Sasseginaga Lake /Quebec/Outfitter

Jay: Sorry to take so long getting back to you. Had to go on a 3 day conference out of town. My gang's first 2 walleye trips were with Air Melancon. I can't say enough about the hosts, accomodations, and the boats.....all were top notch. Bring your own boat seats -w- backs for the boats though. Both times we opted for their same lake, Lake Naticum. It was loaded with smaller Walleye (13"-16")but each trip produced a few 4# 21" fish.....if going out in the boonies to a great, secluded spot and catching LOTS and LOTS of fish (though no trophies, in our case) turns your crank, it's a great place to spend some time. Absolute seclusion, a lake all to ourselves that was 7 miles long -w- plenty of bays, islands, structure...the setting was phenomonal. We also boated some "Nords", nothing huge....but all of us at on time or another lost bigger fish that we were convinced were BIG northern pike....they were all on line while trolling for walleye, and bit thru the 12# test...we never got 'em close enough to the boat to get a look at 'em.....and when we went after them with heavier gear, they wouldn't hit ....only on the lighter hookups. Our last trip was late last August to a drive in outfitter by the name of Scott. There we fished Mitchimicus (sp?) reservoir, and the river that ran through it. We drove in the last 35 miles on gravel road to the main camp, only to find out that our outfitter was fresh out of Quebec Liscences.....had to backtrack 10 miles or so each way to another outfitters place to purchase our liscences...it was the only problem we had, but still sat kinda funny with all of us, we thought that our host shoulda/coulda made the ride there himself as we had just driven for 6 hours to get there....maybe not then and there on the spot, but maybe the next day to save us the hassle. Other than that, the fishing was good, the accomodations good, the boats were good, the motors were brand new, quiet mercs. We didn't have the water to ourselves, seeing the occasional other party fishing here and there. Not as many walleye as Naticum, but definitely bigger fish, we got 2 that ran 26" 5+ #.... quite a few more that ran 3-4#.....still many 13" smalls and some dandy perch (10-13")...no northerns in that water...but the river had brookies that ran 10-12" and I managed to land two the last night there, a 17" brookie that went 3 1/2 # and a 14"er that ran 3#.....incredibly deep bodied, colored trout. The reservoir was very low due to the drought last year, down 15' according to our host....we had a blast beachcombing old tackle off the acres of exposed bottom. I'd have no problem recommending either place. Hope this helps out!

Jay: Sorry to take so long getting back to you. Had to go on a 3 day conference out of town. My gang's first 2 walleye trips were with Air Melancon. I can't say enough about the hosts, accomodations, and the boats.....all were top notch. Bring your own boat seats -w- backs for the boats though. Both times we opted for their same lake, Lake Naticum. It was loaded with smaller Walleye (13"-16")but each trip produced a few 4# 21" fish.....if going out in the boonies to a great, secluded spot and catching LOTS and LOTS of fish (though no trophies, in our case) turns your crank, it's a great place to spend some time. Absolute seclusion, a lake all to ourselves that was 7 miles long -w- plenty of bays, islands, structure...the setting was phenomonal. We also boated some "Nords", nothing huge....but all of us at on time or another lost bigger fish that we were convinced were BIG northern pike....they were all on line while trolling for walleye, and bit thru the 12# test...we never got 'em close enough to the boat to get a look at 'em.....and when we went after them with heavier gear, they wouldn't hit ....only on the lighter hookups. Our last trip was late last August to a drive in outfitter by the name of Scott. There we fished Mitchimicus (sp?) reservoir, and the river that ran through it. We drove in the last 35 miles on gravel road to the main camp, only to find out that our outfitter was fresh out of Quebec Liscences.....had to backtrack 10 miles or so each way to another outfitters place to purchase our liscences...it was the only problem we had, but still sat kinda funny with all of us, we thought that our host shoulda/coulda made the ride there himself as we had just driven for 6 hours to get there....maybe not then and there on the spot, but maybe the next day to save us the hassle. Other than that, the fishing was good, the accomodations good, the boats were good, the motors were brand new, quiet mercs. We didn't have the water to ourselves, seeing the occasional other party fishing here and there. Not as many walleye as Naticum, but definitely bigger fish, we got 2 that ran 26" 5+ #.... quite a few more that ran 3-4#.....still many 13" smalls and some dandy perch (10-13")...no northerns in that water...but the river had brookies that ran 10-12" and I managed to land two the last night there, a 17" brookie that went 3 1/2 # and a 14"er that ran 3#.....incredibly deep bodied, colored trout. The reservoir was very low due to the drought last year, down 15' according to our host....we had a blast beachcombing old tackle off the acres of exposed bottom. I'd have no problem recommending either place. Hope this helps out!

have fished out of Bush Country Camp on Sassaginaga, off and on for twenty plus years....have always flown in with Kipawa Air...drove in one time on a logging road,very rough but passable...it's a great lake all kinds of islands and bays...catch walleye, northerns and lake trout (good size)....as to quantity...some years, great ,some o.k. and some years we had to really work (what else is new ?)but have been there at least a dozen times and would go back...mur@mnsi.net

have fished out of Bush Country Camp on Sassaginaga, off and on for twenty plus years....have always flown in with Kipawa Air...drove in one time on a logging road,very rough but passable...it's a great lake all kinds of islands and bays...catch walleye, northerns and lake trout (good size)....as to quantity...some years, great ,some o.k. and some years we had to really work (what else is new ?)but have been there at least a dozen times and would go back...mur@mnsi.net