This morning at 9:30 a.m. the temperature was 72 degrees, the air felt heavy with humidity, the wind was at 10-15 mph out of the SSE and the sky was overcast and grey.
As the day went on the temperature kept going up, finally resting at 87 degrees by midday. The humidity was at a crazy 90 percent with the dew point in the mid 70s. It was hot, wet and sticky.
Kathleen wanted some time alone to read so I went out fishing. The wind was 8-12 mph out of the SSE and the water temperature had warmed to 70 degrees. I used an 1/8 ounce VMC Mooneye jig tipped with a leech and made numerous drifts from about 8 feet of water out to 14 feet. I caught several rock bass, but no walleye. I did have something hit my jig hard, and bite off my jig and bait, but I couldn't hook whatever it was; most likely a big northern pike.
After a couple of hours on the water I went ashore. It was still very hot and humid. Kathleen had finished her book and was ready to cool off by jumping into the lake. I joined her in the waters of Leech Lake, and I have to say, the 70 degree water definitely cooled my core.
The sky remained overcast and hazy most of the day which meant that the sunset tonight was unspectacular. By 10:00 p.m. it finally started to cool off, and it was cool enough that sleeping tonight shouldn't be too uncomfortable.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
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