| Wendell McCargar returns from his winning trip to Poirier Fish and Game Territory |
| Jim & Dan, The trip was awesome!!! Claire and Francois ( Frank ) Poirier of Poirier Fish and Game Territory were great. You are in the bush when you go up there for sure. The country is absolutely beautiful. The walleye fishing was really good. I caught a dozen or better " blue walleyes ". I've heard of them but never saw one before. They are a beautiful fish, looks and taste!!! We had technical problems with one of our cameras and you might know that's the one that we took the most pictures of fish with and it had crapped the bed little did we know. |
| I did take a picture of a couple of the blue walleyes with mine. This picture (above) shows me holding 2 blues and there are 3 other walleyes on the cooler lid. We caught them in 20 min. just out in front of our cabin that morning for breakfast. Lake Delahey is a beautiful lake that is a little over 8 miles long. The loons are as common as mallards here. At no time can you be on that lake without a pair or more loons in sight or hearing distance of you. The lake has a lot of structure to fish. You can be in 60 feet of water then drift 30-40 yards and be in 12 feet. |
| The deepest that I saw on my portable (which is a must) depth finder was 106 ft. A very good friend of mine went with me named Steve Vigliotti. We got there on Saturday at about 2:30 P.M. After we got settled in to our cabin we were on the water. Frank's wife gave us a map of the lake with some helpful hints on where to go. That night we did not catch a walleye. By the way the only fish in this lake are northern pike, walleye, perch, and chubs. They claim that some of the perch reach 12-14 inches. I caught on close to 11 for our biggest one. Sunday we did a lot more exploring and found a honey hole about 400 yards from our cabin that all of the other boaters were going past to get to their favorite spots. |
| We found this spot by mistake on our way back to the cabin for lunch. It was a little bay that had that "look" about it. And indeed it did. We caught 26 or 27 walleyes there in about 45 min. We kept afternoon we went out and found a couple other places that were very productive too. The next day it was a bit windy so we stayed near our end of the lake. By 10:30 A.M. everyone was off the lake. It was a real bad blow that lasted into the night. Monday was a little slow in the morning but by afternoon the bite was starting to increase. Tuesday we were in the hunt again starting out catching walleyes in pretty good numbers. |
| The weather was perfect so we started to see the lake in the upper end. By the end of the day we had 30 -40 walleyes under our belt but really nothing to brag about. All were between 10 to 17 inches. We kept enough for another feed. Mind you the walleyes we caught were nice " eaters ", there are some real nice walleyes in this lake. In July a young lady caught a 17+ lb. northern in the morning and turned around and caught a 10+ lb. walleye that evening!! The fish are there for sure. Wednesday we went up to the upper part of Delahey and took a channel into a lake that they call Putnam Lake. This is a beautiful lake also. Not as deep in the areas that we fished but a lot of walleyes. |
| We saw a pair of moose calves chasing each other on the shore line. We did not see Mom but she couldn't have been too far. We came back in that night with our limit of keepers for another nice feed. Our cabin had the western exposure and I must say that it's pretty hard to beat fresh walleye fillets, Vidalia onion rings and a cold beer watching a beautiful sunset over that terrain. The loons were calling......it don't get any better then that!!! Thursday we caught 6 decent ones with one being around 19 inches then the winds picked up again. By noon all of the boats were back at the docks again. The white caps were pretty impressive to look at but not to mess with. |
| The weather report was not favorable at all. This wind was to increase and carry in to the next day which was the last day of the trip. We decided to head back home reluctantly. It was actually easier heading home like this I think the having one last great day on the water then driving back. I hate to leave the water any ways not to mention facing a 7 hour drive. Poirier Fish and Game have some real nice animals to hunt too along with their fishing. By the way lake and brook trout fishing is available to which was the last day of the trip. We decided to head back home reluctantly. It was actually easier heading home like this I think the having one last great day on the water then driving back. I hate to leave the water any ways not to mention facing a 7 hour drive. Poirier Fish and Game have some real nice animals to hunt too along with their fishing. By the way lake and brook trout fishing is available to you too in some of their satellite lakes. In the spring they have a real good bear hunting if their photo albums are any indication. They have bears that go well over 400 lbs. In the fall they have moose and white tail deer hunts. The bucks up there are real slobs to say the least. The moose are well numbered from what I was told and the bulls are very respectable. The facilities offered there are comfortable and very clean. To visit them on the web go to www.poirieroutfitters.com. Very nice people who are very knowledgeable of the game that you are after. If anyone would like more information about Poirier Fish and Game territory contact JimHanlon@nyoc.us and get my phone number and I will be more then happy to tell you anything that you want to know if I can. This was a wonderful trip and I'm so thankful for New York Outdoorsman Central for this trip. I am pumping their name up to everyone I work with to try and get the membership numbers up so all of us can enjoy more of these type trips. Thank You once again Wendell McCargar |
