I first met Dr. Heltne when my father was having aortic valve troubles some number of years ago. Carl does wonderful work, my dad is alive and kicking today. Carl was joined by friends, Peter, Howard, Paul, Dan, and another Dan! We traveled on the Chairman II with a Sand Bay Island destination. The wind […]

I started fishing with Al Kern many years ago with another old friend and client Al Didier. This year Al took out our Lady of the Lake 1 for  a three day fishing trip. We left port about three in the afternoon and for the Kempton Channel area. We moored the Lady of the Lake […]

Gus Armstrong came back to fish after his family houseboat trip with Jeff Abernathy; President of Alma College located in Alma Michigan. Wednesday August 8th was a gorgeous day, maybe could have used a little wind. We located school of walleyes off the northwest corner of Blueberry Island. We started with 1 1/2 oz. Bottom […]

Paul, David and Hunter, Jeff and Karen Schluter, John, Pam, and Johnathan Smiley arrived Saturday afternoon for a three-day excursion on the Chairman II.  The Schluter’s are proud owners of St. Croix Fishing Rod Company located in Park Falls Wisconsin. A weather system moved through on Friday evening bringing some rain and brisk west winds.  We […]

22 years ago I was fortunate to meet Gus Armstrong on the Chairman II.  Gus first came with Ron Davis, Jeff White and Al and Ron Lindner. Gus’s company owned a company called Computrol. They made Bottom Line Electronics and Cannon Down Riggers. After the trip with the Lindner brothers Gus brought his whole family […]

I had the pleasure of guiding Darv and Marcia Habben and their tow grandsons Payton and Payne. We met at the Thunderbird Lodge for breakfast and headed up the lake about 8:30 AM for some walleye fishing and a traditional Rainy Lake shorelunch. I opted to try an island instead of a reef.  We looked […]

Larry Keep and Steve VanHeel hosted customers from around the State of Minnesota. Jon Balaski left the dock with John and Ryan. I piloted the Chairman II up Rainy Lake to a mooring spot on the west side of Brule Narrows. Jon met us as we touched shore, tied the sidelines of the houseboat to […]

Wes from Cabela’s brought outdoor journalist Mike Pehanich founder and publisher of Smallwatersfishing.com, Steve Quinn Editor Infisherman Magazine, and Gary Lewis Author, Speaker, TV Host from Bend Oregon. We had breakfast underway on our way to the Brule Cove mooring site.  We loaded up our Lund Pro V’s and headed out to explore Rainy Lake. […]

I left the dock at 7:00 AM bound for the mouth of Kettle River to meet the Cardelli family for a day of fishing.  Roxanne, Gio, and Marliss went in my boat. Nick preferred to fish in the area, fewer boats than further west. We had a nice south wind about ten mph. We stopped […]

Pete Ankeny and his friends joined us on Rainy Lake Houseboats Chairman II for three days of fly-fishing for smallmouth bass July 13-15.  Guides Jon Balski, Kevin Erickson, and Bill Dougherty had the task of locating smallmouth that would be willing to take poppers off of the surface. We decided to meet for lunch and […]