Fishing

Nicks Retreat is only minutes away from water. The closest lakes to the property are Bark Lake (5 minutes away) and Cross Lake (2 minutes away). Both lakes offer free boat launches. The fish that can be found in the area are Large and Small Bass, Northern Pike, Muskie, Walleye, Lake Trout, Yellow Perch, Crappie, Sunfish, Catfish, Brook Trout, Splake, Brown Trout, White Fish and Rainbow Trout.

If you like some adventure and want to get into some of the remote lakes, you can take your ATV, snowmobile or portage into some of the smaller lakes in the area. All you need to bring is a small motor to put onto the boats that are left on the shore and your all set for a day in paradise with the whole lake to yourself.

The MNR (Ministry of Natural Resources) stock some of the smaller lakes so there are always plenty of fish.

Ice fishing can also be done on these lakes.

We dont offer any guided fishing trips but can point you in the right direction.

For more information, please contact us at nicksretreat@hotmail.ca

Hunting

Looking for a place to hunt? Look no further.

Nicks Retreat sits on the edge of WMU 57 and 55A and offers tens of thousands of acres of crown land that are at your disposal. Deer, Moose, Rabbits, and Grouse are some of the animals that can be found in the area. For 2011, Elk hunting was opened. We are just north of Harvest Area 57 1 and 57 2.

Nicks Retreat offers semi-guided deer hunting trips during the 2 week rifle season in November. You will be hunting baited spots that have been baited for a month prior to your arrival. You can apply for the antlerless tags for this area. You can expect big body mature bucks in the 200s up to 300 pounds and have big racks.

Nicks Retreat does not offer any moose tags this time but can provide you with accommodation during the one week archery and one week gun season in October. There are many moose in this area and we can point you in the right direction if you can draw a tag.

We are fully equip with electric wenches, hanging poles and a walk in 20 x 10 freezer to make your game processing a breeze

For more information, please contact us at nicksretreat@hotmail.ca

On December 1st I encountered the buck above. The arrow hit a small tree branch that i couldnt see at 20 yards due to the fading light and deflected it. He will be bigger next year.