PRO-STAFF GUIDE SERVICE |  | The guides in front of their
boats.. | …then taking over the Bait
and Tackle Shop |
Guide = Great Success: Catching fish, lots of fish, and big ones at that, with a great chance of landing a Manitoba Master Angler Trophy, is the bottom line on any fly-in fishing trip. Aikens Lake has an outstanding reputation for all of the above, and a great deal of the credit is due to the contribution of our Pro-Staff Guides. Selective harvest and high quality management policies of the lake have combined with cumulative Pro-Staff Guide knowledge to produce exceptional results.
Knowledge and Experience: Our Pro-Staff Guides have many years of experience fishing Aikens Lake. Their knowledge and experience enables them to share and demonstrate high percentage sport angling techniques, specifically adapted to the incredible bounties of Aikens Lake. Some of them have grown up on the lake; others have adopted it as a summer home for the past number of years. Their conversational and angling skills will surely keep you informed and entertained every moment of the day.
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Great Chefs: At noon, our guides will prepare the most talked about dining experience in Canada... fresh walleye! With a variety of recipes and years of training, our Pro-Staff guides will make your mouth water as you await this great meal in a truly pristine environment. As good as the fishing is, it is difficult to shift the focus away from the fabulous shorelunches our guides prepare for you. Sit back and enjoy as your guide will whip up a fantastic shorelunch for you. See our shorelunch page for a teaser of our famous shorelunches. Your mouth will water in anticipation! Comfortable Boats: Aikens Lake will feature a new fleet of fishing boats this year!
Click here to find out about our new fishing boats.  |  | | Guides leaving the dock, then out on the lake |
A Typical Day: A typical day begins at 7:30 a.m. (after your breakfast). Our knowledgeable guides will bring you right to the hottest spots. After, and most often before picking up your lunch fish, you will be reeling in lunker walleye, lake trout, and pike. Guides will listen to your every request, from casting to down rigging, and they will bring you to the primary areas where these techniques will be most effective. At noon, they will prepare a scrumptious meal for you, then it’s back on the water for more trophy fishing! Your day ends around 5:00 p.m.. Each guide can take 2 people per day. By special request, we also have an 18-footer that can accommodate a group of three. Evening Fishing: You will fish with your guide from 7:30 a.m. till 5:00 p.m.. You are assigned a boat if you would like to go fishing after supper. Because of the long days (sunlight till 10:45 in June!), there is still 3 to 4 hours of great fishing left! Our guides work 10 hours a day, 7 days a week. Therefore, your guide does not take you out after supper. However, if you would like them to bring you out, they can usually be persuaded to bring you to some more hotspots. All arrangements for evening fishing with a guide should be made directly with him. Our Guides: Throughout the years, our guides have really enjoyed their jobs. However, how could you ever consider fishing a job? That is why many of our past guides still come up to the lodge to guide for a weekend if we ask them to. Do you recognize your guide below? Our Guides:  | | Pit |
 |  | | Pat | Dave |
 |  | | Turbo (Pascal) | Colin |
 |  | | Diesel (Pascal) | Denis |
 | | Gerry |
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