We are heading towards spring, putting the final pieces of the puzzle together for another season.  We are still in the grips of winter up here but the warm weather is not too far away in the forecast, hopefully the snow will start to go down instead of getting higher.  We would like to give everyone some information in regards to border crossing info, confirmation letters, supplies at camp as well as some open dates we have available for this season. Rena has had her hands full over the past couple of seasons in regards to bookings, rebookings, deposits, and all around fun with sche ..read more

We have been hit with a harder winter this year.  We need the moisture but things are getting buried this year in the snow.  Every week we seem to get another snow storm.  We are at the point now where the Caterpillars and Loaders are pushing the snow way back and piling it very high in the hopes that the wind will stop blocking the roads for awhile.  We still have plenty of winter yet to go and we haven’t hit the snowy part yet… Here are a few pics from our roads where we live a couple of hours north of Winnipeg. As the snow becomes deeper, things get rough out on the l ..read more

Happy New Year.  We wish everyone a better year ahead than the one we are leaving behind.  We are grateful for many things and are looking towards the future with Optimism, Confidence and Hope.  2021 was better than 2020, so we are hopeful that 2022 will be a better year than 2021.   We had a great Christmas! Everyone was home and it was lots of fun.  Jack is 3 now and the Christmas Spirit is wild in him now.  George is 1 now and is just getting going.  He was happy to finally tear open the presents he hasn’t been allowed to touch.   Santa was goo ..read more

Winter has set in and we are back on Lake Manitoba commercial fishing.  Many of the lakes in the north have not frozen over yet but this lake is quite shallow and freezes sooner than lakes which are deep and have current.   We have 9 or 10 inches of ice already.  There is not much snow on the ice and the ice has been going down pretty fast even though we have not been very cold.  It definitely makes your winter go by faster when winter is late in showing up. Before you know it the days will be getting longer and we will be getting ready for another season in Red Lake ..read more

It has been great so far.  Our guests have been so happy to see us and even happier to be back in the bush.   Once the border opened, so did the heavens.  We have had a ton of rain since the beginning of August.  More than 12 inches up north with less towards Findlay and Loree and down south.  The Cobham, Vee, Cherrington and Blackbirch have come up 3 feet!  It has made moving people interesting at times and a few fishermen got some extra nights in the bush because of it, but we got everyone moved safely when Mother Nature decided to let us finish the job. Th ..read more

We are very excited to be ready to welcome our guests once again! The camps are all ready to go, the forest fires have calmed down considerably, the fish are patiently waiting in 12 to 15 feet of water, the Otter is sitting at the dock and we all have smiles on our faces.  Anxiously waiting for the gates to open.  We have some Canadian fishermen in the bush who will be coming out when our first American guests go in.   Our booking sheet has changed a million times in the last while as you can imagine.  We do have openings that we would like to fill with anyone who stil ..read more

We are ready for anything.  Including the Reopening of the Border!  Half of our camps are all ready to go and the others are being cleaned up as I move around saving cabins from the fire.  We do have bad news though.  Blackbirch cabin is gone due to the fire.  I will give more details in my story.  We have been dealing with fires for almost a month and I have not been home very much.  I have been up north almost every night since the end of June, preparing camps for the fire as it gets closer.  The fire we are dealing with is very big and started at the ..read more

Amik Outposts now has their own account on Instagram! Rena and Taina are going to maintain our new account and keep up on the content from a different point of view.  Please tag us in any of your new or old photos taken while fishing with us in the past.  Pass the word around to your group as well as your families.  We would appreciate it.  Here is the link.  @AmikOutposts This is a sight that will make everyone jealous…. or angry.  We are back in the bush!  We have the airplanes in the water and have been in the bush a few times.  Water levels are slig ..read more

Being an eternal optimist, I am always holding out hope and hoping that the border will open again soon.  We have gone through every emotion imaginable during the past year numerous times.  Mostly anger and disbelief that we have shuttered the world’s economy for something that has a higher than 99.9% survival rate.   We have started to get ready for the upcoming season even though we do not know what the future holds.  The airplanes are our biggest expense and they are not like having a car that when you need it that you can just turn the key and go.  Maintenance ..read more

It was a long shift. I am back from the North for the first time since last fall.  Like many outfitters we have had to take on another job to ensure survival as the Border Closure continues to plague our Industry.  I was fortunate to find a job that I enjoyed, kept busy at and was right where I belong, in the bush.     We had some warm weather at times this winter but it was -38 C when I left on Saturday. Pretty normal amount of snow, almost up to your waist in the bush. Dustee and I saw a Lynx and got to watch it for 15 minutes. It was not concerned with us at all an ..read more