July 28th,August 4th
Well where do I start?
First, I would like to send well wishes out to Butch
Lerum. He has been fighting cancer and
had to miss this year’s trip. He appears
to be headed in the right direction and we are hopeful for a good outcome. Please keep him in your prayers.
His family did come and had a good time and caught lots of
fish. They brought in a couple pike in
the 40” plus range and numerous 25” plus walleyes.
Another guest Marty, lost his father on the day he was
leaving. His Mother told him his father
would want him to come up, so with a heavy heart he and his family still made
the trip. Though he was here his head
and heart were back home with his family.
As many of you already know this is part of the cycle we are all apart
of but still doesn’t make it any easier.
Keep your head up Marty.
I had the pleasure of having my oldest brother in camp as
well. Though he is not a big fisherman
it was nice to have him in camp and catch up on all the home happenings, and I
was able to enjoy a bit of time fishing with him. His group had a good week and caught a binch
of fish and made sure they caught afternoon naps to recharge their batteries
before heading back to the grind the following Monday.
Penny who is part of the larger group of guests won the
tournament in a hotly disputed weigh in.
She ended up winning it with 3 walleyes pushing the 18 inch mark. Way to go.
Big shout out to Chuck and his group, and Bob for bringing
me up some sweat corn. This is one of my
favorite things to eat and I was able to get my fill. I really enjoyed it. Thank you, guys.
The winner of the week for the year end drawing for a free
trip next year is Addison Kistler. Good
luck
The week of August 4th was a little
different. We had the pleasure of
hosting a week for the HVAC company Auer Steel.
The people of Auer brought many customers and enjoyed a great weather
week as well as a great fishing week.
The guys would get up everyday eat breakfast, then head out to the lake
to fish all day. They would return
around 5 or 6 in the evening and make dinner and enjoy their evening on the
decks. They caught a couple walleyes in
the 27” range and the big pike for the week was a 42” slob. They had such a good time all will be
returning next year to try and learn more about Wine Lake. Mitch the man in charge of the operation
enjoyed doing some fly fishing and even came close to laying into a giant pike
on the fly rod. Unfortunately, it was
not meant to be and the fish came off and will be ready to fight another
day. I can truly say it was an enjoyable
week and I was able to meet many new people that I hope to see come back for
years to come. My highlight was getting
to take Cory and Keith out one day and catching so many walleyes the 3 of us
went through over 12 dozen minnows. Both
guys said they would never forget the day they had. That is what coming up here is all
about. Getting away and enjoying some of
the best fishing mother nature has to offer.
Now they can be doing there daily jobs and think back at that day and it
will help propel them through the grind and dream of coming back the next year
and doing it again. Enjoyed it guys,
thanks.
Finally the update on weather and water. The water is as low as any of you have seen
it. The portage is not easy, but we are
still making it. We have had zero rain
in well over a week and none is in sight.
It has to happen soon. We can
only hope for an early fall and some moisture to stop the receding waters. The last couple of days it has been well over
90 degrees which is hard to handle. We
will keep you posted. The fishing has
been very good and consistent. We
continue to catch a lot of fish in that 20 to 24” range. I was out the other night and got into a mess
of fish in the 6’-12’ range which makes me believe the next couple years the
fishing should remain steady.
Look forward to seeing you all soon.
