GOGAMA LODGE

Gogama Lodge is a family owned and operated fishing/hunting camp located on 21 mile long Lake Minisinakwa in northern Ontario. We built the camp ourselves, and have continued to expand and improve the camp over the last 25 years.

We are located 460 miles north of Buffalo, New York, and can be reached by car, bus or airplane. Driving time is approximately 8 hours from Buffalo, 11 hours from Cleveland, 12 hours from Pittsburgh and 15 hours from Harrisburg and New York City. All roads to Gogama are paved highways for easy access.

Our dining room is noted for fine food and many of our guests have booked with us on this reputation alone. All meals are home cooked and served family style in our dining room, which displays many fine trophies.

Upon arrival, a member of each party is instructed on the proper operation of all equipment to assure a trouble free vacation. Fishing spots and methods are pointed out to help you get a good start.

We also own a Charter Air Service called 'Derry-Air', and have 14 outpost camps on various lakes back in the bush. We have boats and/or canoes on 35 other lakes, and are one of the originators of daily fly-in trips.

Our most popular packages are our daily fly-in packages where the guests fish our main lake three or four days, and fly-in to other lakes for other fish species three or four times. Our daily fly- in trips leave camp aft er break-fast and guests are picked up in the evening and returned to camp. You can fly to wilderness lakes for northern pike, walleye, bass, lake trout, rainbow trout or speckled trout.

It Is quite common for 2 people to catch and release 30 to 50 fish in a day and many of our guests have had larger catches. References to this fact can usually be furnished from guests in your local area.

Our largest walleye was 11 lbs. 2 oz. Our largest northern was 44 1/2" long and weighed 26 pounds. It was mounted by Bob Thuman Taxidermy of Lancaster, NY and adorns a wall in a home in Lan- caster. Top lake trout was 17 pounds, rainbow trout was 8 1/2 pounds, speckled trout was 6 1/2 pounds and smallmouth bass record is 5 1/2 pounds.

We have 2 sons who help us operate the camp. They are both pilots and excellent guides as well. They have helped Gogama Lodge to a total kill of 414 bears and 354 moose. Our largest moose had a 68" rack and we have had several between 55" and 60". Our largest spring bear dressed at 328 pounds.

Our boats are 15 feet long with an extremely wide beam and a lot of depth. Our motors on the main lake are 9.8 horse power and the motors used on flying lakes are 3 horse power.

For great food, excellent accommodations in a wilderness setting and a large variety of fish species, we feel we are the equal of any camp within an easy one day driving distance from western New York. We give all of our guests the personalized service needed for a vacation they will surely remember.

WE HAVE MANY PLANS TO CHOOSE FROM

STAY AT THE MAIN LODGE
Our camp Is composed of a beautiful lodge building and several private cabins. The lodge serves as our office, dining area, kitchen, and meeting place. The food and atmosphere In our dining room are second to none and many of our guests return year after year for this reason alone. All meals are home cooked and served country style, and guests enjoy swapping stories of the days outing. There is also an outdoor barbecue pit for our weekly steak barbecue.

Guest stay In our modem, fully equipped cabins which surround the main lodge. The cabins are heated, and have refrigerators, clean bathrooms, and comfortable beds. Each day our courteous staff cleans each cabin and makes the beds and changes the towels.

Down at the lake we have a boat house, a flight house, and a bait and tackle shop. Our boats and motors are kept In top condition, and our tackle shop has live bait, as well as lures and other accessories you may need during your stay.

DAILY FLY-INS TO REMOTE LAKES

We have a charter air service called 'DERRYAIR' and fly to many remote lakes out In the bush. These lakes are inaccessible by car or boat and can only be reached by air. They provide some of the finest fishing to be found anywhere. We have various fly- In- packages that allow our guests to fish these remote lakes as often as they like.

Guests eat a hearty breakfast at the dining room of our main lodge building, given a home made lunch, and flown to the lake of their choice. Many of the lakes are noted for a particular species of fish, so you can go after your favorite trophy, while others support many species for a more varied day of fishing.

After a great day of fishing, our plane will pick you up and bring you back to the main camp, where you hove time to shower and relax before sitting down to a home cooked, country style dinner In the company of our other guests.

FOR THE RUGGED: WILDERNESS OUTPOSTS

We have many outpost camps located on remote lakes out in the bush which are accessible only by air. These cabins are comfortably equipped with a wood stove, ice boxes, cooking stove and lamps, as well as all cooking utensils, beds, table and chairs, and boats, motors and gasoline. These camps truly capture the wilderness spirit of this magnificent area, and are fast becoming our most popular attraction.

We will fly your party and all your gear to the camp of your choice, help you get oriented, and give you a map of the lake detailing all of the best fishing spots. You are then left alone to enjoy the solitude and beauty of the northeast wilderness, as well as some of the world's finest fishing and hunting. It Is a peacefulness that cannot be fully understood until experienced.

You may spend your entire trip at one of these camps, or try one for a couple of days. It Is completely up to you, but we are certain you will be very pleased with whichever you decide. Remember to bring sleeping bags If you are planning a wilderness trip.

GREAT MOOSE AND BEAR HUNTING

Our bear and moose hunting packages include all the great features that our fishing packages offer. All the hospitality that only a family owned and run camp can offer Is at your disposal: the courteous service, the home cooked meals, and complete devotion to your needs. We offer bear hunting in both the spring and fall, and moose hunting in the fall. The moose hunt is an outpost hunt, while the bear hunt gives you the option of hunting at the main camp or an outpost camp. We have very successful hunts for both bear and moose. Bear success Is approximately 60% and moose Is approximately 35%.

Our guests also have the option of hunting on their own or having one of our guides accompany them on their hunt. Our guides; are top quality and know both the contour of the land, and the habits of moose and bear to assure you a successful hunt. If you choose to hunt on your own, our outpost cabins will make your hunt a very enjoyable and comfortable experience. We have baited bear stands and when on a guided hunt, will skin and freeze your hide. A 12 x 12 walk-In freezer Is at your disposal.

GOGAMA LODGE RATES- RATES TO BE ANNOUNCED

OUR AMERICAN PLAN PACKAGES WITH DETAILED PRICES

We have 4, 5 and 7 day packages to fit your needs. Each party will have their own cottage or cottages, depending on the size of their party. Cottages have electric heat, refrigerator for beverages and snacks, complete bathrooms with hot water, carpeted rooms and sleep 2 to 6 people.

All packages supply a boat, motor, and all gas for each 2 to 3 people in the party. Bait, ice, daily maid service, a breakfast, a packed lunch and a great homestyle dinner are also included. Our prices are in Canadian funds, and include everything but taxes, gratuities and licenses. We give an excellent rate of exchange on U.S. currency. All of the above packages can be taken with as many daily fly-in trips as you request.

We have boats on 48 remote lakes and outpost camps on 15 of these lakes. Each lake has it's own main species of fish. Some have Walleye and Northern, some have Bass and Northern, some have bass, with trout lakes a short walk off the main lake, and some have only one species such as Northern. On dailies we fly you in after your breakfast and pick you up in time for a shower and relaxing dinner at the main lodge. Our more adventuresome guests can take these as an overnighter, where we pick you up in time for dinner the evening of the second day. For these trips you must bring a lightweight sleeping bag. We will supply all the food but you are expected to do the cooking, dishes and clean the cabin.

We have one of the best spring bear hunts available and they include everything our american plan packages listed above have, plus baited stands and we skin and package your hide.

Our moose hunts are strictly fly in hunts at our outpost camps and we have an early archery hunt during the call that gives you a better than average chance at a moose. Our rifle hunt is in the early part of October and we have as good a success rate as anyone in our area and better than many camps. These hunts include all flying, cabins, boats, motors, gas and freezer service for your moose. You supply food, gun, clothes, licence and an old hunting licence. Cabins have propane stoves and lights, ice boxes with supplied ice and an outdoor privy. On our regular hunt we supply one Bull tag, and one calf tag for each 2 hunters. Our deluxe hunt is the same as listed above but has one guide for each 2 hunters, all the food including the guides food and a bull tag for each hunter. Both hunts are available for archery or rifle.

PRICES ARE AS FOLLOWS
PARTIES OF 2 OR 3 PEOPLE                   PARTIES OF 4 OR MORE
4 day fishing per person...$520.00          4 or more...$495.00
5 day fishing per person...$640.00          4 or more...$610.00
7 day fishing per person...$765.00          4 or more...$735.00
Each daily fly-in trip per person... $80.00
Each overnighter per person add..... $15.00

HUNTING PRICES - PARTIES OF 2 OR MORE
Spring bear per person..............$950.00
Fall bear per person................$850.00
Regular moose hunt per person.......$950.00
Deluxe moose hunt per person.......$1750.00

- Taxes, gratuities and licenses are not included in our prices. We quote in Canadian Funds so you usually receive a favorable exchange rate on your money. There is some rebate on your taxes if you fill out a rebate form and apply at a duty free store when leaving the country.

- For fishing, we recommend 10 to 12 pound spinning outfits, and for lures, rapalas, shadraps, fatraps, Mr. Twisters, jigs, hot'n'tots, erie dearies, rattle traps, live bait and gold spoons. We have a tackle shop at the Lodge.

- Our daily fly-in trips leave the lodge after breakfast and pick you up in time to return to the Lodge for dinner.

- Spring bear hunts are seven days from the middle of May to the middle of June. Archery moose starts in the middle of September and rifle moose is usually after the first week in October. We have tags available.

- Fur hunters, please note that you must produce an old hunting licence in order to get an Ontario hunting license.