The fires were finally put under control from the rain that we had and lots of work being had by the Ministry of Natural Resources Forestry. We received word on June 8^th that we are able to be open at ALL of our locations!! WONDERFUL!!

Caribou Falls Landing

We missed seeing the first 2.5 weeks of June customers due to the fire/fires. The day that we were able to open-which was the day that we were able to drive up the road without roadblocks we were all hard at work trying to get everything open as it was in the state of how we left it in October last year for close up.

1-Finish the cement pad to get the big gas tanks in place

2-Get the water going (this was put on the list multiple times) to all cabins

3-Get the fridges and freezers cleaned out after no power for 3 weeks!

4-Figure out food and ordering

5-Staff accommodations and getting staff here from Kettle Falls

6-Getting cabins cleaned, bbqs prepped, decks swept, boats ready for rentals

7-Get the yard cut-which took multiple cuts due to the length of grass! We should have bought some cows and goats!

EH! We got guests!!! SO excited to see them!! Don and his crew showed up on June 18th and it was such a delight to see them all!

Back in the saddle again!

Loved seeing all the boats and vehicles arrive on the weekend. Minnows, groceries, ice, tackle, sweatshirts, and much more were ready for purchase for our customers in the lodge!

Without much fishing pressure on the river, WOWza the fishing was dynamite!! The fishing stories were insane! SO happy to hear everyone rave about how thrilled they were to be back in their happy spot at Halley’s, fishing their best (or luck depending on the fishermen-LOL), and seeing them all gather on the cabin decks relaxing. Almost brought tears to my eyes to watch the fishermen that weekend all head out for a day’s fish.

Big fish:

Outposts

Lots of fun at our outposts this month! The solitude of the north and listening to the loons and catching fish! Soooo much excitement to be had. One of our groups, had a bunch of kids and they loved their fishing adventure! Look at their smiles!!

We had a new family stay at Rex Lake and they had an awesome time! Fishing on the lake with the only cabin, some thrilling bass fishing and great weather!!

Moosehorn Lake bass saw lots of Mepps and top water baits this month! We had guests casting & trolling for the fighting fierce smallmouth bass at Moosehorn! Tim and his fishing buddy were adventurous to a portage lake and went after the lake trout and got some! Great memories had this month!

One Man

It was a good start at One Man with lots of returning staff! Junior and Janice are notorious for being at One Man and this year, Lili, our Australian gal, has been a great addition to our team at One Man. Alec, as also joined the team as a great guide and helper around the camp. The guests have enjoyed the fishing, the SHORE lunches, accommodations and the food-where the cookie jar is never empty!

Bruce and his fishing gang joined us at One Man-this is starting to be an every other year fishing retreat! They have fished with us during many different months and I think that they found their favorite week this year as they said the weather was great and the fishing was fantastic! Many of the guys were happy to see Merigold-one of them I think is ready to have a framed picture of our cat on the wall!

We had Elissa and her family at One Man and they had some smallmouth fishing that was incredible-they caught over 300! They had numerous trophies-29 to be exact!!

Kettle Falls

Our month was filled with many returning customers that have been very memorable to us Halleys! It was wonderful to meet our new customers as well. We have had groups this year that we have been coming for over 40 years at Halley’s Camps whom are like family. Our staff there is, including Lisa, our manager, is amazing. Our new and returning staff are very pleasant and are assisting fishermen at having a great fishing trip at Kettle Falls.

Times are always changing and we have updated the sign on the lodge, the color on peaks of the cabins, buildings and lodge at Kettle Falls. We stained most of the lodge and we are going to be doing the rest of the 2 sides in August along with 2 cabins. The front of the lodge at Kettle updated as well-it’s not completely done but it’s getting there!! We will make sure that we post pictures in the newsletters to come of the finished project!!

Guests at Kettle Falls have had such great fishing! Check out these pictures!!

We love to see our fisherman’s photos!! If you have any that you would like to share of your 2025 fishing trip, please email them to [email protected] and if you can let us know which location you stayed at and any fun fish stories!

Reserve your 2026 lodge fishing trip with a deposit by September 1, 2025, and enjoy the 2025 fishing package rates! (Please note, this offer excludes outposts, shuttles, and Winnipeg/Fort Frances airfare.)

Deposit checks must be post marked by August 20, 2025. If you would like to pay by credit card, we can send you a link to pay your deposit and there will be 3.39% credit card fee.

Our online available dates are posted on our website. If you don’t see the exact dates that you are looking for, please contact us!

Give us a call and Let’s GO fishing!

The Halleys
1-800-465-3325

The first days of May have been getting noticeably longer, bringing hot summer weather with temperatures reaching 80 degrees or more! With the warmth, lack of rain, and strong winds, the bush has been drying out rapidly.

Our staff began arriving in early May, kicking off the season with the construction of a cement pad for new gas tanks. More team members are arriving daily, preparing for the upcoming fishing season.

Unfortunately, a fire broke out on May 8, 2025, near Caribou Falls Landing, burning much of the surrounding area and parts of our driveway. Thankfully, the Ministry of Natural Resources managed to save our property. The next morning after the fire started and all crews were working on the fire, we requested clearance to access Caribou Falls by boat. We wanted to move one of our float planes to safety-away from the fire and the water bombers as they drop so much water with heavy force. Chris flew another pilot to One Man, took a boat to Caribou, and retrieved the plane before water bombers began their efforts. Sprinklers were set up as barriers to slow the fire, supported by water bombers from the air and foot crews on the ground. Fire crews camped nearby, refueling the water pumps to keep the sprinklers running. We would get updates from by looking at fire maps and also talking directly with the MNR almost daily. The fire came within 200 feet of one of our cabins and due to the fires and the wind, MNR was restricting access to the property for daily use. The extremely dry conditions caused additional fires in the area, leading to restrictions and travel restrictions at One Man, Caribou, and Dufaults. However, we received news from the MNR and were able to keep Kettle Falls Lodge and outposts at Trapline, Rex, and Moosehorn OPEN & operational.

Last fall, we traded all our motors on the English River at One Man, Kettle Falls, Caribou, and Dufaults, leaving the boats at Caribou without motors for the winter. Glad to be opening at Kettle Falls, but now we had to figure out how to get our boats from Caribou Falls Landing. We had to request a travel permit to access the Caribou property, move boats to a location outside the restricted travel zone, and meet the motor dealer there to install our new motors. It was a bit of a hassle, but we had enough boats to open at Kettle. We accommodated many groups from Caribou, One Man, and Dufaults at Kettle Falls. All our staff from the three lodges worked and lived at Kettle Falls, making it a busy place! (Exciting news for June’s newsletter—we were able to open at all our locations!)

Spring is here!

First news from Kettle Falls in 2025

Our new fleet of boats made it to Kettle Falls Lodge and we put new motors on all the other boats in the Kettle Falls fleet. The boats are comfy and the motors are working great-the boats are ready for fishermen!

Fishermen were arriving daily and testing out the waters in 2025. The fishing was fabulous!! There was lots of good-sized northern pikes caught. Caribou Falls Landing guests fished new waters while staying at Kettle Falls. They had some great fishing and learning new areas. The largest pikes measured in at 45″-Jimmy caught a big ol’ one -just don’t ask his wife as it might have been a ‘friendly’ fishing competition week-they caught numerous fish 39, 40, 42 and 45″! The other big 45’er was caught by another wife/husband duo were fishing and Doug landed a ginormous pike! It was great to see lots of returning customers this year at Kettle. Dave was there fishing again with his son and WOW they had amazing fishing-they have been here before but the said this years fish were the biggest ever and they were catching loads of fish!! It was so great to hear everyone’s fishing stories-and let’s not forget about the fishing brothers Jerry and Barry-love seeing families get together and spend time fishing!

Fly-in remote outpost camps-TRAPLINE-REX-MOOSEHORN

Rex Lake – fins and furs!

This year our earliest customers were our bear hunters and their one fisherman! The Bennots had a great time at Rex Lake-a family trip! The fishing was outstanding with numbers and sizes. They mixed their hunting trip with some fishing-and Olivia was successful with her bear and was ecstatic!! The pictures of their trip look like they had sooooo much fun! Did the girls out fish the boys on the trip?!?

Trapline had John and Julie up fishing the first week of season at Trapline. They love their annual tradition at Trapline and the great fishing. They had lots of walleyes! We had a new group, Shaws, in at Trapline that was supposed to be at Dufault’s and they boated lots of walleyes & northerns. The walleye fishing was unbelievable they had 10 walleyes 24.5″ or larger and a 26.5″ and 28″ from our dock!!

Moosehorn had customers as well and everyone was enjoying their fishing trips! Kevin brought his 2 sons and they had a memorable trip! Terry’s group fell in love with the fishing at Moosehorn. The smallmouth bass fishing was entertaining, and it is so great to hear that people love the cabins, fishing and the boats!

We will have more information on each location next month! Stay tuned and we will keep our available dates updated on our website!!

April was a gorgeous month for weather! We were able to work on our cabin across the ice at Dufault’s Island and see the progress daily. Chris, Jaden, Amber, Lisa, Gene and more were able to roll up their sleeves to get items crossed off the “to-do list.” The guests at Dufault’s Island Outpost are going to enjoy the new beautiful cabin. Here is a picture of the kitchen and some other amazing amenities!

The cabin will feature a large deck facing the lake and a sunporch that will be enclosed where our kitchen table will be to hold groups of 6-12 fishermen! We look forward to sharing our progress with you all!

When we left Dufault’s on the last day before ice out, we tried getting as much as we could done. Plumbing, the deck, the new sunroom windows and some other projects await but we should have a week to get them done before fishermen get there!

Many people are inquiring about the ice conditions. The ice should melt soon as we have had hot sunny weather! On these hot days, the sun warms up the bush and trees and then with the wind blows the nice warm air over the ice speeding up the melting process.

We are getting ready for the season and many of you should be starting to receive our emails in April for your trips in May and June. Bring on the fishing season!!

We have lots of fishermen that ask us when the best time is to come fishing. Well, for pike fishermen we generally tell them the first 4 weeks of season is prime as the pike are in the shallows and casting is absolutely thrilling. The pike fishing is consistent through the summer with some of the largest being caught in July and August. Lots of artificial bait will work well for the summer/fall pike fishing with Rapalas or stick baits. For the walleye fishing, the fish are shallow in the spring-jigging or casting/throwing works great at this time of year.  The walleye fishing is pretty incredible throughout the summer with the fish around the reefs and on humps from last week of June into September. The cool moving current on our waters of the English River ensures great fishing throughout our fishing season. Smallmouth bass are always fun in early season but as the summer sets in and out, the fishing is stellar! We suggest Mepps, Ned rigs, plastics, plugs or a baited jig.   

Kettle Falls Lodge-our largest all-inclusive lodge that is either a fly in or boat in lodge-transportation from Kenora, ON or our Caribou Falls Landing, accommodations in private cabins, all meals including shore lunches, boat rental, guides, gas, ice, bait, drinks for the boat, rental rods and more!

Kettle Falls Lodge available dates:
May 23-31, 2025 for 2 fishermen
May 26-June 4, 2025 for 4-6 fishermen
June 1-7, 2025 for 4-6 fishermen
July 2-9, 2025 for 4-8 fishermen
July 15-22, 2025 for 6-22 fishermen
July 31-August 5, 2025 for 4-12 fishermen
August 18-25, 2025 for 6-14 fishermen
August 29-September 6, 2025 for 2-10 fishermen

Caribou Falls Landing-a do it yourself fishing trip-make your own schedule! This is a drive to lodge and fishermen can rent a cabin, bring your own boat or rent from us!

Caribou Falls Landing available dates:
May 17-24, 2025
June 7-14, 2025
June 12-19, 2025
July 25-August 1, 2025
August 16-23, 2025
August 30-September 6, 2025
September 6-11, 2025

One Man Lake Lodge-our smaller all-inclusive lodge that is either a fly in or boat in lodge-transportation from Kenora, ON or our Caribou Falls Landing, accommodations in rooms in the lodge, all meals including shore lunches, boat rental, gas, ice, bait, drinks for the boat, rental rods and more! Guides are optional at One Man!

One Man Lake Lodge available dates:
May 23-30, 2025 for 2-8 people
June 30-July 9, 2025 for 2-10 people
July 13-19, 2025 for 2-6 people
July 18-23, 2025 for 2-10 people
July 27-31, 2025 for 2-16 people
August 6-13, 2025 for 2-8 people
August 23-August 30, 2025 for 2-12 people

Fly in Remote Cabins/Outposts-we fly from down town KENORA!! We are on lakes that have fun fishing that have cabins that are fully equipped-ice, drinking water, flushing toilets (except Moosehorn), satellite phones, 16’ Boats and NEW motors & gas.

Fish species at our remote fly-ins: Rex Lake-bass & pike on main lake & the walleye, more bass and pike in portage lake, Trapline Lake-walleye & pike, Moosehorn-smallmouth bass & pike on main lake & trout in portage lake

Rex Lake from May 24-29, 2025 4-6 fishermen
Trapline Lake from May 23-27, 2025 for 6-12 fishermen
Rex Lake from June 28-July 5, 2025 for 4-6 fishermen
Moosehorn from July 8-15, 2025 for 2-4 fishermen
Moosehorn from July 15-22, 2025 for 2-4 fishermen
Rex Lake from September 11-19, 2025 for 4-6 fishermen

Give us a call at 1-800-465-3325 and Let’s Go Fishing!