Hello everyone in the Milwaukee area. Just completed the All Canada show at Pheasant Run which was very busy this year. Four days of non stop talking about the fishing at Uchi Lake is enough to excite anybody to come fishing - too bad I don’t get a little more fishing in myself. However my priorities are looking after my guests.
GREAT NEWS - visit the website to see the new commercial I had made which will be aired throughout the United States shortly. Remember to check out the half hour show I mentioned in my previous blog.
Four days here in Milwaukee and then back to Canada for a week. Hope to visit with many of you at the All Canada Sportshows in Minneapolis at the Convention Center - Feb. 5th to 7th. Then again in Des Moines at the KJJY Radio Convention Center Feb. 12 to 14th.
Hi Judy,
I just wanted to thank you for the fabulous time our group had on our moose hunt. I think all of our guys would agree that it truly was a hunt of a lifetime. We have been on a couple of other moose hunts in the last 8 years but nothing could compare with our experience at Uchi Lake. From our very first boat ride onto the lake we saw moose at seemingly every turn. Between our 5 hunters we estimate that we saw about 30 animals - bulls, cows and calves in the 3 1/2 days of actual hunting that we did. In the end we ended up filling 2 bull tags and 1 calf tag . We also missed opportunities at another bull and several calves. If we had had any cow tags we would have been filled out on the first or second day.
The accomodations at the lodge were excellent and the meals and service were outstanding. And of course the guides (Norm, Joe and Dave) were terrific. We had had previous experience with Norm McCreight so we knew what to expect with him. His knowledge and experience as a moose guide is unbelievable, and his endless humorous stories keeps everyone entertained (ask him about training tigers sometime). Thanks for agreeing to have him come and guide for us.
Our group hopes to book another hunt with you in 2 or 3 years. Hopefully we can get the same guides back again.
We look forward to seeing you again at the All Canada show in Milwaukee in January. Feel free to use any of us as a reference.
Best wishes from all of us,
Jim Nicholson
P.S. I will email some pics of our hunt separately.
Here is hoping all of you had a wonderful Christmas Season as the sportshow season for Uchi Lake Lodge is underway. Just finished the All Canada St. Louis show were I was able to meet with many of my existing guests and welcome new parties to experience the great fishing at Uchi.
Thank you goes to Tom for referring the Morris party and Bob for referring the Marshall party. I am very flattered with your comments on Uchi Lake Lodge in respect to the fishing, facilities and hospitality. Very, very much appreciated. 
So to continue, the All Canada show in St.Charles - Pheasant Run begins tomorrow - Jan. 14 - 17th, then off to Milwaukee where the show will be at the Milwaukee Co. Sports Complex from Jan. 21 -24th.
Homeward bound after Milwaukee to catch up on the office work. Then Feb. 5 to 7th I will be at the Minneapolis Convention Center . The final show will be in Des Moines from Feb. 12th to 14th. Please feel free to visit at any of the shows and invite your friends.
The next exciting thing I would like to mention is our Television show being aired in February.
It will be on Direct TV - Channel 608 - Pursuit Channel. On the video page of the Uchi Lake website you can link to the various listings.
Uchi Lake Lodge will be aired at these times:
Feb. 15…….12 p.m. EST
Feb 17……1:30 p.m. EST
Feb 18…….9:30 p.m. EST
For those Canadian Uchi Lake fans, Uchi Lake Lodge will be viewed on
WILDTV.
Feb. 16 ……8 p.m. EST
Feb. 18……5 a.m. EST
Feb 19…….8 a.m. EST
Hi Judy,Alan,Larry,Bertha
Monday August 17 BACK AT WORK !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wanted to drop you a quick line to let you know just how much we enjoyed our week.
Everything was perfect;
The lodge is JUST RIGHT…………the cabins were PERFECT………….the food was EXCEPTIONAL…………….
the FISHING was great ………………….and the scenery is MAGNIFICANT.
You,Alan,Bertha,and Larry made last week a trip to remember and talk about for a long time to come, in fact the
Alabama boy’s,Ralph,Robert,and Jayson are talking about NEXT YEAR !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You folks are running a “CLASS OPERATION”
I will send you some pictures as soon as I get them all from the others,
By the way Jayson is rubbing it in that you gave him a Tee Shirt[what’s up with that] .
Thanks again for a great week.
Hope to see you [yall] in 2010
Dennis
My Dad and I made our annual trip up to Lake Uchi Lodge earlier this month and had a great time as always. The weather had been in the 30’s two weeks before we got there. It was nice because there were no mosquitos but the fishing was a little slower than usual the first few days.
Our presentation of choice for walleyes were mostly jigs and minnows. But this trip we casted way more that any other.
The first day we were catching tons of pike on Walmart one dollar spinnerbaits with 4” grubs of varying color.
I’ve always done well with HuskyJerks but I discovered my new favorite pattern for this lake. The Ghost pattern out performed all others. One night I caught a 26” and 23” walleye on consecutive casts using the ghost pattern.
This was the ninth time my dad and I have been up to Uchi Lake Lodge and on this trip we had the best morning ever one day. We once caught 150 walleye before lunch but the quality of fish during this particular morning made it much more memorable.
With no wind we had a little trouble finding fish for the first hour that morning. So we looked for any current we could find and remembered a small creek that was running quite quickly into the lake. We backed off creek into deeper water and could not keep the fish off of our lines.
My dad had four pike biteoffs in a row but quickly caught up. We were trying to catch fish under 18” to eat and ended up catching more than 15 walleye over 20” that morning including a 26” and two 25”s.
On our last afternoon we were barely able to get out due to thunderstorms. I’m glad we took advantage of the only hour of dry weather though. While out my dad and I got a double: my fish was my largest pike of the trip and my dads was his largest walleye. The pic of the pike didn’t really turnout too well but you can still get an idea. Luckily the camera decided to work when I snapped a pic of his walleye.
We have a great time going up every time we go. I recommend Uchi to anyone looking for an excellent walleye/pike lake that is run by an excellent staff.
Please enjoy the nature photos, my father has been practicing his photography skills.
Hi Judy,
Sheila and I visited during the last week of August, a few weeks later than the previous 2 times we’ve been here. Upon our arrival, which was delayed slightly due to fog, we were able to get in a couple of hours on the lake before meeting the ‘veterans’ at shore lunch.
Sheila mentioned to some of the folks that we had some luck with the northerns, but hadn’t located any walleyes. One particular fellow, we’ll call Clyde (veterinarian, emergency medical tech, overall jack-of-all trades - you know who you are), 
went so far as to provide us with a couple of tinsel-skirted jig heads and detailed directions to one of his successful walleye spots. That afternoon we proceeded to catch one after another, mostly in the keeper size range of 15″ to 17″. Just when we thought we might call it a day, Sheila’s rod bent to the water line. What we thought to be an opportunist pike turned out to be a 27″ walleye, the largest catch of that week.
Clyde got a kick out of chiding us for using ‘his’ lures, and ‘his’ spot to catch what he had spent the previous few days searching for. The next day I managed to land a 24″ walleye. On our last day we decided to count fish. After less than 2 hours fishing in one spot we landed 49 walleyes. The pike weren’t hitting the top-water baits as eagerly as in the previous trips, but we still managed to bag a number of decent sized fish using spoons and spinners.
Overall, I would (and have continually) highly recommend Uchi to anyone looking for a place to catch quality fish. The numbers and sizes are both exceptional. The staff is among the friendliest and most attentive that you’ll find anywhere.
Sheila & Steve McMahan
Hi Judy,
I’m sure you’ve had four pairs of dads and their young sons on trips before, but I wanted to drop you an email and let you know how much we all enjoyed our trip last week.
As we were discussing around the campfire, one appealing item is that the boats are unguided. In our case, when the boys got restless we could run over to a rock and let them roam for awhile. Although they would tell you their favorite was when we would take 
them exploring. One day we went down to Uchi River at the southwest end of the lake. We were fortunate enough to see a moose and we had fun checking out the old trappers cabin.
Another day we were just able to make it through the creek to Legg Lake. That was even more fun to explore.
We can’t wait to come back.
-Steve
Judy,
I just wanted to say thank you for an excellent experience hunting at Uchi Lake Lodge. As you are aware, my party and I have hunted in Ontario for the past 3 years with another outfitter, and we researched your location thouroughly before agreeing to hunt with you. We can honestly say your lodge blew away the competition, and that our hunting trip was far better than we could have expected. The service of your guides, the food, the cabins, and of course, the wildlife at Uchi was better than we expected it to be. I would be happy to be a reference for you to anyone interested in considering your location for a moose hunt. After seeing over 22 moose in 4 days, compared to 2 - 3 moose over 7 days at the other 3 locations we hunted with other Ontario outfitters, anyone looking for a quality hunt should definately consider Uchi Lake. I have attached a few photos from our camera’s for you. Feel free to use them on your webpage if you would like.
Thanks Again
Brad Van Dam + Bill Kellogg
Fishing reports coming as soon as the season starts!
Hello everyone in the Milwaukee area. Just completed the All Canada show at Pheasant Run which was very busy this year. Four days of non stop talking about the fishing at Uchi Lake is enough to excite anybody to come fishing - too bad I don’t get a little more fishing in myself. However my priorities are looking after my guests. 
