The middle of July was hot, hot, hot! We had about 5 days where the temperatures were above 85 degrees and 2 over 90 degrees. Typical Ontario weather though, a heat wave never lasts very long. The weather cooled down a few days later. We are still under the average for rain and all of NW Ontario remains on a fire ban. This only means that there are no open fires allowed. You can still cook your shore lunch with a propane stove. The weather doesn't seem to be affecting the fishing. Fishing has remained phenomenal! Clients are not having any trouble filling out their limits. We had several groups tell us they could have filled out in three hours, but just wanted to keep enough to eat. Dean guided the Schneewind group from Minneapolis and caught some of everything, walleye, northern pike and smallmouth. The smallies are hanging around the sunken reefs and islands. The easiest way to catch them is to throw upon the top of the reef or rig a slip bobber and a leach and start reeling them in. We are having a little cooler weather now, but the long term forecast is starting to heat up again.