Month: June 2017

Best Fishing Apps

In this high-tech world we live in, almost everything now is completely mobile based and users depend heavily on their phones, even avid outdoorsmen. If you’re planning on visiting us and going fishing at Burntwood Lodge, you will most likely take your phone along with you on the boat. You’ll want to have it to prove the size of your fish to your buddies, but also because technology can help us find and catch fish easier. As bizarre as it may sound, fishing apps have become a staple for some of the more successful modern-day anglers.

Here are two fishing-related mobile apps that will help you reel in big, the next time you venture out to go fishing:

Fishidy

This app allows anglers to record catches and data about their trip, share them with friends and link them to real-time locations. The Fishidy app also allows fishermen access to pro-tips and the ability to upload photos of their fish to the online “bragging board.” The entire network is map-based allowing anglers the ability to easily discover patterns and trends from their results. Want to know how you did on the lake last May? Just check the app. At the very basic level, this app is a user-friendly map-based fishing log and is free for both IOS and Android users. If Facebook is for your past and Twitter is for your future, Fishidy is for your fishing.

Pro Angler

This app contains a wealth of information on over 100 species of saltwater fish. You have access to pro-tips from guides in your location, weekly updates on what’s biting, a GPS based boat guide to help you navigate to the hot spots, weather updates, locations of bait and tackle shops and more. If you caught a fish and wish to eat it for dinner, this app even has recipes from top chefs on how to cook your catch. Pro Angler is a one-stop shop for die-hard anglers. The app is free on IOS and Android users.

Here at Burntwood Lake Lodge, we love to keep everyone up to date on new technology that makes fishing easier. Haven’t booked your upcoming excursion yet? Visit us online to learn more about our fishing experiences and give us a call at 1-877-358-2259 to plan your trip.

Best Fishing Apps

In this high-tech world we live in, almost everything now is completely mobile based and users depend heavily on their phones, even avid outdoorsmen. If you’re planning on visiting us and going fishing at Burntwood Lodge, you will most likely take your phone along with you on the boat. You’ll want to have it to prove the size of your fish to your buddies, but also because technology can help us find and catch fish easier. As bizarre as it may sound, fishing apps have become a staple for some of the more successful modern-day anglers.

Here are two fishing-related mobile apps that will help you reel in big, the next time you venture out to go fishing:

Fishidy

This app allows anglers to record catches and data about their trip, share them with friends and link them to real-time locations. The Fishidy app also allows fishermen access to pro-tips and the ability to upload photos of their fish to the online “bragging board.” The entire network is map-based allowing anglers the ability to easily discover patterns and trends from their results. Want to know how you did on the lake last May? Just check the app. At the very basic level, this app is a user-friendly map-based fishing log and is free for both IOS and Android users. If Facebook is for your past and Twitter is for your future, Fishidy is for your fishing.

Pro Angler

This app contains a wealth of information on over 100 species of saltwater fish. You have access to pro-tips from guides in your location, weekly updates on what’s biting, a GPS based boat guide to help you navigate to the hot spots, weather updates, locations of bait and tackle shops and more. If you caught a fish and wish to eat it for dinner, this app even has recipes from top chefs on how to cook your catch. Pro Angler is a one-stop shop for die-hard anglers. The app is free on IOS and Android users.

Here at Burntwood Lake Lodge, we love to keep everyone up to date on new technology that makes fishing easier. Haven’t booked your upcoming excursion yet? Visit us online to learn more about our fishing experiences and give us a call at 1-877-358-2259 to plan your trip.

Tips for Avoiding Sunburn While on a Boat

Back in the late 1990s, there was a famous essay entitled “Advice, like youth, probably just wasted on the young,” written by columnist Mary Schmich and published in the Chicago Tribune. It was a “hypothetical commencement speech,” the kind you’d hear at a high school or college graduation. Interestingly, the essay went “viral” via email and became known as the “Wear Sunscreen” speech. Baz Luhrmann turned it into a spoken word song called “Everybody’s Free (To Wear Sunscreen)” and it was a hit. The song, too, got its name shortened. People refer to it as “The Sunscreen Song.”

Basically, the essay and song made many points of advice about how to live your life in order to make it a good one. The main point, though, was that the best advice was to “always wear sunscreen.”

Many people come to Burntwood Lake Lodge in Manitoba for fun fishing, hunting, and boating. With over 1000 miles of shoreline to explore nearby, Burntwood Lake Lodge is ideally located for people who want to “get away from it all” while still enjoying some of the comforts of home.

While at Burntwood, it’s not unusual to spend a lot of time on the water on a boat. And here’s some good advice: if you’re going to be out on the water for a while, and even if you have some shade, it’s always best to wear sunscreen. The last thing you want to get is sunburn where you turn so red that you look like a lobster.

Sunburns are awful. They hurt. There’s redness, of course, as well as swelling, inflammation, and sometimes blisters. If you get sunburnt often, you increase your risk for getting skin cancer.

So, if you’re going to spend time on the water on a boat in the Manitoba wilderness, slathering on/spraying on sunscreen to the exposed parts of your skin is the best way to avoid sunburn. Make sure you get your nose and the top parts of your ears. You’ll also want to cover your arms and legs and feet.

One other good tip for avoiding sunburn while on a boat is to wear a hat. Ideally, you should go for one that protects both your face and the back of your neck from the sun’s relentless rays. Meanwhile, a hat covers your scalp, too, which is a good thing. Even skin under hair can get burnt, so it makes sense to cover it up when possible.

With sunscreen and a hat, you’re making smart choices for your time on the water boating around Manitoba.