ON LAKE NIPIGON, NEAR JELLICOE, ONTARIO - We had already seen our daily moose on the Onaman River. The cow had been browsing aquatic vegetation when Chuck Erickson’s 26-foot Grady-White glided past.

Ontario's Lake Nipigon is known for giving up an occasional big lake trout, and this summer it was Jeanne Fairbanks' and Birdie Neuenschwander's turn. The Hibbing mother and daughter -- Birdie's the ...