• Diaries of a Lodge Owner 
    Here we are week 13, and this week was as much about the steel business as anything.  Finally the equipment is sold, this is a major step it frees up some money not a whole lot, but some for the lodge fund and I need it in there believe me!  
    Without a [...]

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    Hey its week 12! I really appreciate you guys being here and look forward to your feed back! 
    So a quick re-cap with the marketing plan; first we redesigned the website, then I took the search engine optimization seminar, which gave me the www.fishfever.ca website that you are all visiting.  I then [...]

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  • Diaries of a Lodge Owner 
    Welcome to week 11! Time is evaporating and so is the ice! And I would love to see you guys at the lodge this summer.  And here is to you guys for sticking with me Thank-you. 
    Now for the game plan, manage the lodge and the steel business, not an easy chore. [...]

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  • Diaries of a Lodge Owner 
    I must apologies for being late on this one, being a Father comes with responsibilities and  last night my little sweet heart Maddy who is 11 months old had her first ear infection and I spent the night cuddling a sore wee girl.  Anyway let’s rock week 10! 
    Well I drew a [...]

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  • Diaries of a Lodge Owner 
    Here it comes yes you got it; Welcome to week 9!    
    Now back in the real world my investor and I wanted to get together talk numbers.  We set a time and Mel and I sat down with him and his wife and looked at the supplied financials.  After we finished it [...]

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  • Diaries of a Lodge Owner
     
    First I want to thank-you guys for sticking with me; I really appreciate it and hope that you are finding enjoyment in it.  Welcome to week 8! 
    Enter Brian Dykstra……….. 
    Brian up until then was just a name, one of those goofy head shot real estate pictures on the internet.  Mike felt that [...]

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  • Diaries of a Lodge Owner 
    Hi folks and welcome to week 7 of Diaries of a Lodge Owner, this diary is really what is keeping me in tune with how fast time is flying by, it excites me and scares me all in one big rush! 
    The Next 5 months proved to be a rollercoaster of emotion, [...]

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  • Diaries of a Lodge Owner 
    Hi folks and welcome to week 6 of Diaries of a Lodge Owner. 
    I ended up finishing up middle of the pack, my angling skills were not on par with the people that were left in the competition.  After being Culled, we had to remain in North Bay, so I ended up [...]

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  • Hi folks and welcome to week 5 of Diaries of a Lodge Owner.  Hope you have been enjoying it so far!
    A couple of weeks later Melissa picked up my mail and there was a letter from Fishn’ Canada in it. She called me right away at work and told me that I had been chosen [...]

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  • Welcome to week 4 of Diaries of a Lodge Owner!
    My two college years flew, they were over in the blink of an eye, I headed back home to try to find a job in my field and honestly I looked for a little bit but the sheet metal shop was calling.  I had worked there [...]

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