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June 2004 - Monday - Day 5
Today we fished
As before, we were pulled through the beautiful woods
by ATVs, which pulled the boats and the people.
Then the ATVs just backed the boats down into the water
And we were off to gorgeous
Favourable lake.
I
was concerned about the weather and the rough waves and getting lost, but
everything was fine. After raining hard
all night long, the weather did a complete turnaround. It was calm, sunny and warm. I would guess around 22 C (72 F). We easily navigated through the lake to
Walleye Point. We threw our lines in the
water, and I started catching fish like crazy.
Shortly after we arrived, I caught four walleye in four minutes!
We had our lunch caught
within minutes of being out. Kathy didn’t catch any up to that point, so we
were laughing. She did, however, start
catching small Northerns. She caught so many, in fact, that I started calling
her “Kathy: Pike Slayer.” The fishing
was pretty good all day, but it took a long time before she caught a
walleye. At one point, she caught a
second fish before I had a chance to deal with her first fish!
At one point, I managed to snag a walleye through the back
somehow. I’m sure this was painful for
the poor creature.
We had a nice little shore lunch (alone) and it was
simply wonderful.
We didn’t see much wildlife other than fish (and bugs) but
we did see an animal that was either a beaver or perhaps a muskrat.
When we got back to the lodge, we ate dinner (pork chops)
and I took some pictures of the place, and a group photo.
Everyone at the lodge is very
nice and helpful, always willing to lend a hand.