Manotak Lodge Pre-season Newsletter – March 14, 2023 Thank you to everyone who came out to the sports shows! We love talking to our guests and meeting new ones! We are getting excited for the 2023 fishing season and cannot wait to see all the trophies caught [...]

      It was so good to be back doing what we love! We were happy to see everyone again after two years of being shut down. The fishing was incredible and we were blessed with a wonderful staff to look after your needs. Thank you to everyone who [...]

    Big fish is what we are seeing at Manotak Lodge! I know we said we would do weekly fish reports but we have been too busy cleaning fish! Here is the breakdown by species: Walleye – Many 30” have been caught so far this season. Tons of walleye [...]

    We are beyond excited to welcome past guests and new guests to Manotak Lodge for our 8th season! A huge thank you for all of our guests who have stuck with us through the past two years. We appreciate all of the thoughts and prayers and words of [...]

      (Jeremy Smith, August 13, 2021)We are very excited the Canada border finally opened for tourists to come fishing! We ran for 5 weeks and it was a whirlwind! Those who visited enjoyed some of the best fishing we have ever seen in the fall on Perrault Lake. [...]

      (Remembering our friend, Eugene, who is catching walleye in heaven.) July 21, 2021 We are covering many things in this update! It is long! We will also post this to our home page as a PDF if you need to print it.  Please call us or email [...]

      July 17, 2021Will the border open in August? WE DO NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN. We are aware and have read the news regarding Trudeau’s statement on possibly opening the border by mid-August. Does this mean Aug 15th? Aug 21st? We have been doing this song and dance [...]

          June 18, 2021 The border is closed until July 21, 2021. We cannot put into words what we are truly feeling. The longer this drags on, the more in jeopardy our entire 2021 season becomes. I will be in touch with guests with reservations thru [...]

    To our valued Manotak Lodge guests:We are heartbroken to state that the border has been closed to non-essential travel until June 21, 2021. Ontario is under a “stay-at-home” order until June 2nd. This impacts our guests with reservations for May 15 to at least July 10. We will [...]

  To our valued Manotak Lodge guests: We never imagined the US/Canada border would be closed for a year and further impacting our business and your fishing vacations. While the status of the US/Canada border remains uncertain, we are positive that Manotak will return better than ever when we are [...]