The week started off with a little rain. That seems to be the trend in the last
month. What little rain we get seems to
always fall on Saturday and Wednesday.
Unlike the previous weeks thunderstorms this week was just a light
drizzle that ended quickly. All in all
not a bad portage and everyone made it into camp safely.
Ron and Lisa were here for the first time. Ron jumped right in at the portage and helped
quite a bit. I knew then he would fit
right in. The spent their week fishing
hard and learning the lake. It did not
take them long as the figured out how to catch as many walleye as they wanted
and finished the week with the two biggest pike for the camp. Lisa caught a 40” and Ron a 41”. In his words it was “the hit I been waiting
for my whole life”. Great job guys and
welcome to the family.
We also had 2 big groups come up that included 3 generations
each of Wine Lake family. They both
enjoyed the weeks in different ways. The
Kessenich family spent much of the week fishing, playing cribbage and playing
with the young boys in the group. The Oppman
party spent much of the week fishing out of the way places and enjoying the
sights. They played games and the older
kids hung out in hammocks under the cabin.
Fishing started to pick up again as the mayfly hatch finally
subsided. People caught some nice Lakers
and starting bringing in eating size walleyes for lunch and dinner. Sherry and Arlyn always quiet and reserved got
to see a cow moose eating in the lake.
They started out the week and finished the week by catching lots of
20-24-inch walleyes. Sherry even managed
a 38” pike.
We had the windiest week I can remember. Several days had sustained winds in the upper
teens with gusts to 30 mph. One day was
actually so windy not many even attempted to fish. We had nice temperatures and the week went by
quickly. In the evening all the boys
from age 8 to 10 would play kickball or catch for hours. Even the workers got into the games and
played with them.
Mr Burns struggled to catch a Laker all week, but managed to
get on Thursday evening. He could not
have been happier.
The winner of the weekly drawing for the free trip at the
end of the year is John Hartman. He will
have a 1 in 19 chance of winning next year.
Good Luck
We are looking forward to all the families coming back and
starting a whole new adventure.
