All you need is your clothing and fishing gear. We can provide the rest. Don’t forget your sunscreen, good quality polarized sunglasses, and of course your camera. Oh yes, raingear might be a good idea too.
Tax is extra where applicable, gratuities, tackle, and alcohol services are not included in rates.
Our season begins May 10 and closes October 10.
However between December 1 and June 30 there are reduced catch limits and maximum size limits to protect and conserve the spawning population.
A non-Canadian resident may bring into Canada:
Sorry, we’re not set up to take credit cards. Cash and business or personal checks gladly accepted.
After January 23, 2007 everyone crossing the Canada-USA border by air is required to have a valid passport. This is not the case yet for entering by land crossing.
When crossing the Canada-USA border by land or sea, Americans and Canadians can continue to use such documents as their birth certificates and drivers’ licenses for at least another year, although Canada Customs likes to see a passport.
All American visitors, including children, should possess identification (e.g., passport, birth certificate, photo ID driver’s license).
For more information about requirements to come into Canada please see Canada Border Services Agency.
The usual day’s schedule is breakfast from 7 to 8 am, fishing from 8 am returning at 5 pm in time to clean up and have a drink before dinner at 7 pm.
Yes we’re proud Canadians.
Yes, but we’d appreciate advance notice to accommodate your dietary requirements. For more information about meals at Birch Island Resort, please see the Dining page on this website.
We always recommend a guide on a first visit to Birch Island Resort. The Winnipeg River System is a vast waterway composed of a chain of five connected lakes with no portage required (Gunn Lake, Little Sand Lake, Big Sand Lake, Pistol Lake, Roughrock Lake). On this system, the fishing conditions change according to time of year and the flow of the river. The guides fish the system every day and can keep you on the best spots where the walleye, musky, northern pike, and bass are biting. You are paying for a quality trip and your vacation time is important. Taking a guide assures that you make the most of it. If you prefer, you can hire a guide on a daily basis. For more information, please see the Guides page on this website.
Yes for small groups we can pick you up at the Kenora Airport and drive you the 30 miles to Minaki and then take you by covered boat to Birch Island Resort. For larger groups we can arrange limousine service or chartered bus. For complete details about travel to Birch Island Resort, please see Getting There on this website.
Yes we can pick you up at the Minaki airstrip. For complete details about travel to Birch Island Resort, please see Getting There on this website.
Small planes can land at the Minaki airstrip which has 2750 feet of paved runway, 50 feet wide with overrun of 250 feet on each end.
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