Travel Day, and Day 1
Most of the time when I sit down to blog about the hunting and fishing exploits in this journal, the sun has either long since set or is showing only its final glow. Tonight it is nearly 2 hours until sunset, and almost 3 until final light. Wonderful long days indeed.
The ride up to Morson was uneventful. Tom and Jim met at Dad's at 5:00am, loaded into his Ram, and headed to my house to pick me up. Uneventful trip...which is a good thing. We somehow got through the border without them learning of our past misconduct. The drive from the border to the dock was only about 50 minutes, and we arrived by about 4:45pm...nearly 12 hours of travel including stops. After buying our licenses at Buena Vista, we headed to the dock for the 12 mile (30 minutes) ride to Grassy Narrows.
We were greeted at the lodge, shown to our cabin, and fed a hearty dinner. We returned to our cabin and made final preparation for the day. A couple games of cribbage ended our day. Off to bed with visions of trophy fish on our minds.
Day 1 -
Eggs to order, homemade brioche french toast, bacon, and coffee greeted us in the dining hall for breakfast. We met Jules, our guide for the day, down at the dock after breakfast. The weather was perfect....50 degrees, nearly no wind, and forecasted highs in the low 70's.
What a great first day! I will hit just the highlights....
- 45+ fish in the first 3 hours (mostly walleye)
- 1 23" (Tom), 1 22" (Jim), and 1 21" (Jerry)
- Dad with most in the AM (18)
- Dad also caught a burbot!...slimy thing!
- Jerry got a 13" perch
- We had more than enough for our shore lunch...and Jules was a chef extraordinaire, as he prepared bacon appetizers, potato and onion, and breaded walleye fried to perfection
- best catch of the day and likely of a lifetime was Tom's 50" muskie. We did not get a scale on him, but estimate from our guide is about 40lbs....
- almost perfect low 70's temps and fun All day
- the rest of the afternoon was relatively uneventful as we boated a few smallmouth and a few more walleye
Stay tuned for more updates...
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