It was touch and go this year as too wether or not the ice would be off the lakes in time to go fishing. Turns out it was mostly off Lake of the Woods at least Rainy River was open.
So up north we went, I was lucky to be invited by my friends Mike and his son Jack and his friend Garrett.
We got onto the river late Friday afternoon and just boated around and got the lay off the land. The river was really flowing as the water was really up and the deadheads (logs, tree branches, ect.) were everywhere. I smoked a pork butt and we had a great dinner and early to bed for the opener the next morning.
The weather on Saturday was nothing shy of terrible, rain, 25 mile and hour winds and cold. We had little success in the morning and then headed in for breakfast and to warm up. The afternoon at least the rain stopped but not the wind, however we did start to catch fish. Enough to in fact have a fish fry on Saturday night, but nowhere near as many as we wanted.
Sunday morning was not much better we caught 2 wallets and I was able to bring some home for Tracy. We did however have a great time despite the weather and we planned to go back next year! Thanks again Mike, Jack and Garrett for a great time!
On another note my friend Tom Pearson whom is a guide on Lake Mille Lacs as well as having a cabin on the lake invited Carl and I to come up and fish for a couple days and man one man fish we did.Tom is an outstanding person as well as a great fisherman and guide. He put us on incredible small mouth and it was beyond a blast. Tom's friend Al who lives on Lake Vermillion, that is another story, joined us and we could not have gad a better time.
Next trip is scheduled for the middle of June when Kay, Billy and I will join Carl and his kids on Lake Vermillion, gas prices depending!
More to come....
