ABOUT THE POLAR BEAR OUTFITTERS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
We would like to tell you a bit about ourselves here at Polar Bear Outfitters. If you were thinking of coming up for a fly-in fishing trip just find your way to Cochrane, Ontario and a.k.a Johnny Bait can pick you up from the train station or wherever you need a pick up. There are domestic air passenger flights arriving and departing the airport everyday down at the south end of Lillabelle Lake. You can start flying from any major airport in the world and find yourself in some of Canada's finest fishing and hunting country when you land. Moose and bear dodgers along the Trans-Canada Highway can easily find our float plane air base find by following the airport signs from town. We are located a 10 minute drive from the good coffee shop in downtown Cochrane Ontario, Canada.
Polar Bear Outfitters has been in the business of flying guests to remote outpost camps for over 35 years. Polar Bear Outfitters was originally established in 1971 by local master carpenter Steve Konopelky ( whose passion was hunting and fishing ) and his wife Nicole ( a registered nurse ).
Drop tents were initially used at the outposts until fully equipped cabins could be built. Immediately, Steve started taking anglers and hunters to their dream lakes, catching fish and hunting like never before.
Polar Bear Outfitters is perpetually expanding its fly-in fishing and hunting areas. In staying with modern times, we promote catch and release and are continuing to improve our camps to suit the needs of today's guests.
Billy and His Brother Peter with Steve
Friends Getting Ready For a Week at PBO
It is Billy's hope that his son's continue a family legacy by involving themselves with a generations old business of helping people have the times of their lives in Ontario’s Wilderness Region, in Ontario, Canada.
We have spent much time and energy on our web sites in order to provide you with an easy to navigate site filled with lots of information and pictures for you to look at. We hope you enjoy it. However, should there be anything else that you would like to see here, please feel free to Contact Us with your suggestions, questions or concerns that you may have. We always try to accommodate special needs or unique adventure requests so do not hesitate to talk to us about your ideas for a wild time in the Canadian wilderness.
Billy and Chris Made it Official on July 16th 2005
Always at his father's side, Billy took great interest in his father's dream and has continued the historical fly-in fishing and hunting success ever since. Today, Billy has two sons of his own ( Marcel and Jesse ) who both have dreams of becoming pilots like their Dad.
Billy and Marcel ( a future bush pilot )