On Friday (5/22) I had about 45 minutes to kill for lunch while I was in L'Anse, so I went down to the marina and fished for a while. On about the 5th or 6th cast, I caught my lunch! The pic doesn't seen to give the poor fish justice as he gave up quite the fight. As soon as I would pull him close to the rocks, he would take off again attempting to get back out in the deep water. After wearing the poor guy out I was able to pull him up on the rocks to take a quick picture. I had meetings the rest of the afternoon, so I very well couldn't keep him in the trunk of my car for the afternoon, so after a little fish CPR, he was able to swim back out into Keweenaw Bay to live another day. It is a small fish for Lake Superior, but it sure did fight bigger than what he is. I've been asking people, what fights harder, a Large Mouth Bass or Trout/Salmon? I think the yoopers are a little biased in their opinion and always say trout (walleye are pretty tough fighters too). I think if I were to ask someone from the south, they would say the bass. I love catching both. Uncle Richard & Uncle Trent are planning to come this Summer with their families and we hope to do a lot of camping and fishing this time around as we didn't have time to camp and fish last time they were here. Going out to Isle Royale with canoes for some huge lake trout would be great; as well as camp and canoe in some of the chain-of-lakes around here which have massive bass, pike, muskie, & walleye would be great to do too. We'll have to decide when they get here! Tough choices. Anyway, all is well. The boys will finish school June 8th and we will have them for 3 weeks before they go to their father's for 3 weeks. They will be back in time for the fishapalooza which they are very happy about. Nothing like having 2 boys always begging to go fishing everyday I come home from work!
The sun is out, the flowers are blooming, and spring has finally hit the UP! We need to take advantage of the sun and warmth as November will be here before we know it. Living in the UP, we have to have an appreciation for the Sun because of our relatively short spring and summer season! So go out and appreciate the sunshine where ever you are!
Gone Fishin'
The sun is out, the flowers are blooming, and spring has finally hit the UP! We need to take advantage of the sun and warmth as November will be here before we know it. Living in the UP, we have to have an appreciation for the Sun because of our relatively short spring and summer season! So go out and appreciate the sunshine where ever you are!
Gone Fishin'
