We've been so busy working on the roof at the cabin during the day, and then fishing at night, that I've not had time to keep up with my blog posts. Some of these are going to have to be retroactive, so I may miss a detail or two.
Yesterday, after we worked on the roof and ate dinner, Rick and I went trolling at 9:10 p.m. The air temperature had cooled to 70 degrees, but the water temperautre had warmed over the past couple of days to 73 degrees. The wind was light at 5-8 mph out of the SW and the moon was 99% waxing; Friday would be the full moon.
Despite our best efforts, the only fish we caught tonight was the 17 3/4" walleye that I boated. Although it is technically a legal fish, one we could have kept and eaten, we decided to toss it back into the lake since we had just dined on fresh walleye the night before. I mean after all, we're not FIB's.
Friday, June 25, 2010
After another long day of stripping shingles of the cabin roof and applying Certainteed ice and snow Winterguard, we went trolling in the evening.
The weather earlier today was overcast, but no rain. By the evening the clouds and drifted away and the sky was mostly clear. The temperature when we got on the water was in the 62 degrees, the was no wind to speak of, the water temperature was again at 73 degrees, and the moon was full.
We trolled our usual spot using Minnow Raps. Rick caught a 20 1/2" walleye, while I boated a 16 1/4" walleye. Rick's fish was in the slot and had to go back into the lake by Minnesota law, and my legal fish went back into the lake as well as we decided not to have another walleye dinner until next week.
It was a beautiful night on Leech Lake.
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