Whats for Supper?
Fresh caught walleye cakes with chipotle mayo sauce and fried potatoes and rhubarb crisp for dessert. I finally had a chance to fish this afternoon for a few hours. Many people think that we get to fish when ever the notion strikes. Just not so in this business. Priority is making you, our guest, happy and comfortable. Cleaning cabins, cutting grass, washing boats and all the rest of the good stuff comes first. We had a few trees to clean up after the heavy winds that blew through here the last few days. The sun was out with temps in the 60′s f but a strong steady nor’ wester that wouldn’t let up for almost three days. Our friends to the west took a heavy hit and a few prayers need to be said. I thought about fishing the route but changed my mind as I headed north up the lake. I ducked into little Caribou and made my way to the creek. I snagged a few little guys and moved with the breeze down the shore to the west and hooked into a few little gators. Always fun to catch a few of them to get the kinks out of the line. I set the drag easy and let em run a bit. With the walleye gear and a lucky lip hook these guys are fun to tease, I like to see if I can get them to get a little hang time and a tail dance. On the way out I hit a few of the rock piles along the island on the north side and hooked up with a few more walleyes. Nothing to talk about, just the average 16-20, and a solid bite too. I was using a mix of minnows and leeches on a 1/4 oz jig. Chartruese, green and white, it just didn’t matter what color. And the depths were all over the place. 8 feet, 20 feet and everything in between. This was in the middle of the afternoon as I didn’t head out until almost 2 0′clock. The chop was lite to moderate so I throttled up the Ranger and headed for Cove. Its always a steady bite there, just feel out the humps and work the edges just north of the little island. You know what I’m talkin about if you fished it before. And speaking of steady bite!!!! There must have been a dozen boats from the only other 2 lodges on the lake fishing the narrows. About 1 mile of running the obstacle course. There is over 25,000 acres of water to fish on Caribou lake, but these guys just sat in the middle of the narrows boating fish after fish. Not all that difficult to catch, but not all that challenging either. There is this fellow from the Beaver Dam Wisconsin area that keeps asking about the bite. Well, Neal, its just fishing. Don’t try so hard, relax and head for Beer can. Remember…..THINK WALLEYE!