First chance to go up since early June. I gotta retire, work gets in the way of every thing. besides not having any luck finding a suitable truck to get me to camp. Anyways borrowing my bro's truck to go fishing and some sorely needed r&r. Returning Monday or Tuesday. If your in the area pls drop in o/w I'll send a report next week. Have a great weekend guys.
Hey fun Joe and enjoy they R&R!
Got home late last night. A nice quiet uneventful trip. Just what ole puckster needed. It poured rain all day friday didn't get out at all. Sat was cloudy spent all day on the water scouting some new spots with some success. one shoal I been meaning to check out produced a couple of nice walleye it topped at 20 feet among 60 foot depths. Gotta try this one at prime time. Another small point found me a few more. all in all 9 walleye and a 3 pound pike. not a bad day. Sunday was too blustery to go out so I busied myself at camp, going out at 7 for a quick troll when the wind died down. Monday the sun came out went for a morning troll took some pictures, cleaned up and drove home by noon. an amazing weekend in paradise.....
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Glad to read that you finally got in some peace and quiet up Kipawa way. 9 walleye isn't bad either. Thanks for sharing your pictures.
Jay
Puckster, you have me chomping at the bit. Those pictures and report are to tempting. I'm drooling and raring to go.
That's it, as soon as I finish loading out, I'm out of here and heading north.
SWEET !!! What else can I say ?
Glad you had a good time Joe!
Nice pics!!!
thanks Joe headed up in the am.
thx guys. Heading back up on saturday for 2 more weeks of bliss.
Quote from: puckster_guy on July 22, 2015, 04:31:55 PM
thx guys. Heading back up on saturday for 2 more weeks of bliss.
Where are you located Joe? I think we're squeezing a mini trip next Tues - Thurs.
I'm at the red pine chutes just where the Kipawa river empties into MacLauglan Lake. Driving a blue 17 foot chrestliner with a black Suzuki motor on it. Cruise by for a beer. Where are you staying?
Just a question but what happened to the camp right by the bridge on Red Pine that had the trailer that was always very well maintained. It was sort of a landmark for us.
Pm sent
Good to hear PG, like always thanks for sharing the great pics of the lake... if I sit close enough to the computer screen I feel like I am on the lake! ;) Cheers!
Brad
Quote from: Jig and drift on July 22, 2015, 09:57:36 PM
Just a question but what happened to the camp right by the bridge on Red Pine that had the trailer that was always very well maintained. It was sort of a landmark for us.
Thats a good question.I don't know. The guy always kept his place spotless. Maybe he was forced to move when they sold the land around where he kept his place or is building a camp. I'll ask around.
Two weeks! I'm sooo jealous....Wishing you a fantastic 2 week vacation! :)
A plant shutdown. What better place to use it? Besides with almost 20 yrs at my job I now have 4 weeks. Most are spent at camp. Also with my kids grown and moved out(my oldest daughter starting a family soon) I have paid my dues and earned my camp. I had to sell my house and move into an apartment. I used the equity to buy and build. I've worked hard and earned it, by God's grace. So It's time for Joe to start looking after Joe. Retirement starts in four years. Can't wait. :)
Quote from: puckster_guy on July 23, 2015, 12:26:38 PM
A plant shutdown. What better place to use it? Besides with almost 20 yrs at my job I now have 4 weeks. Most are spent at camp. Also with my kids grown and moved out(my oldest daughter starting a family soon) I have paid my dues and earned my camp. I had to sell my house and move into an apartment. I used the equity to buy and build. I've worked hard and earned it, by God's grace. So It's time for Joe to start looking after Joe. Retirement starts in four years. Can't wait. :)
I'll raise a glass to that!
Quote from: Canuckbass on July 22, 2015, 07:35:33 PM
Where are you located Joe? I think we're squeezing a mini trip next Tues - Thurs.
@Canuckbass, you at Eunice Lodge again next week?
If so we're just up from you in Dead Bear Bay all next week, stop by for a drink....
Goes for anyone else in the area.
Great to hear Joe!!
Perfect
@Fort Wisers!!
If you see a Stanley boat pulling in its me.
Quote from: Canuckbass on July 23, 2015, 06:34:10 PM
Great to hear Joe!!
Perfect @Fort Wisers!!
If you see a Stanley boat pulling in its me.
@Canuckbass; Sounds great! Hope we get a chance to meet.
we always have lots of beer and rye.
Sounds great guys. Using a neighbours WiFi to get this out. I am in camp till Fri or Sat morning. Have fun guys
Quote from: puckster_guy on August 04, 2015, 09:30:58 AM
Sounds great guys. Using a neighbours WiFi to get this out. I am in camp till Fri or Sat morning. Have fun guys
Hey Joe,
Just got back home Saturday night...been busy getting back into the normal routine (if you can call this normal!).
Sorry we didn't make it to your neck of the woods.
We did a trip to Laniel early on in the vacation which went well.
Our plan was to do another longer boat trip and head towards your neck of the woods sometime in the last few days of our vacation, but the high winds and thunder storms kept us close to camp.
Hope you're enjoying the fun. I'll have a trip report posted in the next few days I hope.
Brent
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Quote from: Canuckbass on July 22, 2015, 07:35:33 PM
Where are you located Joe? I think we're squeezing a mini trip next Tues - Thurs.
@Canuckbass, you at Eunice Lodge again next week?
If so we're just up from you in Dead Bear Bay all next week, stop by for a drink....
Goes for anyone else in the area.
Totally forgot you where in Dead Bear, we went into the bay Wednesday night to get away from the high wind, we found a small school just past the island on our way back out to main lake. Dead Bear is close to us. It was more of a work trip then fishing, lots of work to keep camp up.
@Fort Wisers
Quote from: Canuckbass on August 04, 2015, 11:15:21 PM
Totally forgot you where in Dead Bear, we went into the bay Wednesday night to get away from the high wind, we found a small school just past the island on our way back out to main lake. Dead Bear is close to us. It was more of a work trip then fishing, lots of work to keep camp up. @Fort Wisers
Hey
@Canuckbass no worries at all.....
We saw you anchored down toward our end that night and were amazed that you could even hold the boat still with all that wind.
Glad you found some fish!!
Yep, camp isn't always the "vacation" that it's cracked up to be is it.....that's half the reason we sold ours and now rent!
The weather hasn't been pretty this week. With three thunder storms on sat. Then one or two every day till Tuesday. Still getting scattered showers. Not great fishing but still nice being here. Always next time guys. Nancy and John stopped by on Saturday morning. Was a great visit.
Quote from: puckster_guy on August 05, 2015, 01:50:32 PM
The weather hasn't been pretty this week. With three thunder storms on sat. Then one or two every day till Tuesday. Still getting scattered showers. Not great fishing but still nice being here. Always next time guys. Nancy and John stopped by on Saturday morning. Was a great visit.
I've been up since Monday as well on the south end of the lake. You're right, weathers been the poops, scattered showers all day every day. Kind of neat though sitting out on the lake and you can see all the different pockets of rain/sun. Fishing has been decent for me this far, the Lake Trout have been really good. The Walleye I've found are not onto the jig, but I've been getting them trolling a worm harness.
In Tem Rose having breakfast the heading home. More of a report when I get home after a good hot shower.
A week later I finally get around to writing something down...Ya gotta love it!! 2 weeks at camp is an awesome way to recharge my batteries can't wait to go back. I had a few visitors show up to keep me company over the time I was there. a couple of guys showed up from work for 2 nights the first week. Then my son and daughter with their beaus came by for the weekend. That Saturday Nancy and John stopped by for an hour or so and we had a boat ride. We got four walleye in an hour at my "secret" spot. The next week another buddy dropped by for an overnighter In between in no particular order I got about a hundred Walleye, several Pike and a few small Catfish. I had a monster Pike attack a large shad I got jigging. I got it to the boat twice but couldn't land it. The weather ran the gamut from extreme heat and humidity to heavy t-storms to cool days and nights. An awesome time was had by all. TYVM
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Nice pictures Puckster, glad you got to relax. Next trip how about some pics of the cabin. I'm curious how it's come along. It looks like a beautiful area you've got. Oarin.
TY Oarin. Sry I meant to get back to this much sooner. These are some pics of the interior. So far the structure is done and sealed. All the windows and doors and roof and soffits are all in. All the interior walls and loft floor are in. I just finished locating all the electrical boxes and drilled most of the holes to run the wiring. I have the insulation and paneling there ready to install. Hope to get it all done by Oct. (http://i59.tinypic.com/34fnvxz.jpg)(http://i59.tinypic.com/1043m6b.jpg)
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I am probably heading up on Friday for a week get some work and fishing done. Fall is my favorite time of year there.
Thanks Puckster, it's looking good!
We are heading up friday for a whole week as well. Going to be doing some renos too, shingling the new screen in porch, almost there....looking forward to it! Have a great week up at camp :)
How cool is that Michele. Have a great week/holiday. Chhers ;D