Ryan Giebel
Photo Date: 
05/18/2018
Canvasback ducks using a rock to rest. Loons and beaver were additional wildlife often seen on the water.
Ryan Giebel
Photo Date: 
05/18/2018
With the ice melt comes walleye rushing into Lake Esnagi.
Ryan Giebel
Photo Date: 
05/18/2018
Boreal forest boasts solitude with no roads in or out. Puddle jumper planes or a train depot at the south end of the lake are the only ways in or out.
Ryan Giebel
Photo Date: 
05/18/2018
Esnagi Lodge perched on a bluff overlooking the lake.
Ryan Giebel
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05/18/2018
Hawk Air offers fly-in options to the lodge as well as primitive campsites to drop off and pick up at later dates.
Ryan Giebel
Photo Date: 
05/18/2018
The Canadian wilderness. Only signs of humans are logging roads that snake through the forest below.
Ryan Giebel
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05/18/2018
The lodge provides a shore lunch, but you have to catch your protein source. Walleye, pike, whitefish, and perch are all plentiful.
Ryan Giebel
Photo Date: 
05/18/2018
A 28-inch walleye, thrown back after picture was taken.