June 3, 2011 -- On Leech Lake

This morning at 10:00 a.m. the sky was overcast and a kind of greyish orange in color, it looks like it could rain or thunderstorm (both of which are forecast) and the temperature was a balmy 64 degress. It feels humid. The wind is light at 10 mph out of the SE.

It's Friday of the week after Memorial Day, so all of those tourists that came up for the holiday week are all taking advantage of the good fishing and calm water. There are roughly 20 boats in front of our house in search of walleye.

Despite the crowd, Rick and I went fishing from 1:00 p.m. to roughly 3:00 p.m. We fished in front of the house and cabin, as well as at the Birches. Rick used a slip bobber with a fathead or leech, while I used a Northland jig with a fathead. We caught a few perch, some rock bass and a northern or two.

After dinner we went fishing again. By this time the temperature had cooled slightly from a high today of 76 degrees (and very humid) down to 66 degrees which was very comfortable. There was practically no wind, and what little breeze did blow was from the SW. The water temperature had risen to 61.7 degrees. The sky was clear and there was just a tiny sliver a moon that set just after sunset.

Using Minnow Raps we trolled from Malay's to the north to a spot between Second Duck and Duck Points. Since there was virtually no wind to contend with, I could set the Mercury SmartCraft controls to 550 rpm, the lowest speed, which kept the boat moving at a ground speed of roughly 2.15 mph.

We fished from 8:45 p.m. until 10:45 p.m., and in addition to catching a few northerns and rock bass, Rick caught a 16-inch and a 19-inch walleye. I boated a very nice 23-inch walleye. When we came ashore there were still four other boats out on Sucker Bay.