The temperature this morning at 8:30 a.m. was 46 degrees on its way to 51 by noon. The sky was clear, blue and sunny, with just some hazy type clouds on the western horizon. The had shifted over night and was now coming out of the SW at 5-8 mph. It was beautiful day, and there were already nearly 20 boats in front of our house by 10:00 a.m.
Tim and Jackson needed to go home today and wanted to hit the road by noon, so just after 10:00 a.m. we got in the boat for one last trip before they had to leave. The water temperature had warmed to 54 degrees.
Again we used Northland eyeball jigs tipped with shiners. We all caught several medium-sized perch, but no walleye.
We came ashore by 11:45 a.m. and just after noon Tim and Jackson were backing out of the driveway. No long goodbyes, that's for sure.
I spoke with Kathleen this morning and there is a possibility that she will come up to Leech Lake later today. But with her mother still needing constant care, I'd say that the odds of seeing Kathleen are no more than 50-50. I'd sure like to see her, but I'm not getting my hopes up.
A repair man from Culligan Water is out at our house and cabin replacing all of the filters in our reverse osmosis drinking water system. The filters should be changed every year, but it's been probably four since I last had them replaced. Oh well, time flies by up here.
A couple of days ago Jackson caught a very big 12" jumbo perch which we kept hoping to add others to the basket. But since we didn't catch any other perch of merit, nor any walleye, I took the one big jumbo in my basket and added it to the Newman's. They've probably got 12-14 nice jumbos ready to clean and eat.
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Well, joy of joys, Kathleen called and said she was on Hwy. 371 near Camp Ripley on her way to Leech Lake. She arrived at the lake house just after 5:00 p.m. After unloading groceries and a quick tour of the compound, Kathleen and I took a walk down to the beaver pond, and at that point she ran down to the community center and back while I turned and walked home. For me I had a brisk 2-mile walk and she had a 6-mile round trip run.
When Kathleen got back from her run we sat on the back deck and watched the sunset over Sucker Bay. It was a beautiful site and very relaxing.
Until tomorrow...
Monday, May 16, 2011
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