Fall has finally
begun to show here at Wine Lake. We are starting to see at lot more yellows and
oranges. The leaves are beginning to change and the mix from the usual green
landscape is a great view to behold.
You know the saying, "April
showers bring May flowers", well I hope that "September rain will
make the water level rise again". We are really starting to get rain on a
more consistent basis but despite its efforts, the water doesn't seem to have
risen much, if any at all. I feel like a broken record talking about the low
water every week, but it really has been astonishing how much it has changed
over the course of the year.
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| Normally just the tip of the tall rock is exposed |
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| The bay behind the main dock |
This week we had 3
groups staying in camp. The Simmons party of 12, the Schulte party of 10 and
James and Dan staying in the Walleye. It was a really fun week with some really
awesome and happy people. The Schulte party were first timers staying at Wine
but not first timers fishing the lake. They really enjoyed the magnificent
Walleye fishing that Wine Lake has to offer.
The Simmons party
were mostly returnees with a couple of rookies thrown in the mix. They had us
join them for a fish fry on Thursday night and by the amount of fish that was
fried up just that night, I'd say they had no trouble finding the fish this
week!
Wednesdays tournament
was a lot of fun despite the rainy day that it started out to be.
Everyone got
in the spirit and came up with fun team names that seemed to fit each team
perfectly. By the time 3pm rolled around and it was time to measure fish, it
was a really beautiful day.
They winners of the
tournament were Ray, Erik and Greg(absent from picture), and had their fish caught by 9am. They won
the tournament with 3 Walleyes(18", 18", 17.25") Their team name;
the MFer's(I'm sure you know what it stands for...)
The Walleyes are still
going deeper as people are now marking and catching them in 35-50ft more and
more regularly.
Friday night we had
quite the storm here. What started out as just lightening, thunder and a little
rain turned into a massive hail storm with the biggest pieces of hail I have
ever seen in my life. The hail came down hard for at least 10 minutes but
luckily left no damage to anything here at camp or any cars at the landing.
One of the nicest
things to hear at Wine Lake is when a new group says they can't wait to come
back next year! Saturday morning we heard a lot of that from the first timers
which put huge smiles on our faces. It just reassures us that this prestigious
camp is run the right way and the beauty and tranquility of this place always
gives people the vacation they are looking for.
Biggest Catches
29" Walleye -
Erik Schulte
13" Perch -
Chris Williams
18.5" Bass -
Daniel Wood
40" Pike - James "Buddy" Emerson
