers, toaster, microwave oven, all pots and pans and dishes. They also include all linens and towels. Our three deluxe cabins are fully winterized including dishwashers, and are open all year. Every second day your cabin will be vacuumed, garbage taken out, and used towels will be replaced with clean ones. All sites have water and electrical hook-ups. For your convenience we have a dump station as well as some full hook-ups. We also provide washrooms, showers, laundry facilities, fish house, and ice and freezer service, as well as seasonal storage and winterizing services available. The campground is large and spacious. There is a large pavilion with a stone fireplace and an area with swings, slide, etc. for the children. Don’t miss our opening for Walleye fishing which will start next May 16th, 2026 and anyone booking a stay between May 15th – 30th, 2026 will receive 2024 pricing!! So, check us out online today and book your next outdoor adventure at Lake Despair Lodge in Ontario Canada:  https://www.lakedespairlodge.com/    

The Lonesome Dove Outfitters, in Cordova, AK is where you will find honest and sincere people providing you with a memorable Alaskan hunt. We are not based out of a lodge or from a boat, but instead, we operate out of comfortable tent camps which we move frequently to keep you in the best hunting areas for the given time and game movements. We do not over-hunt our areas and only book a limited number of clients per year. There are currently more Hunting Guides licensed in Alaska than ever before, so you have a lot to choose from. When you choose Lonesome Dove, you are making a wise choice! You are investing a great deal of time and money to come to Alaska and hunt, and there is a huge variety in the service you will get. However, your will experience and investment will be very gratifying! Our FAQs page can help guide you when making your decision and we will be glad to answer any questions you may have. We are a small, family-run business and not a large hunting corporation who farms their Alaskan hunts out to whoever will give them the best commission. https://idohuntak.com/faq/ Our success rates are high and our clients go away satisfied. We operate primarily on a Special Use Permit from the Chugach National Forest, which gives us access to approximately 2.5 million acres of Alaskan Wilderness. We know this country well and can provide you with a very personalized hunt, so check us out before you book your Alaskan Adventure. Owner and Guide Dennis Zadra, takes pride in the services he we offers, and will make sure Lonesome Dove does everything possible to make sure your Alaskan Adventure will be remembered for years to come!”. For your next Brown Bear Hunt and or Mountain Goat Hunt, Lonesome Dove Outfitters will more exceed your adventure and expectations! Check us out online:  https://idohuntak.com/

Butte Creek in Cody, WY is the base of for rifle elk hunting, as we are consistently 85% or better on shots and kills. With two camps nestled in Wyoming’s pristine wilderness along with a hunting lodge in the valley of Yellowstone’s east entrance, we are able to offer a wide variety of different hunting to a wide variety of different people. Whether you’re looking for a spring black bear, bugling elk, or deer migration hunt, we have a season and location for you! Offering wilderness: black bear, bull elk, cow elk, mule deer, bighorn sheep and wolf hunts as well as lowland (lodge): cow elk, mule deer and antelope. We are a full-service outfit!  We take care of the whole application and licensing process for you, leaving you with more time to actually be preparing for your hunt! We offer opportunities to harvest multiple animals on your trip as well, for example adding a mule deer to your elk hunt.  We travel in comfort! Every trip will include great cooking, tents, cots and foam mattresses, no one sleeps on the ground! North-west Wyoming offers amazing fishing, horseback riding, photography and wildlife viewing options. Let us create the perfect trip for you! The success of your hunt is largely dependent on you!! Start exercising CONSISTENTLY at least six months prior to your hunt; the better shape you’re in, the harder we can hunt. Be comfortable shooting out to 400 yards with a good rest! This is BIG country and the more tools you give our guides to work with, the better your chances of success.  If you have the opportunity, do some horseback riding before your trip, you’ll be on them every single day once you arrive We offer custom-built summer pack trips to suit your group’s specific needs. Whether you’re wanting a low-key three-day trip to bring the kids on or an epic ten-day, progressive adventure, we can build a trip for you! Being permitted on two separate forests (Shoshone and Bridger-Teton) gives us tons of country to explore. When you're ready for a hunting experience like no other visit us online - you will be glad you did! https://www.buttecreekoutfitters.net/    

Woods-N-Water specializes in providing today's sportsmen high-quality and affordable hunting and fishing adventures including special corporate, group, and parent/child hunting packages. We currently offer a full line of hunting & fishing trips in middle Georgia - including trophy whitetail deer hunts, eastern wild turkey hunts, wild hog hunts, and trophy bass fishing. We now have approximately 5,500 acres of hunting properties covering 4 counties of middle Georgia (Johnson, Washington, Laurens and Wilkinson).  We use our Plotmaster Plot Planting Machines to plant year-round food plots throughout our properties.  Last year, we planted over 150 acres of wildlife food plots and we provided over 150,000 pounds of supplemental feed (corn, protein pellets and peanut butter) to enhance both the quality and quantity of wild game on our properties.   Blaine Burley, the owner of Woods-N-Water, Inc., is an experienced land manager, wildlife management/hunting property consultant and big game hunter with over 35 years of experience. He has also harvested numerous trophy whitetail deer and other big game animals throughout North America. During his many years in the field, he has gained valuable knowledge and experience in managing hunting/fishing properties and locating/harvesting big game animals. Woods-N-Water Lodge has cabin sleeps 12 (3 rooms of 4) hunters. However, we only book it for 10 if there are multiple groups in the cabin. Each bedroom has 2 bunk beds that are either twin over double or twin over twin. The Lodge has 2 full baths, a living room with satellite TV, dining room, full kitchen and a laundry/locker area. It does not have a landline phone but does have Wi-Fi. We have limited cell reception on the property but we do have a cell booster in the cabin. You are welcome to cook your meals at the cabin, it has a fully equipped kitchen and there is a charcoal and gas grill outside for you to use too. From the cabin to Wrightsville is only about 5 miles. Depending on the day of the week there are 5-6 restaurants to choose from. There is also a Piggly Wiggly, Dollar General, Family Dollar and 2 hardware stores if you need supplies. As part of your hunt, you are welcome to fish in the pond at the cabin at no additional charge. There are trophy bass (catch and release only) as well as bream and catfish. So, as you can see at Woods N Water there is plenty of adventures and things to do. Make your reservations today and join us this fall and winter for some of the best hunting and fishing in the southeast! https://www.woodsnwaterinc.com/lodgings. 478-864-9108  

O'Sullivan Lake Lodge, located in Canada in the Outaouais region, north of the La Vérendrye provincial park, is the perfect spot for your next nature vacation. Discover 95 square miles of exclusive territory with its numerous lakes, forests and rivers brimming with fish and wildlife. Wide open spaces and secluded corners of paradise, not far from a vibrant urban centre: the Outaouais has it all! Over the years, O’Sullivan Lake Lodge outfitting has made a name for itself for its record catches of trout, walleye and northern pike. Hunting enthusiasts will marvel at the number of moose, bear and small game that thrive in our territory. Our Expert Guides will skin and freeze and all our lodges are fully equipped with kitchens and sleep 4-6.   Families are more than welcome; all family members will enjoy a host of great outdoor activities. Our enchanting site, extending into a magnificent sandy point, awaits young and old. Any way you look at it, O'Sullivan Lake Lodge is a winning destination for vacationing in the great outdoors and experiencing nature at its best! Check out our video for more information and testimonials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf8Fyc0Ydq8 Call 866-534-FISH for your next Canadian outdoor adventure!        

Guests at Athabasca Fishing Lodges enjoy a caliber of fishing that is second to none. The expectations of the most discriminating angler are met every day with challenges and experiences that you’ll remember for years to come. With the expertise of the locals, Athabasca Fishing Lodges provides guides with over one-thousand years of passed-down knowledge. Their mastery in hunting, trapping, and fishing on the lake and surrounding areas ensures that every guest has the most memorable experience. We fish for the best - in Northern Pike, where over 20 lbs. are common. The lodge record and provincial record is 55 inches. Our guests report catching more pike than in past years, with many 50 inches and higher.  Lake Trout always provide a challenge. But, with our expertise it’s not a problem! In these cold waters, they grow to enormous sizes, with 30 pounders and even 50 pounders! A new provincial record measuring 51 inches in length and with a 36-inch girth was calculated to be 82-83 pounds. Arctic Grayling, the “sailfish of the north” offer a lively diversion from the “tackle busting” tactics of the Pike and Lake Trout. Try catching Grayling on ultra-light spinning gear or a fly rod. Lodge record is a 22-inch Grayling. Walleye are favorites with most guests, and are abundant in the river outlets and right in front of the lodge. Walleye average about 2-5 pounds, and our guests report catching walleye weighing up to 7.5 pounds. Athabasca Fishing Lodge is the premier full-service lodge in Otherside Bay at the mouth of the Otherside River that empties into vast Lake Athabasca. The lodge is on the south side of the Lake, about a 20-minute ride in our float plane from Stony Rapids° See maps on Getting There page https://athabascafishing.com/the-lodge/how-to-get-here/ . Nestled in a remote wilderness bay, Athabasca Fishing Lodge has all the amenities of a full 4-star facility. We have recently added new cabins with screened decks, and electric heat and air conditioning. All cabins have hot water, showers and bathroom facilities. Your private suite-style cabin has full electrical service 24 hours a day. Daily maid service is provided to every cabin. For the best, most comprehensive and complete fishing guide and lodge in Canada check us out online and make your reservations for this year today! https://athabascafishing.com/booking/ 877-922-0957  

EPO Lodge, aka Extreme Pheasant Outfitters, is in South Dakota, and is a true sportsman's paradise! South Dakota pheasant hunting the way it is supposed to be - a few friends along with man's best friend and thousands of acres of accessible land to hunt! From the prairie pothole farm rich soil in the Huron/Iroquois region to the beautiful rolling hill landscape of the Wessington hills near Wessington Springs SD, we have the birds! An unforgettable experience, excellent wing-shooting, comfortable relaxing evenings, and a great night sleep. Your comfort is our priority. All our guest rooms have their own private bathrooms, high end mattresses, and comfortable bedding.  Overall, we have 9 guest bedrooms and bathrooms, along with lounging areas, recreation areas, and comfortable dining accommodations. We will be able to comfortably sleep 22 guests and more upon request. Perfect for your next pheasant hunt, family reunion, or middle of nowhere getaway! We also have an unattached game room sits only a couple steps away from the lodge. The game room features a cigar smoking area, pool table, foosball table, ping pong, satellite TV, and poker tables. EPO Lodge offers different hunting packages for exclusive use of the lodge with 16+ hunters. Your group will have the exclusive use of the EPO Lodge when paying for up to 20 hunters. Guides will be provided. View the package details below and please contact us for questions about package options or custom packages – Click here: https://www.epolodge.com/hunting-options One of the most asked questions we get before a hunt is, "What do I need to bring?". This question can vary depending on the type of hunt you book and your personal preferences, however, there are some main necessities that we suggest you bring along for any hunt you book with us at EPO Lodge. For the best hunting experience, we require you bring along the following: https://www.epolodge.com/hunting-info  Come pheasant hunt and lodge with us in South Dakota – You will not be sorry! 605-881-4459 - https://www.epolodge.com/  

At Spirit of the Wilderness choosing your Boundary Waters/Quetico Canoe Trip, Canoe Rental, Guided Trips, Live Bait, Tackle & Gear is easy! Your personal preferences, comfort and safety are all factors that you will ultimately judge the quality of your wilderness adventure into the Boundary Waters or Quetico – why leave any of this to chance? The most important decision you will make before your trip is your choice of a Boundary Waters or Quetico outfitter. No one will give you the personal attention you need like Spirit of the Wilderness Outfitter and Bait Shop, the canoe capital of the upper Midwest. We are your one-stop-shop for your next BWCA or Quetico wilderness adventure. Not only can we supply camping, fishing gear, we also provide various outfitting packages, which include deluxe food packages, 5-day packages, 7-day packages and camping equipment-only packages. Our complete outfitting package has everything you need! For Camping and fishing supplies – We sell outdoor clothing, footwear, fishing tackle, live bait and all the camping gear that you need. Need a Boundary Waters and Quetico Permits – Permits need to be reserved in advance of your entry date. We service over 30 entry points. Let us help you navigate the process of obtaining a permit. We also, provide routing and maps to ensure that you enjoy the best of what Boundary Waters and Quetico have to offer. For Canoe rentals – We provide two types of canoe rentals – kevlar; light weight and easy to portage, and aluminum; for the budget minded travelers. Check out our reasonable rates online: https://elycanoetrips.com/outfitting-rates/#food-package.  Need Transportation – Our services include transportation to entry points and Minnesota airports; Minneapolis/St Paul, Duluth, Hibbing, Grand Rapids MN, towboat services on the Moose Lake chain to Prairie Portage and beyond to all points on Basswood Lake, Burntside Lake to Crab Lake portage, and Snowbank Lake to Boot Lake portage. Choosing Your Boundary Waters/Quetico Canoe Trip.  At Spirit of the Wilderness Outfitters and Outdoor Store you will find the special attention you need in order to plan and prepare for your trip. Our knowledgeable and experienced staff will provide you with the information and advice that you need to have a safe and memorable trip. Book a trip with us and we promise it will be a unforgettable experience! 218-365-3149 https://elycanoetrips.com/