La Loche, Pinehouse Lake, Wollaston Lake...

I am planning trip up there... well trying to...

wondering about the terrain, fishing, etc etc. I'm going to head up that way this fall for a moose, don't know how lucky I'll be, but I'll give her a go...

I'm getting a little tired of spending the extra money on tags and travel, heading to Northern Alberta all the time so I can get out hunting in the big bush and around rivers and lakes and such...

I've been in Saskatchewan over 2 years now and it's time to get up around the area that I keep hearing about, for a week or two...
 
The Hudson Bay area used to be really good for moose, I'm not sure what it's like now though.
 
I worked on the prelim for the LaLoche road going from south of Fort Mac over into Saskatchewan.

Lots of muskeg. Big mosquitos. But was lots of fun flying around in helicopters all the time.

But that area is a little far from where you are headed.
 
I have not been that far north in Sask, but everything I have read, heard, talked to, indicate it is not too good for moose. Many, many, many years ago when I hunted moose in Sask, best areas were in the bush, on the fringe areas just in, or close to, the bush homesteads and logging areas. Just north of the Torch River was a good place at that time, but forest terrain, which is always changing, is everything. Moose know what they like to eat, so hunt those areas.
 
I worked at the Rabbit Lake mine 35 yr. ago. More recently at Points North Landing. Fishing was excellent, saw very few moose. I don't know about now but then access was limited to canoe/float plane once off the main road. May be better now with the gold/uranium mining expansion. I liked it at Points North, but only for 2 wk. at a time. Mark
 
I am not sure about Wollaston.

I believe I was told once there is pollution in that lake because of tailings from Uranium mine leeching into the lake? Not sure how serious it might be?


As others have stated I wouldn't bother going much farther north than P.A National Park.

If your a rifle hunter and set on hunting the North I would look at Zone 70,71.

Zones 70-73 have an earlier rifle season than rest of province.


Rifle season opens for 2nd and 3rd week of Sept. then closes for 2 weeks for Archery. Rifle then opens up again on the 2nd week of Oct.(this is the time I would go). The second week in Oct. is about the last week of the rut up here and you still have great chance of calling one in. The season goes until the end of November.(pretty long)

I hunt Archery 99% of the time...but my last rifle Moose shot was in Zone 70 in that second week of Oct. He came pretty hard to the call.

As others have stated the bush up here is pretty thick. So calling is better. Other than that you could catch one on the Lake or maybe in a grown back clear cut.

Speaking of the Lakes....alot of guys hunt the lakes up here and have success. Pack a lunch. Call in the morning and evenings in shallow bays, and fish during the day.




Are you planning on camping? or Cabin?


You could try Deschaumbeault Lake. They have decent cabins for rent, store, boat rentals probably even guides.

Pike and Walleye fishing should still be good too.
 
Laloche

I have been around Laloche area a fair bit. Wife worked in Laloche as a teacher a few years back.

For the hunting, I wouldn't go. For the fishing I would go.

If you go, be fully prepared. Not much resources up there.

Greg
 
I have had the pleasure of taking some 14 moose in Saskatchewan since being posted here. I have found that the best chances for seeing a truly large moose come in the Porcupine or Pasquia Hills on the north and south sides of Hudson Bay. Also you don't have to be drawn to hunt in these zones. These areas are also filthy with elk - especially the farm/forrest fringes where I have seen herds of over 75-100 elk on regular occasion. Someone mentioned the Torch River area. This used to be a good area years ago, but a forrest fire a number of years ago has now made that area very difficult to hunt and it is a draw licence area only. There is also a segment of the population there that hunts this area ruthlessly year round. It is not a high moose population area any longer. That being said, I did smack a 52" bull in there a number of years back. Meadow Lake area also has some good moose country that could be checked into. The big advantages of going further north into zones 70 and 71 are the longer seasons and fewer hunters.
 
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I live in LaRonge.... not as far north as Wollaston Lake, but in the farthest north point to buy rifle ammo. There's moose here if you can compete against us locals :D PM me if you need more info
 
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