Review Highlights
Guests rate Hawk Air very highly. Most reviews give 4 or 5 stars, and the one 3-star review still described the company as great to deal with. Many reviewers are repeat customers: several report 6 to 9 trips, one group has gone off and on for about 25 years, and one reviewer has returned eight more times after his first trip. Reviewers describe the staff as friendly and accommodating, and one says they feel like extended family. Another says the company always goes out of its way to meet customers' needs.
Reviewers praise the variety of lakes and species. Trips include walleye and pike, brook trout, and pike and lake trout at ice-out in May. Several lakes have portages to additional lakes, such as a lake trout lake reached from Wejin. Duffy and Easey are terrific walleye lakes, with Duffy giving bigger fish and Easey more numbers. Reviewers report walleye from 18 to 27 inches, and individual walleye of 30, 31 and 34 inches. They also reported pike up to 40 inches, and one angler reported 193 fish in a week at Wejin. Little Miss is the most popular lake, with a waiting list and averages of 300-400 walleye per week per boat. Reviewers call the camps clean, well equipped and "first class," with running water, generators and, at the popular lakes, showers. Several reviewers rate the boats and motors highly and say cabins are improved every year. Reviewers describe the pilots and dock staff as polite and good at packing the plane, and one guest was kept informed and given a waiting room during a weather delay.
Complaints are few. Prices have gone up, though one reviewer attributed this to the cost of fuel for the planes. Fishing is not equally good on every lake. Reviewers found Wejin small with small fish, Mosambik had lots of perch, and Fulcher was slow during one August week with clear water and weather as factors. Reviewers also mention cold weather and north winds, so layers are needed. Popular lakes like Little Miss can be hard to book. This outfitter suits anglers who want a choice of lakes and species, including walleye, pike, lake trout and brook trout. It also suits groups of friends and repeat fly-in guests who want well-kept camps, and first-timers who want helpful staff.
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kim n indiana
Aug 27, 2024
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Fulcher lake - hawk air - Camp Anjigami
He fished Fulcher Lake the week of 8/18-8/24. He says Hawk Air was great to deal with. They kept guests informed during a weather delay on the Saturday fly-out and provided a waiting room with a lake view. The cabin met expectations and then some, and the motor started right up with a full gas tank. Fishing was on the slow side: the water was very clear, the weather played a part, and the Hawk Air manager said other guests had also complained of slow fishing. He caught no pike all week, but the walleye he caught were fat. A purple/white Pulse-R on a ned-type jig was the best bait.
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Robert Weller
Apr 4, 2024
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I Got Hooked On Canadian Walleye Fishing
Trip report of a September 2011 week at Wejin Lake with Hawk Air. The author describes the float-plane flight of about 35 minutes and Hawk Air staff who showed them around camp and told them the best walleye spot. He calls the camp 'deluxe' for an off-grid cabin, with running water, a generator, a propane stove and a wood stove. The fishing was very good: 193 fish in the week (96 walleye, 96 pike, 1 lake trout), pike to 30.5 inches, and a lake trout lake reached by portage. He has returned to Hawk Air eight more times. He says the Hawk Air folks feel like extended family, and he highly recommends a fly-in trip.
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klairter
Jan 29, 2013
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Upper Duffy and Hawk Air
He has been to Upper Duffy twice in 10 years and Duffy three times. Upper Duffy had good fishing, with larger-than-average fish but fewer of them; the top walleye was 27 inches, plus plenty of northerns. He loved Duffy: unbelievable fishing on two of three late-June trips, with a 31-inch and a 34-inch walleye. He says Hawk Air is a great outfit to deal with and always goes out of its way to meet customers' needs. He has flown with them 9 times.
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Tylumps
Jan 28, 2013
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Easey Lake with Hawk Air
He has always gone to Easey Lake with Hawk Air and was returning that year, mostly for tradition's sake. He understands Little Miss is the most popular lake Hawk Air flies to and would pick it if a week were available.
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rpdragon
Dec 22, 2010
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hawk air flyin - WaWa
His group has used Hawk Air six years in a row and off and on for about 25 years. He has been to Namigos, Wejin, Easey, Duffy and Mosambik. He says the camps are first class: clean and well equipped, with the popular lakes having hot and cold running water, showers and generators. Duffy and Easey are terrific walleye lakes. Duffy gave bigger fish and Easey gave more numbers, with walleye from 18 to 27 inches. Wejin was a small lake with small fish. Mosambik was very productive for a shallow lake, with 1-3 lb walleye and pike to 40 inches, but lots of perch, and it would not be his first choice. The boats and motors were top notch.
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Sniper1
Dec 20, 2010
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hawk air flyin - WaWa
He has not been with Hawk Air since the 1980s, but fished Anaharea and called it an excellent lake with big trout and pike. He caught a couple dozen pike over 40 inches.
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chuck c c
Feb 2, 2004
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Missinaibi Lake - North of Chapleau, Ontario
He has flown to Little Miss for the last 5 years with Hawk Air. He says fishing is good, averaging 300-400 walleye per week per boat. He notes Hawk Air has a waiting list for that lake.
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Hawk Air - Great flying service
Just back from the Chapleau area using Hawk Air. He says they are very nice people to do business with. The pilots and dock staff were polite and did their jobs very well, especially packing the plane.
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Another week long fly-in trip with Hawk Air – great walleye fishing
We just finished another week long fly-in trip with Hawk Air. We pulled a bunch of eyes with good size range. A bunch of fish ranged from 20"-26". I even managed to pull a 27.5" and a 30"! What a week!! It was a fairly cold week. That North wind can really make you layer up!
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Used Hawk Air 8 or 9 times – highly recommend
Ive used Hawk Air 8 or 9 times. I would recommend them. They offer alot of choices as far as fishing different lakes for different species. We used to go in the summer and do a split trip, 4 days for pike/walleye then to a different lake for brook trout. The last three times we went right at ice out in May to a pike/lake trout lake, kept our beer cold in the snow, but the fishing was awesome. I just recieved their brochure in the mail this past weekend. Their prices have gone up since I last used them, but Im sure it takes alot of fuel to run those planes around. If you have more specific questions about them let me know.
Goat, Easey, Duffy, Mosambik, Wejin, Anaharea, Dossier. Alot of their lakes have a portage where you can motor to an area then walk thru the woods to another lake where they have more boats waiting. My favorites were Anaharea at ice out, lots of big northerns and lakers, and Dossier in the summer, tons of brookies there. Wejin has two lakes and a portage to a lake trout lake also, you can fish all three in the same day. The Hawk Air people make lots of improvements every year to their cabins, and update their motors quite often too. We usually drive up on a Friday and stay in Wawa at the Wawa Motor Inn. They have a bar and restaurant at the motel, then we drive the last 15-20 miles to hawk lake Saturday morning for the flight out.
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