Merry Christmas from Manotak Lodge!Fishing in 2015 was incredible, as always. Our conservation efforts started many years ago, including size limits on all species, have greatly increased the size and numbers of fish caught. We continually heard of guests having issues catching walleye for shore lunch UNDER 18″! What a good problem to have. We heard about more walleye than we can remember caught in the 28-31” range. The Pike and Musky fishing was solid and Perch were up from last season. We also saw a fair number of Crappie! Perrault Lake is definitely a world class fishery.To enhance your fishing experience, we will continue on painting projects and replacing boards on decks and cabins where needed in 2016. Cabin 15 has a brand new deck this season and Cabin 1 is painted. About 1/4 of the camp got new mattresses with more planned for 2016! The better you sleep the more fish you can catch! Our largest project was replacing the roof on the lodge – it looks fantastic. New flooring is planned for cabin 16 in 2016. We hope you will enjoy the updates as much as we enjoy making them.For next season, we have plans for seven new motors! Yamaha 50s of course. Steve is also re-doing some decking on a few boats to keep them in the shape you expect for a top of the line camp boat. We will maintain the new depth finders purchased at the start of 2015 and the minnow buckets. We also added leach containers at the end of July to cut down on the Styrofoam containers used.We were able to keep rates the same for lodging but will add a 5% service charge for using a credit card. We are excited to announce a decrease in guide pricing! Hiring a guide is a wonderful experience and will help you catch more fish. Pricing for 2 people is $200 for one day or $175/day for multiple days. Extra people in a follow boat are $50 each per day. You will also enjoy the shore lunch prepared by the guide.We upgraded the technology at the end of June 2015 so each cabin could get Wi-Fi. We attempted to make the web cam more stable, but sadly could not. We did find out, thanks to some very smart friends, the main issue is the length of wire the signal has to travel, causing the camera to lose signal and need re-setting. Over the winter we will be looking at solutions to remedy this!We are excited to say we have verbal commitments from many staff for 2016. Earl and Pasty and Gary and Juliette plan to return. They will see to your every need at the dock and in the dining room and cabins. Mary-Ann is returning to help in the dining room and laundry. We have Willie returning as guide and we also have Bill to guide you. We will begin our search for a cook/chef and also another cabin cleaner/dining room server at the first of the New Year. Our staff is key to making your experience here at Manotak a positive one and we want only the best. We cannot say enough how thankful we are to have each of these folks on our team.We are fortunate to have become part of the Manotak Family and we are blessed to have met so many wonderful, kind, fun people this past season. We will be enjoying some down time at the holidays and before the sport show season but will always be available to take your calls and respond to email.Reservations are filling up fast and a few weeks in spring are nearly sold out. If you have not made your reservation, call us now for preferred dates and cabins! Please send your deposits of $250/person before the end of 2015 to finalize your reservation. Thank you to those of you who have already paid the deposit to secure your cabin.Contact info and sport show dates are posted below – call or email us for free tickets. Confirmations will be going out soon! Call us if you have questions or concerns. You can also keep track of us on Facebook and Twitter!Enjoy the winter season and the holidays!All the best to you and your families!- Steve, Christine, & Jeremiah2016 Sport ShowsJAN 8-10 Let’s Go Fishing Show, Collinsville, ILJAN 14-17All Canada Show; St Charles, IL; Pheasant Run ComplexJAN 21-24 All Canada Show; Green Bay, WI; Oneida CasinoFEB 4-7 All Canada Show; Minneapolis, MN; Canterbury ParkFEB 19-28 Indianapolis Boat Sport and Travel Show; Indianapolis FairgroundsMAR 2 – 6 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sport Show; Wisconsin State Fair GroundsManotak Lodgewww.manotak.commanotak1945@gmail.com800-541-3431Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/manotak1945/Twitter – https://twitter.com/manotak1945
