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I woke up well before 6:00 a.m. this morning to a light breeze out of the southwest and mostly sunny skies. I didn't check the temperature because I decided that 5:45 a.m. was too early to get up. I went back to bed for 90 minutes or so, and when I got up again I saw that the wind had picked up and was blowing at 8-12 mph out of the southwest, the sky was partly sunny with some clouds, and the temperature was 68 degrees. Despite the wind, I could "feel" that it was likely to be a hot and humid day.
There were no white caps on the lake, but the water was quite choppy. That didn't dissuade a half dozen or so boats that were camped in front of my house in 10-14 feet of water. Most looked to be jigging or pulling spinner rigs for walleye. Another method that seems to be working very well at the moment is trolling crankbaits, especially in the evening after sunset. If you troll during the day, downsize the bait a bit to say a Shad Rad or Flicker Shad.
At just after 11:00 a.m. I drove into Cass Lake to run some errands. I started with a visit to the 371 Cafe for lunch followed by stops at Clem's Hardware, Safari Liquor, Cass Lake Building Center and Froggy's Sports; the latter for a scoop of fatheads. I then stopped off at Great River Pizzeria for an unbaked pizza which I will enjoy during my solo Friday-night Pizza night.
I didn't make it home until close to 2:45 p.m. and then spent the afternoon cleaning up the kitchen, reading and waiting for T&K to show up to cut the grass at both properties. They showed up at 3:50 p.m. and immediately set to work. It's been almost 3 weeks since their last visit and the grass was getting quite long. The two boys, and I'm guessing that neither was 21 years old, from T&K did a great job of not only cutting the grass, but trimming around all the trees, and even around the fire pit on the boat ramp. Then they used a blower to blow the grass off the driveway and porches. First rate job.
The temperature at 4:00 p.m. was 75 degrees, the wind had picked up considerably and was fairly brisk at 15-18 mph out of the WSW. The sky was mostly sunny, with just a few clouds. The forecast suggests that the wind will die down a bit around 9:00 p.m. this evening, to around 8-12 mph, and if it does, I might consider going out and doing some crankbait trolling for walleye.
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Tomorrow Kathleen arrives at the lake. We'll have roughly 10 days alone here at the lake before Melissa, Jayden and Ashley arrive in Minneapolis on June 20. Ashley has only 8 days of visiting time, so we'll have to decide how she wants to split them; say 4 at the lake and 4 in St. Cloud, or some 5-3 combination. It'll be a short visit, but I know she really enjoys it here.
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After much consideration, I decided not to go out fishing tonight despite the fact that the wind had died down to no more than a gentle SW breeze. Instead, I ate my pizza, finished reading the Garrison Keillor book my kids got me for Father's Day (I opened it early), and watched the sunset.
It doesn't happen often, but when it does it's not very pleasant and tonight was one of those nights. There must have been 10 boats cruising between Second Duck Point and Norm's cabin and one of them was loaded with a group of loudmouths. Yelling, hooting, screaming and talking to each other as if they were a mile apart. FIB's most likely; staying at the resort. It made sitting on the dock and watching the sunset much less enjoyable than it could have, and should have, been. I much prefer the calling of loons than the crowing of lunatics.
The temperature remained warm, near 70 degrees as 9:30 p.m. came and went. The breeze was just enough to rustle the leaves in the maples and birch near the shoreline and the purple martins swooped and dived through the air just inches above the water. The sky was mostly clear and had changed to a wonderful shade of purple.
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| Fading sun over Sucker Bay, Leech Lake |
I have a very busy day tomorrow, in preparation of Kathleen's arrival, so I am going to sign off now. Good night from Leech Lake.
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