Alwaki Aug. 17th-24th

[starfire]

 This year was a bit different for my cousin Perry and I.    In the past we have always been at Alwaki during the week of July 4th.   After last year and fighting the mosquitos and horse flies, we decided to take a trip in August.   Our trip started out leaving on my wedding anniversary, although I will say my wife was supposed to go but do to purchasing a business that I have worked in for 20 years last year,  Somebody had to stay.   I'm not one to have a big trip report, but I will let you know how we did.   Fishing was awesome!!!!    We are big bottom bouncer fans and that is what we caught our keepers on.    It is not just about numbers but spending time with people who support you and love to have around you.   Most of our fish were caught between 20 and 46 feet.   Weather was different every day, from sun, fog, hot, cold, calm , windy and anytime of the day..  Thanks to a new fish finder that I haven't been able to use since I bought the business, this year I rigged it up for the trip.   We fished Sunnyside (great numbers)  Sand Bank (great numbers) but one place  in particular and because of the North Northwest wind and T-bones help with a phone call six years ago and some help with places that they have caught.   We only had to go on a 1minute boat ride from camp, just east of camp towards Hunters Lake, that's were  we racked them up like cord wood.  I can say this year we ate as much fish as we wanted and brought our limits home.  We did do some jigging but do to wave action it wasn't working out. If I had to guess, we caught between 175 and 200 walleye with perch, pike and what I don't want to see is small mouth bass mixed in.  The high lites  of our trip were: Hunters point, Talking to Mike, Bev, Al and Joyce at the outpost, Meeting new friends at camp (Paul Douglas), and our hosts Brian and Tina.  I'm looking forward already to next year with my wife going this time because I booked it over our anniversary again.    I love Alwaki and Kipawa Lake.  Peace out everybody.

   

[Hodgey1]

Wow, sounds like an awesome trip and man you caught a ton of fish. I’d sooner not catch a fish than deal with unmanageable bugs, Good move going later.

[GregL]

Thanks for the report! Good to hear they are biting! Hope it stays that way for next week

[T-Bone]

Nice...sounds like you had quite a successful trip. Thanks for the report...in my estimation you did very well. And I'm with Hodgey...the experience sans bugs is worth a little compromise in boating fish. But then again, I think the fishing in late-July / early-August is better than in June and early-July.

Gotta watch that wind... 

[Greg]

Great report - and definitely a good strategy avoiding the bugs... Congratulations!

[kipawa4]

  It was good to see ya Kurt! See you next year at Kipawa.  I might even see you sooner.

[starfire]

Sounds good Mike. The outpost is a really nice place. I just can’t get that river headed to the church out of my head.  Wish I was there right now!