Holy cow what a difference a few days can make. All of a sudden there are bucks running around all over the place! It’s amazing what a hot doe or two can do. We’ve been scouting and hunting these areas all season and never laid eyes on some of these bucks or got pictures of them on the trail cameras. Then, presto, there they are! Now is the time to get out and hunt. We are offering a deer hunting special for the next 2 weeks (includes black powder season). Check the specials page for more information.
putting the boat away
Well, it’s a sad day indeed. The day I start putting the boat away for the winter season. This is always a difficult time of year because it’s deer hunting season (which can consume a guy) and duck hunting season and there’s much to do preparing ice shacks for next month, etc. But at some point, the boat has to be cleaned out and put away right. Today I started the process. It was ugly to be honest. I can’t get over the amount of crap accumulated in that boat! I was amazed at how many bags of plastic worms and spinnerbait trailers were kicking around in there! Suffice to say, I’m “almost” already geared up for next season. One thing that I will be updating are the rods/reels though. This years equipment took quite a beating! That’s a good thing, although I stuttered and stammered while trying to explain it to my wife. Boys will be boys though and I am upgrading all the equipment next season.
Thoughts about 2010. I don’t know why, but whenever I close up for the year my brain always seems to spend some time focusing on the things I wanted to accomplish this year and didn’t. Heaven forbid the brain remembers all the big fish caught or the amazing days out there. Instead all I can think about is how little striped bass fishing that happened and the complete disregard for all the crappie swimming around in the area. Next year I’m definitely going to spend more time chasing those tastey devils! The highlights of the year were, oddly enough, not the fish caught or lost rather all the great people I got to spend time with during the warm season. To be honest, that’s what fuels me. Such fun spending time with great people during their vacations. I thank you all – there’s no doubt that I live a truly blessed life.
Deer Hunting & Camp Roof
I finally put a new roof on the camp! It took a while to get to it, but it’s done (in 2 days!). Pretty hard putting it up with the wind blowing hard across the lake, but it’s finished. At one point I thought the wind was going to blow me off the camp roof.
As for deer hunting, the season is here! Next week we had a cancellation, so the camp is open. I’ve got some good spots all scouted and myself and our other guides are ready to go. The cottage in Mt Vernon is also available and that offers some great hunting too. Next week we’ll even break up the week so if you want to hunt for a few days, that’s fine. Tomorrow I’m going to put up one more stand deep in a cedar bog where I know there is a giant. Cross your fingers or better yet, come sit in that stand!
Snowmobile Rentals!
Now’s the time to focus on Snowmobiling and Ice Fishing. We are already setting up sled trips for this winter and camps are starting to book up for ice fishing too. For snowmobiling we are booking trailside cottages and sled rentals. Below are the rates:
SNOWMOBILE RENTALS – UNGUIDED |
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| SNOWMOBILE | RECOMMENDED WEIGHT | HALF DAY | FULL DAY | ||
| ARCTIC CAT 570 LX – 1 PERSON | UP TO 275 LBS | $138 | $198 | ||
| ARCTIC CAT 570 LX – 2 PERSON | 275 – 400 LBS | $148 | $218 | ||
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HALF DAY (8:00 AM – 12:00 PM OR 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM). FULL DAY (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM)
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GUIDED SNOWMOBILE RENTALS |
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| SNOWMOBILE | RECOMMENDED WEIGHT | HALF DAY | FULL DAY | ||
| ARCTIC CAT 570 LX – 1 PERSON | UP TO 275 LBS | $188 | $268 | ||
| ARCTIC CAT 570 LX – 2 PERSON | 275 – 400 LBS | $198 | $288 | ||
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HALF DAY (8:00 AM – 12:00 PM OR 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM). FULL DAY (8:00 AM – 4:30 PM)
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Big pike time
This is such a great time to fish for trophy pike with one uncontrollable exception — the weather! Last week the wind was just-a-blowin’ nonstop for 4 days. The Kobani’s were visiting and staying at the camp on Snow Pond and we fished hard. But the wind just wouldn’t stop and it made fishing conditions unbearable. The good news is, we found a lot of fish breaking water and chasing bait, so that made the fishing exciting. Al Kobani had a giant pike rip off his buzz bait and we ended up catch about 8 pike and a couple small bass. Too bad it was so windy cause I think he could have caught many more fish! That Friday I took Bob Sagat and his buddy Milt up in the stream because the wind made the lake unfishable. Well, Milt hooked into a beauty which I’ve posted below. So there’s a lot of big pike in the shallows right now. There’s at least 2 more good weeks of fishing ahead too. Check out the speicals board . . . 🙂
~Mike
