Chances are, that if you have taken one of the side trips for Arctic Char offered by many of the lodges that have, and at least in one instance, continue to operate on Great Bear Lake, you would have been flown to the Tree, Coppermine or Kugaryuak Rivers.

A great narrative by Jim Case regarding the 2 largest fish both he and his son-in-law Kevin ever caught.

Don Wiggans and Tim Walker made their "trip of a lifetime" to Great Bear's Trophy lodge this July - and what a trip it was!

This year’s trip started off with a bang as I walked up to the Air Canada check-in counter in Toronto in preparation to boarding my flight to Edmonton.

One evening while guiding at Nieland Bay, Gayle Renner and I decided to do some fishing not too far from the lodge.

We hadn’t been fishing all that long, when she hooked a small Laker, maybe 4 pounds or so, and as she was bringing it in, I saw a large shadow pass beside the boat.

The Potentilla, or cinquefoil plant are those shrub like plants with the distinctive yellow flowers that are common throughout the Great Bear Lake area and can, when combined with some sprigs from a Black Spruce tree – another Great Bear staple – produce a very distinctive, and pleasant tasting cup of tea.