HELLO! If this is your first trip with L & M Fly In Outpsts or if you are one of our valued repeat guests, we are looking forward to having each and everyone of you with us this season. If you are repeat guests, you know the routine. But there will be a few changes in this years information packet. So be sure to check it all out. If this is your first time with us, you may have some unanswered questions. I will try to help answer some of them by answering some of the most commonly asked questions.

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The easiest way to reach us is to cross the border at International Falls, MN into Fort Frances Ontario and follow HWY 11 EAST through town. You will cross Rainy Lake at the Causeway Bridge. Continue on to the east until you come to Highway 502 North. (Roughly 5 minutes past “The Great Bear” gas station on the north side of the highway.)

Turn left (north) on Hwy 502. Follow this highway north 89 miles.

Just south of Dryden you will see a sign for Wabigoon Lake Road and Evergreen Golf Course on the right side of the road. Turn right (east) and follow this road about 4 miles. You will drive past a public golf course. (Evergreen Golf Course) on the north side of the road.

Then you will come to a T-intersection where you will notice a cluster of mail boxes at the T.

Turn right (south) on McIntyre Drive and follow this about 1/4 mile to a Y in the road.

Take a left at the Y and follow 3/4 mile to Brough Drive. Turn Left and follow 1/3 mile to the end of the road. Here is L & M Fly In Office on Wabigoon Lake.

If you are flying commercially you have the option of flying into International Falls, MN or directly into Dryden. Please contact L & M for details of your option.

2) "Where should we stay?"

Be sure to mention that you are guests of “L & M Fly - In” and you may get a special rate:

Indian Point Camp 1-800-699-9390
For those who want to spend the night on the lake at a resort with in 5 minute drive of our air base call here. Very reasonable rates (rates depend on exact group size) and will cook meals if requested ahead of time at an extra fee.

Holiday Inn Express 807-223-3000 (Has a pool/steam room and exercise room)

Town &Country Inn 800-263-0183
(average basic rooms)

Timberland Motel 800-465-7232
(Average basic rooms)

Comfort Inn 807-223-3893
nice rooms (typical to any Comfort Inn)

Best Western 807-223-3201 (Nicest rooms out of all motels. Restaurant, pool/steam room, exercise room.)

Remember if you have time the day before your fly out and you like to golf, call Evergreen Golf Course 807-937-6887

Also mention you are L & M Fly In guests at the golf course.

If you are spending the night in Dryden, plan on 30 minutes to drive from town to L & M airbase. This should cover going through town, stop lights, and traffic. Follow the map we have provided to back track to L&M from town (Hwy 594 then back on Hwy 502)

Then follow the signs back to L & M Fly In Outposts.

There are numerous eating places in Dryden. There is a Husky truck stop that is open 24 hours each day.

There is also an A& W that has a 24 hour drive through service.

Dryden has a Dairy Queen, McDonalds, Pizza Hut, Subway, Quizno Sub, Steak houses and the truck stop.

3) "What time should we arrive?"

We ask that you arrive at our airbase at approximately 1 hour before your scheduled flight time. That will allow plenty of time for you to do the paperwork and settle up on your payment. We can have bait, beer or liqour or groceries at our airbase for your trip, but you will need to pre order all of these items with L&M and we will gladly have them on hand for you. We ask that you give L&M 1 month notice ahead of your trip for all pre order items.

4) "What do we use for bait?"

If fishing for walleyes, we HIGHLY recommend you use minnows. We recommend 2-3 dozen per person per day. If you are fishing for small mouth bass, we recommend leeches. Figure on a pound of leeches per person for a 5-day trip. There are approximately 10-12 dozen leeches per pound.

For more recommendations on Bait Click Here

5) "What do we do with the license forms?"

Fishing licenses can be pre registered using our online form on our home page. Please fill these forms out at least 30 days prior to your trip.

6) "What are the weight restrictions?"

We have a 125 lb. weight limit per person. This includes everything that goes on the airplane with you, such as beer, sodas, food, bait, ice, gear, groceries. We have government certified scales at the dock where the pilot will weigh all of your gear before loading on the airplane. If your party has way over the weight restriction and you choose to have the extra weight flown in separately, the cost of the overload will be charged and flown in accordingly (depending on time and weather). Please weigh your gear at home to avoid delays, embarrasment, as we must comply with these restrictions for safety.

Click Here for Helpful Suggestions for Packing Your Gear

7) "Do we need a depth finder?"

Portable fish locators are helpful. It helps to find the structure of the lake for depth, ridges, weed beds, reefs, etc. Also, we have sent you a confirmation of your dates and lakes along with your total billing. If this is going to be split up between your party, please have it figured out as to how much each person owes before you arrive. All we will need to add on will be your license cost if not already included on your bill and if you are purchasing bait or any other things at the store. But if you have each person's share already agreed upon, that can also help save time the morning of your flight.

If you have further questions, don't hesitate to call or email us. We are here to help make sure that your trip goes as smooth as possible and that you have one of the best trips imaginable.

8) "What do we do with our garbage?"

1) DAILY: Take ALL table scraps, fish cleanings and left over foods .... across the lake and place on a rock, or on an island for the eagles and seagulls to eat. (DO NOT throw into the water) We will show you before you leave the office where is a good spot to do this. DO NOT throw any food items or grease around the cabin. At the end of your trip, take

all foods left over (Don’t leave it in the refrigerator for the next group) and place on the rocks with the

table scraps and fish cleanings.

HELP PREVENT BEAR AT THE CABIN SITE.

2) Burn: ALL burnable garbage, such as paper, all plastics, all cardboard, etc. If it can burn, burn it either in the wood burning stove or in the fire ring outside over the campfire.

***If there is a fire restriction at the lake, we will notify you as soon as we are notified. In that case, you will not be able to burn anything over an open fire.

Glass bottles, tin cans, and batteries, and any other garbage items that cannot be burned--we ask you double bag and bring this type of garbage out with you on the plane. DO NOT throw in the fire.

3) We ask you separate your aluminum cans from the tin and glass. Crush each can and bring in a doubled- garbage bag. We do recycle, but only the aluminum cans!!!!

ALL GARBAGE will be flown out at the end of your trip with you.

DOUBLE OR TRIPLE-BAGGING the garbage will prevent any unpleasant smells and leaks into the airplane you are riding in or on your bags.