Our team has been grinding since my last update. we basically had another hell week being so busy, then throw in a few dustings of snow with high winds making plenty of drifting and cleaning of our first ever ice road. We were swamped the 12th 13th starting a little slow down on the 14th 15th with another full house on the weekend of the 16th. Kevin and Max came up again after the first night they packed up and moved in a bit closer where they landed 20 walleyes 2 elusive yet still catchable upper red lake crappies a half dozen perch by far having the best fishing of any of our houses in the past week.
Tennessee with Braydon and Serenety managed to get 2 limits the 19th 20th .
Jonny boy and his sweetheart Heather/Feather went out to go fishing in Alaska Sunday eve. the 18th again in crazy winds only to run into trouble with the thermostat. I don’t think they ever got a line down.
Ashly Poo and Justin Tuna have been averaging 1 fish a night with most night not getting a line down until after 8pm. taking care of a 2-year-old living in a fish house has its own challenges. He did get to ride around with grampa checking in customers being in black beauty with me. he was a handful after a few hours he put the truck in reverse, so I had to start turning off the truck and take the keys After a few hours he was into everything and I would do it in a heartbeat again what great memories for me and hopefully him being a 7th generation on a lake that owes us nothing.
Our crew from Iowa were here for the 12th season Sarha, Carl, Ken and Terry, they again brought us some breakfast burritos and venison. Thanks, they hit the spot. Carl shot two deer within minutes a nice buck and doe thanks again we will see ya next year.
Mike and Kevin were here in Minnesota for two nights they did not do well but still enjoyed their stay.
Andy, Andy, Sam and a few of the guys were up with a wheelhouse and Alaska. We moved them the second day way out where the fishing was not any better. The team went out and got it after they left. It was good seeing them they have also been coming for years. Already planning their trip for next year.
Josh and his two buddies in Wyoming got a few last nights plus a bonus 13 inch elusive yet still catchable upper red lake crappie this morning.
Florida is up to 6 with 2 nice overs they got here yesterday around 4. All and all it has been some brutal fishing with mother nature always throwing her 2 cents in.
Last week there were a few trips to Bemidji. We got Casper back on the 17th from the tranny shop after a 4000 bill only to pull into the driveway dripping tranny fluid. They came and got it Monday and me and van went and got it on the 21rst as our mattresses for Oklahoma and Texas finally came in after a month wait. Of course, when we got home it was getting dark and the winds were howling out there as we went out to unload and load mattresses. No sooner that we got our road all cleaned up and got just a trace of snow on my truck windshield just enough with the falling temps and 20mph wind the road need to be addressed again. Rusty trusty is getting warmed up as she did not start yesterday morning and we had no time to fart with it until later today. Black beauty has no power steering for the last 2 years so it irritated my arthritis last night so I have to stay off the lake a good part of the day today on a grand lake that owes us nothing