Kathleen and I greeted the day with a cup of coffee on the dock. It's always great to have a morning cup of coffee sitting over the water listening to the loons and other birds while watching bald eagles soaring overhead.
We then walked over to the cabin and visited with my Dad who was sitting on the deck overlooking the lake. After a few minutes, I decided to go fishing, so I grabbed the fatheads and leeches and joined the 10 other boats out in front of my house.
With the breeze coming out of the south, I actually motored out to a spot in front of Giza's cabin in 10 feet of water before turning off the motor and deploying the drift sock. I again used an 1/8 ounce Northland Gumball jig in parrot color tipped with a large leech.
I made a complete drift from Giza's to Malay's and only caught a couple of perch, one of which was about 10 1/2 inches and boarding on being a jumbo. But with the fishing slow, and my parents visiting, I stowed my fishing gear and went ashore.
We spent the afternoon visiting and just hanging out.
At 4:30 p.m., we left the lake and drove north on Sucker Bay Road out to Hwy. 2, where we headed east to have supper at the Big Fish Supper Club in Bena, near Lake Winnibigoshish, where my Dad treated us to supper for our anniversary.
All four of us, my Mom, Dad, Kathleen and I, had the walleye dinner.
The landmark Big Fish Supper Club
After dinner we drove back to the lake and spent a couple of hours on the back porch watching the sunset and listening to my Dad tell stories about his college days, when he was admitted to Yale but decided to go to Boston University instead, how he hitchhiked from Oslo, Norway to Copenhagen, Denmark and how he ended up a principal of a high school at the tender age of 27.
We had a very relaxing and enjoyable evening on the shores of Leech Lake.
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