abamasagi

[unclepaully]

Our Abamasagi trip starts Aug 11th...can't wait.

[studbro]

Wondering how the fishing water levels were, and if you had any hot jigs or lures. My group is heading up the 7th of July with TLO

[gmattbruin]

Our Aba jun09-jun16th trip...abit late,sorry.
Stayed with Howard&Elsie(Osullivans) camp in the upper arm.
Great camp,boats,motors,etc. New propane fridge tht wrkd amazingly well...also a small chest freezer(generator) tht was a blessing as well... the lrg chest freezer is not wrkg. Thy most def need a new bbq thg.
The camp ran out of propane on day2,also a generator problem same day,but a quick call and both were replaced nxt day right away. In the transfer of grps thgs got overlooked,but #@$%# happens and thy took care of it when it did.
Fishing was bang on for 1st 2-3 days with steady nice weather. water temps 68F. Then a front moved in and chgd thgs alot. Not a ton of rain and no days where you got soaked,but temps dropped,and days of winds, but not the typical walleye chop tht produces. Water temps drop to 60-62F, and this system stayed until fri night-sat morn. Also water levels were up,compared to prev yrs, then drop at least 1ft over the wk. All of this made the great fish at Aba abit of wrk. None of the typical spots produced and you had to get creative,but ultimately thy cld be had.
1 problem tht if anyone cld confirm I wld appreciate. We boated into camp,which was great way to go,but were to fly out on Sat16th,7am as a grp was flyin. With clear skies,nice day a delay is always expected...not 130pm thg! We hav been told tht Greg(Nakina Air) had a pilot&dockhand quit tht morn, which wld hav put him behind. We know tht the TLO camps did their chgover at 6am(we knew the grp in camp3), then the other TLO camps were done but then we sat till 130. Obviously just want a confirmation as to the story why...it wld be apprec.
This as always was a great trip at abamasagi,but it goes to show, even a fish factory like this can be affected by weather,water levels,etc.
hope some of this helps

Thanks for the info cant wait to get up there.

[gmattbruin]

TLO or Osullivans?

[unclepaully]

gmatt-

What's the hp on the motors at Howards place? Also does he provide boat safety kits or do we have to bring them in? I was talking with someone the other day who said they're required even on camp boats???

[gmattbruin]

15hp mercs,ran ok. If you bring an additive it might help. Also there were no safety kits. Good seats. There fuel is premixed in 45gal drums which workout great. Maybe call and push for a better bbq

[solopaddler]

Originally Posted by gmattbruin

15hp mercs,ran ok. If you bring an additive it might help. Also there were no safety kits. Good seats. There fuel is premixed in 45gal drums which workout great. Maybe call and push for a better bbq

When I was there last year I ran Seafoam through both of the motors we used and the difference was like night and day.

They trolled better and idled without bogging down.

VERY glad to hear Howard has a new fridge, the old one was small and useless!

How about the hand pump at the sink? Is it working? Last year when I was there it wasn't.

Finally how did you call Howard to let him know about the propane? I'm guessing you guys rented a sat phone?

In any case I'm glad to hear your trip went well!

[gmattbruin]

Hand pump at the sink was great, you just had to prime by pour cup or dwn inside handle to prime. Sat phone was used,yes. 2bad the lrg freezer is not in use because it wld be a life saver,but the new fridge&small chest freezer work very well.
This a bare bones setup, but its what we like and expect. the cost is amazing for the fish you get which is fantastic...thts why we r there!

[Dialed In]

Originally Posted by gmattbruin

15hp mercs,ran ok. If you bring an additive it might help. Also there were no safety kits. Good seats. There fuel is premixed in 45gal drums which workout great. Maybe call and push for a better bbq

The BBQ grill is a joke, first thing we preached to Howard about when we got back to the base. Thats when he told me he was putting in a new fridge and an electric pump. He said he was going to add the grill to his list.

Also, the fish cooker hose was dry rotted so bad that we had to pull a bush repair job on it (electrical tape and duct tape will fix anything).

The motors ran great for us, must have been the plugs they installed in them this spring, the seafoam is a great idea, i will have to put that one on my check list.