Today was another beautiful fall day at Leech Lake. The high temperature today was 73 degrees, the low was right around 50 degrees. The wind was mostly calm, with a slight breeze of 3-5 mph on occasion from the east. The sky was clear and blue. The water temperature was 70.9 degrees in most locations.
My parents, who are visiting me here this week at the lake, and I went into Bemidji today to have dinner, and to pick up some paint I need to repaint the deck at the cabin. We had a nice drive into town and also around the Bemidji State University campus, which is located on the western shore of Lake Bemidji.
We got back to the lake around 6:30 p.m. and shortly before 7:00 p.m. I hit the water to do a little fishing. I started by casting a Lindy Max Gap jig tipped with Northland Slurpie Swim'N Grub. I caught nothing.
Just after sunset, which was at 7:13 p.m. this evening, I switched tactics and began trolling my hot steel colored Minnow Rap in 9-12 feet of water in The Alley. Again, I caught nothing. I decided to expand my trolling area to include the flats between Duck Point and Second Duck Point. Still no fish.
At 8:45 p.m., with no fish caught, I headed for shore. This is one of the few times in recent memory where I've been skunked on the water.
Once on shore, my mother and I went out to the end of the dock to look at the stars. With no clouds, and an early moonset (at 9:23 p.m. this evening) the sky was covered in blinking stars. The Milky Way was again clearly visible.
It was a nice way to end another night on Leech Lake.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
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