2019 will be the 25th season of Air Tamarac’s operation by the family and the Blanchard-B\u00e9dard couple. After all these years and after having taken care and renovated all the chalets and equipment during that time, we finally intend to refurbish our good old Clova seaplane base. This major project will improve our service, our image and comfort of our aging facilities and will help the next generation to serve you for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And speaking of succession we are proud to announce that Robin, our last son, pursuing his dream will join the ranks of the professional pilots of the company alongside Daniel, Christophe, Louis, Dominic and Jean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Proud of the quality of improvements made over the last 24 years, the work that has begun will continue so that all of our territories offer the same level of service that Air Tamarac has accustomed you to. As such, we will be carrying out several renovations of docks and boardwalks, especially at lakes H\u00e9bert and Sauterelle. We also plan to acquire a bigger seaplane to replace our too small Piper Cub to better help with the maintenance and service of the cottages. A dedicated maintenance worker will fly it at your service. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We are constantly improving and looking for new grounds; thus, a new private walleye and pike lake and new moose hunting territories should be offered as early as 2019. We are talking here about Lake Angela and Sheila Lake, which we will re-open for moose hunting on our Sauterelle territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2018 will have marked the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of Air Tamarac\u2019s existence and, to our great surprise, last spring season will be remembered as THE latest ice out we\u2019ve ever experienced; all the large bays of Gouin Reservoir were still under thick white ice on our opening day! So if we can\u2019t prove global warming in Clova, we can at least say that we experienced surprising weather disturbances for the last 3 years. The situation slowed walleye fishing at the beginning of the season and delayed trophy pike fishing on top water by about 10 days. But afterwards, if we rely on your fishing reports, we had an exceptional season in terms of size of walleyes caught, as much at Lake H\u00e9bert as at R\u00e9servoir Gouin. Remember that 2018 was the 3rd<\/sup> year of implementation of the 13-18,5 inches slot limit on walleye at Gouin Reservoir and we really reap the benefits! We have always encouraged such a measure; Air Tamarac is a leader and pioneer in the field, having imposed a slot at Lake H\u00e9bert more than 15 years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n