Trip Journals

2 August 2022

And the Gangs All Here! - Arctic Circle Lodge - July 9 through 16, 2022

Kenny and I were not the only ones who had fun getting to Bear, some of our fellow “Circlites” had their own harrowing tales to tell, particularly Barry Gold, who endured 33 hrs. of travelling and waiting, with only 3 to 4 hrs of sleep mixed in while enroute to YK. But before going any further let me introduce you to “our gang”:

27 July 2022

We're Back! Plummer's Great Bear Lodge - July 2 through 9, 2022

by Harold

Having missed 2 consecutive years, the first by Government fiat with the second being self-imposed, despite numerous challenges which I will outline in due course, we finally made it – barely…

15 September 2019

Coming "Full" Circle

by Harold

It’s been many years since I’ve fished the McTavish Arm, so this trip to Arctic Circle Lodge was going to be something of a homecoming for both me, and fishing partner Kenny Gold.

9 September 2019

Great Bear Lake Lodge - June 29/July 6, 2019

by Harold

Just Once! That’s right, just once I would like to check in at the airport without some sort hassle!

18 December 2018

The “Lost Trophy Lodge” Papers - July 2005

by Harold

Given how everything ultimately played out, you could easily say that these were the “lost” papers about a partially “lost” week – but more on this later.

26 August 2018

Plummer’s Great Bear Lake Lodge & Tree River – June 28 to July 8, 2018

by Harold

Having given Char fishing a miss last year, I decided that a return visit to the Tree River was in order, and together with GBL angling buddy Kenny Gold, we booked into the main lodge, with our sights set on being the first to fish the Tree since August of last year.

24 January 2018

Great Bear Lodge – A Guests Diary by Phil Allen

by Harold

Nicely written trip journal by Great Bear Lodge guest Phil Allen*, describing his Great Bear Lake adventure that we believe took place in the late '60's or early '70's.

20 August 2017

Donny "Trout Scout" Wiggans Trophy Lodge Adventure

by Harold

Donny just after landing at Trophy Lodge

Another great story and pictures from Donny "Trout Scout" Wiggans about his recent trip to Plummer's Trophy Lodge.

30 July 2017

"Drones Eye View" of the Katseyedie River, Trophy Lodge & Naiju River

by Harold

Please enjoy this short video taken during our trip to Great Bear Lake in July 2017.

27 July 2017

Great Bear Trophy Lodge - July 8 - 15, 2017

by Harold

Has Anyone Seen My Avocados?

20 March 2017

Great Bear Lake Expedition Log – February 2005

by Harold

While we have published a number expedition logs, or trip journals as we call them over the years, it’s not often that we come across one detailing a trip on the lake during the winter months. Although we don’t have much in the way of detail regarding just who these hardy adventurers are, one thing we do know is that they hail from Great Britain, and are experienced Arctic travellers, having done something similar on Great Slave Lake a couple of years prior to this adventure. In fact, one or more of this group may have also travelled to Antarctica. Over the course of 11 days, they walked and skied approximately 102.4 nautical miles – or approximately 118 statute miles (a nautical mile is equivalent to 1.1508 statute miles) – across the frozen surface of the lake from Cape MacDonnell, down the Keith Arm to Deline.