Today's weather was as intense as I've seen in some months. The temperature in the late morning was 82 degrees under overcast skies. The winds were out of the SSW at 20-30 mph, creating huge swells and white caps on the lake. By midday it started to rain very hard, and the temperature began to drop.
No more than a half an hour after the rain started, it slowed and eventually stopped. Unfortunately we didn't get enough rain to raise the water level of the lake. I checked the temperature again and it had fallen all the way to 66 degrees -- a 16 degree drop in just a couple of hours.
The wind let up a little, but was still blowing at 15-20 mph out of the SSW. Today was another day that I didn't go fishing on Leech Lake. It was simply too rough.
For dinner, I did decide to fry up the perch and walleye that I had cleaned last night. We had a wonderful Leech Lake fish fry complete with French fries, cole slaw, roles and hearty malted beverages. We all raised our glasses to toast Kathleen's mom, because today marked what would have been her 58th wedding anniversary. God bless you John.
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