An Evening Out on the Lake

What a fun time I had last night!!  I was visiting with a couple of amiable young chaps yesterday afternoon, who are staying with us here at camp, Joe Winegar and Todd Wanka.  I asked them how the fishing was going and they said it was great.  I'm always full of questions for our guests about how and where to fish so Joanna and I can have better success when we go out together.

All of a sudden they asked me if I would like to go out fishing with them that evening.  It took me by surprise, but before they could change their minds, I said yes, I would love to do that.  I had only been out fishing once this season and not only would I just enjoy getting out on the lake again, but to have such experienced teachers to help me was an added benefit.

At seven pm sharp we headed out.  Joe had already fixed up my fishing rod with a nice swivel and weight to do some trolling.  We tried one point nearby, but it wasn't producing much, so we headed out to another point across the lake and just trolled in about 15 to 20 feet of water.  I felt like we were on a TV show with Joe as our guide explaining what he was doing and why.  Todd even baited my hook to begin with.  I took over that job later so he could be free to fish more himself.

After just a few moments of trolling , I got a solid hit on my line, set the hook and was reeling in a nice size walleye.  It was 20 inches long.  A very nice catch.  I threw it back to catch some eating sizes. As it turned out, Todd caught seven walleyes, I caught six, kept four and Joe caught two I believe.  But Joe also probably hooked the largest one.  We just didn't get to see it because it broke his line.  There is something about feeling that weight on your bent over pole that never ceases to excite me.

Thanks again Joe and Todd for such a wonderful and exciting evening on the lake.  Okay Joanna, let's go gettum now.

Todd and I are shown here and Joe took the picture.