We planned to feast on fresh walleye for dinner on Saturday night, May 24, so Rick and I limited our fishing to the afternoon. The stats:
Time: 1:00-3:30 p.m., CDT
Location/method: Trolling @ Ottertail Peninsula Point (very rough water), Duck Point and Second Duck Point; drifting with jigs and Gulp Alive leeches and minnows at "The Birches."
Winds: South, 10-15 mph, gusting to 25 mph
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
No fish caught. We did enjoy a tasty walleye dinner from the two fish I caught the previous evening. I cleaned the fish just an hour before cooking them for dinner. That's fresh fish!!
After dinner, Kathleen, Rick and I enjoyed a roaring fire in the fire pit at the cabin.
Friday, June 06, 2008
May 23, 2008
Rick and I went trolling on Sucker Bay on Friday, May 23. Our target fish, as always, was the walleye. Here are the vital stats:
Time: 8:15-10:45 p.m., CDT
Location: Second Duck Point to the Malays
Winds: calm
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
Sunset: 8:57 p.m.
Moon: 88% waning
Lure: Rapala Minnow Raps (Rick: Bleeding Copper Flash; SJ: Hot Steel)
Rick caught 3 walleye; 10", 15", 21" (all went back into the lake)
SJ caught 2 walleye; 16", 16 1/4" (both were kept, and made an excellent dinner the following night)
Time: 8:15-10:45 p.m., CDT
Location: Second Duck Point to the Malays
Winds: calm
Water Temp.: 54 degrees
Sunset: 8:57 p.m.
Moon: 88% waning
Lure: Rapala Minnow Raps (Rick: Bleeding Copper Flash; SJ: Hot Steel)
Rick caught 3 walleye; 10", 15", 21" (all went back into the lake)
SJ caught 2 walleye; 16", 16 1/4" (both were kept, and made an excellent dinner the following night)
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Summer of 2008, Arrival
On May 22, Kathleen and I left San Jose for an extended stay at our cabin on Leech Lake. Our flight left San Jose an hour late due to mechanical problems and we just barely made our connection in Minneapolis for Bemidji.
On the flight to Bemidji we met up with our friend Rick from Australia, (see the Feb. 20, 2005 post for a picture of Rick with a 50 1/2-inch Leech Lake muskie) who was going to stay with us at the lake for 10 days.
Rick and I launched the boat on morning of Friday, May 23 and instantly discovered a malfunction with the toggle switch on the ShoreMaster boat lift. We were able to use the hand-powered crank to raise and lower the boat until a replacement switch could be delivered by Shore Brothers on Saturday.
We also encountered some trouble with the Lowrance LCX-28C HD recording sonar/GPS+WAAS unit. After many discussions with the good folks at Corner Sports in Bemidji, we figured out it was simply a loose connection between the unit and the fuse panel. With the wire firmly connected, the unit was back in business providing our location and showing us if we were on the fish or not.
What follows is a series of fishing reports from my stay at one of Minnesota's premier fishing lakes, and my home waters, Leech Lake.
On the flight to Bemidji we met up with our friend Rick from Australia, (see the Feb. 20, 2005 post for a picture of Rick with a 50 1/2-inch Leech Lake muskie) who was going to stay with us at the lake for 10 days.
Rick and I launched the boat on morning of Friday, May 23 and instantly discovered a malfunction with the toggle switch on the ShoreMaster boat lift. We were able to use the hand-powered crank to raise and lower the boat until a replacement switch could be delivered by Shore Brothers on Saturday.
We also encountered some trouble with the Lowrance LCX-28C HD recording sonar/GPS+WAAS unit. After many discussions with the good folks at Corner Sports in Bemidji, we figured out it was simply a loose connection between the unit and the fuse panel. With the wire firmly connected, the unit was back in business providing our location and showing us if we were on the fish or not.
What follows is a series of fishing reports from my stay at one of Minnesota's premier fishing lakes, and my home waters, Leech Lake.
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