Muskellunge “Musky” are the largest native freshwater apex predator in North America and grow to immense proportions. The IGFA world record, landed in 1948, weighed over 67 pounds, measured over 60 inches long and sported a girth of 34 inches. And while most fish won’t quite reach these sizes and dimensions, musky are ferocious gamefish with no known predators. They will attack just about anything that swims in the north country, including beavers, ducks, and just about anything it can fit in its bucket-sized toothy mouth.
The Epic Narrows Musky Camp is outfitted by our friend and partner Derek Botchford from British Columbia, Canada. Derek and his team are professional anglers and operate three of the best steelhead operations in B.C including Frontier Steelhead Experience, Bulkley Basecamp, Copper Bay Lodge, Babine Steelhead Lodge. This group of talented anglers, guides and outfitters are the best in business, hands down, and are extremely excited about their operation they have being exploring and fully vetting for three of years.
The Epic Narrows Musky Camp, located on Lake of Woods Ontario, Canada, is the only operation we know of that is dedicated to fishing muskies exclusively with a fly rod. Lake of the Woods is massive, covering an area of over 1,700 square miles and with over 14,500 islands, 65,000 miles of shoreline and boasts the densest population of musky in the world. In addition to musky, the lake also harbors large populations of small mouth bass, northern pike, lake trout and walleye.
Lake of the Woods is a world-famous musky fishery, perfectly designed by nature, offering sheltered waters, visible structure, big bodies of shallow water and a mix of tannic and clear water to fish each day. The Epic Boys have spent the last three years perfecting the special techniques, flies and lines and fly rigs to effectively fish for musky. Don’t get us wrong, this is very challenging fishing, but with this talented team – everyone will get many chances over 5 days of fishing. It is extremely rare to not hook a fish during your stay, and the average is one encounter a day. This includes follows to the boat and bites. With a large population of musky to target, and the big leaps and bounds in fly, rod and line technology, musky are now a very catchable species on the fly.
Check out Epic Narrows Musky Camp Article on Fly Fisherman Magazine
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