APRIL 27, 2008

OPENING DAY FOR WALLEYE, PIKE AND INLAND TROUT WAS WINDY, AND CHILLY, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME EAGER CUSTOMERS. SOME WERE GOING FOR BROOKIES UP NORTH A WAYS, A FEW TRIED LONG LAKE, AND SOME WERE GOING TO THUNDER BAY RIVER FOR WHAT EVER MIGHT HIT. SOME WERE ALSO FISHING OFF OF THE ROCKPORT PIER, TRYING FOR WALLEYE, BUT WERE HITTING LAKE TROUT INSTEAD. THEY WERE USING LITTLE CLEOS AND CROKS. LAKE TROUT DOES NOT OPEN UNTIL MAY 1, BUT THE FISH DON’T KNOW IT, AND THE EXCITEMENT OF CATCHING AND RELEASING A BIG FISH IS ALWAYS A TREAT.

OUR WEATHER HAS  TAKEN A TEMPORARY DIVE INTO THE CELLAR, BUT THAT WILL END  IN A FEW DAYS.

THIS PICTURE IS OF A STREAM ON THE NORTH END OF LONG LAKE, CLOSED TO FISHING NOW. IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE (CLICK ON IT FOR A BIGGER VIEW), YOU WILL SEE FISH, LOT’S OF FISH. THESE ARE SUCKERS, AND THEY ARE SPAWNING . BE ADVISED, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ARRESTS MADE AT THIS LOCATION. THIS IS SO TEMPTING, WHEN FISH ARE STACKED UP ACROSS THE RIVER, AND UP AND DOWN THE RIVER. BUT, STILL A TICKET IS NOT WORTH IT, BUT THE VIEW, AT LEAST TO LORIE AND I, WAS AWESOME.

HEY, WE’RE OPEN 7 TO 5, SO COME ON IN.