After a brunch with Kathleen, her mother Marge, Mike, Barb and Sean, we all decided to go for a walk in the woods.
We took a leisurely stroll through the woods and it was absolutely beautiful. Most of the leaves on the trees in the woods are still green, despite several days of sub-freezing temperatures and shorter daylight hours. But there was enough color -- mostly yellows -- to remind everyone that it was mid-October.
Once we were all back home, Sean and I got ready to go fishing. Last year when Sean visited Leech Lake during MEA weekend he took home a nice 17" walleye. I was hoping he could repeat that performance this year.
We pulled the boat off the lift with light winds from the south at 8-10 mph, under partly sunny skies and a temperature of 50 degrees. The water temperature was 43.3 degrees.
I motored the boat to The Birches and Sean and I started fishing, using jigs and minnows. We fished for nearly two hours but just as it was on Saturday, we had no bites and caught no fish.
We came ashore around 4:00 p.m., and I was surprised at how cold it had been on the water. During the past week I'd been on the lake with the temperatures in the 30s and low 40s and thought it was cold so I figured with the temperature being 50 today it wouldn't be as cold so I didn't wear my Gore Tex bib overalls and parka opting instead for just a couple of sweatshirts. In hindsight, my insulated parka might have been a better choice.
Around 5:30 p.m. Mike, Barb, Sean and Marge got into the Coyle's minivan and left for points in southern Minnesota. Kathleen and I went for a walk, and then she went for a run.
This evening Kathleen and I had a wonderful time playing cribbage by the fire in the fireplace before getting to bed way too late again -- I wanted to stay up to wish her a happy birthday.
Another in a series of great times at Leech Lake.
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