Fantastic Fishing at Dogskin
The lakes at our lodge and outposts contain a great combination of walleye and northern pike. In addition, the angler may catch other species of fish such as jumbo perch, burbot, whitefish or sucker. Each year our guests catch and release a large number of Master Angler walleye and pike. In Manitoba, a Master Angler walleye is 28" (10 pound class) and a Master Angler pike is 41" (20 pound class). Other Provinces use much smaller sizes for their Master Angler programs.
Fishing at Dogskin Lake first started to take off in the late 1950's. Due to the exceptional walleye and northern pike fishing, local demand for the lake grew and the original lodge was soon constructed. Over the years it became known as fantastic fishing destination to people throughout North America. In 1985, the region around Dogskin Lake was designated as Manitoba's first wilderness park. The highly protected 1500 square miles ensures that this area of Canada will forever remain pristine.
Over 10 years ago we bought Dogskin Lake Lodge and Outposts because we were looking for an area that had spectacular walleye and northern fishing. We decided to immediately implement a High Quality Fish Management program to preserve and protect this valuable resource. Guests that have been coming up for over 10 years have made comments about the increase in size of the larger fish. Since it takes a long time to grow the Master Angler sized fish, we're glad that we were one of the first lodges to implement a strategy like this.
High Quality Fish Management
Over 10 years ago we instituted a voluntary High Quality Fish Management policy. This policy allows us to protect this fantastic fishery by only allowing shore lunch fish to be taken. Our guests are allowed to keep walleye in the range of 14" to 17" for meals. Everything else goes back to be caught again another day. Many of our guests obtain a graphite replica of their trophy fish after taking some basic measurements and photographs. The quality of the mount is excellent and you'll be happy to know that someone else has a chance to catch that same trophy again.
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“We have seen some very nice lodges - but we have never seen it all in one package like you provide. For the walleyes to average as big as they do in the middle of August was nothing short of unbelievable. We both agreed it was our best fishing trip ever!”
K. Kahmann, CA