My raison pour for writing this article is to provide a brief history of each of the lodges that once, and in some cases continue to operate in various incarnations on the big lake, including information regarding their outpost camps, available side trips/fly outs, and much more.

Let me start things off by welcoming Jan, David, Rohan, Charlotte, Tom, Terry, Hank, Mathew and Al, many of whom have been part of our Week #2 ensemble for years.

I hope that you enjoy this retrospective of what was our 1’st week at Arctic Circle Lodge, that took place from June 28 to July 4, 2024.

While perhaps an unusual way to start things off, I’m going to tell a joke, or rather provide you with a very broad outline of one.

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.

Check out Derrek Stewart and Bill Siemantel's video, as they fish Great Bear Lake during their trip Plummer's Arctic Circle Lodge outpost for some big Pike.

Over the 40 plus years we have been fishing Great Bear Lake, together with a number of friends who have fished with us from time to time, we have literally caught thousands of Lake Trout...