Lake View from the Base Camp and Pickerel Arm Camp in Ontario, CanadaWhat to Bring

What we provide and what you need to bring to the camps.

DRIVE-IN BASE CAMP LISTS :Base Camp List
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FLY-IN OUTPOSTS LISTS: Base Camp List
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DRIVE-IN BASE CAMP:
We are pleased to provide at the DRIVE-IN BASE CAMP:
  • Deluxe housekeeping cottages
  • Bed linens
  • Modern kitchens
  • Dishes and all cookware
  • Microwave
  • 3 or 4 piece bathrooms
  • Electric heat
  • Coffee maker
  • Fans
  • Outdoor propane BBQ
  • DVD player with TV
  • Well Water
  • Ice cube machine
  • Laundromat
  • Pay telephone
  • Boat ramp
  • Live and frozen bait
  • Minnow buckets
  • Life vests
  • Store with basic groceries and tackle
  • Fishing licenses for sale
  • Sauna
  • Freezer facilities
  • Dock – handy battery charge for private boats
  • Fish cleaning house plus 12+ hour daily dock service
  • Boat Rentals
Small Mouth fish caught at Pickeral Arm Camp
What you should bring for the DRIVE-IN BASE CAMP:
  • Groceries (consider shopping in Dryden or Sioux Lookout)
  • Small cooler for ea. 2 people/boat beverages
  • Clothing (extra cover for cool mornings or evenings)
  • Raingear Rods & reels, tackle, spare line and pliers
  • Rags for wiping off wet hands while in the boat.
  • Landing net for each boat
  • Bath towels
  • Soap and toiletries
  • Small first aid kit
  • Cap and sunglasses
  • Sunscreen
  • Insect repellent
  • Flashlight with batteries
  • Camera and film
  • Kitchen towels and dish soap
  • Foil, Saran wrap, ziplock bags

If you bring a trolling motor we do have electricity on the dock. You can bring a battery charger and 25 foot extension cord to charge batteries in the boat at night.

The Base Camp Kitchen

 


FLY-IN OUTPOSTS:

We are pleased to offer you a fly-in package plan with:

  • Mighty northerns, super walleyes and lake trout
  • Trophy moose hunting at select lakes
  • 2-way satellite phone communication between outposts and base camp
Fully equipped FLY-IN cabin sites include:
  • New 9.9, 15 & 25 h.p. motors (applying to size of lake)
  • 14' aluminum boats with swivel padded boat seats (16' boats on Lac Seul)
  • Gas, no limit
  • Propane BBQ grill
  • Good docks
  • Life vests
  • Solar powered lighting
  • Hot water & showers
  • Large refrigerators
  • Full-size stove with oven
  • Individual beds with mattresses, pillows and pillow cases
  • All essential cookware, frypans, dishes, etc.
  • Wood stove for heat
  • Screened in porch
  • Minnow buckets
  • Coleman lanterns
  • Large coolers for block ice and your beverages
  • Block ice
  • Whistle, bailer and throw rope for safety kit. (You provide flashlight and batteries)
  • Showerhouse at the basecamp
  • Summer discounts for families and children
  • Return trip discounts
  • Basecamp bunkhouse available for additional charge
A Trophy Pike caught at the Base Camp
What you should bring for FLY-IN OUTPOSTS:
  • Sleeping bag (roll up tight to save space)
  • Groceries (limit really large or heavy-weight boxes)
  • Bath towels
  • Kitchen towels and dishsoap
  • Small cooler for ea. 2 people/boat
  • Canned or plastic bottled beverages only (No glass)
  • Clothing (extra cover for cool mornings or evenings)
  • Rain gear
  • Rods & reels, tackle, spare line and pliers
  • Rags for wiping off wet hands while in the boat.
  • Landing net for each boat
  • Soap and toiletries
  • Small first aid kit with extra bandaids
  • Cap and sunglasses
  • Sunscreen
  • Insect repellent
  • Flashlight
  • Camera and film
  • Kitchen towels and dish soap
  • Depth Finder/Batteries
  • Foil, Saran wrap, ziplock bags
  • Consolidate small items into boxes or duffels
  • Avoid unnecessary items

If you have a CPAP breathing machine, please bring your own battery or call in advance and we will provide one for you

Try and limit rod tubes to 4" in diameter
Remove reels from rods so they fit better into rod tubes
Coolers not to exceed 30" in length

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Fishing camp in Ontario

Summer Contact (May 1-October 31)
Pickerel Arm Camps
Box 458, Sioux Lookout,
Ontario P8T 1A8 Canada
Phone: 807.737.2499
Fax: 807.737.4058
lee@pickerelarm.com

 

Winter Contact (November 1-April 30)
Lee and Julie Edwardson
2722 Harvard Drive,
Janesville, WI 53548 United States
Phone: 608.758.0128 - Fax: 608.758.0128
Toll Free:1.800.872.7403
lee@pickerelarm.com

 



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