First bear down!!

Jeremey with his trophy black bear.

Jeremy shot his first ever black bear last night. He was hunting at a sight known 

as North Wall and had this boar come in around 7 pm. After the shot, the bear ran

only 40 yards and ended up 20 yards from his ladder stand. But, like most bears do,

this one headed for the thickest and darkest part of the area. Even though we had a really 

good idea of where he was, it still took us while to find him. With the help from the 

other boys in his group, lots of flashlights, lots of courage and patience and lots of  

crawling on hands and knees, we were able to recover the bear with no issues.

Congratulations Jeremey!

Thanks for another fun filled week!!

This was another week that just flew by. We had such a nice mix of groups and everyone got along

and helped each other out. The fishing was quite good and so were the fish fries. I thinks I may have set a personal record on the number of fish I ate this past week. And don't forget the hot wings, french fries and 

onion rings. Thanks again boys for another very memorable week. Can't wait till next year!

The boys doing group cartwheels.
and nobody got hurt :)

Fish are biting and the weather remains beautiful.

The boys hanging out on the new walkway
enjoying the beautiful view of our bay.

Here are a few pictures of the sunsets we saw last week...we sure are spoiled.

Another big pike caught in our bay

Fishing so far this week has been pretty good. The guys are catching a lot of eater size walleyes and pike.

Some of the fishermen have even found some of the larger walleyes as well. Right now young Ethan is 

leading the week with the biggest fish so far. He landed a 38+ inch pike right in our bay this afternoon. 

He, like many of the guests this week, was fishing with a Rattle Trap bait when he hooked into this big boy.

Apparently the lipless crank baits are the hot lure so far, for both pike and walleye. If you are heading 

our way soon, make sure you bring a good supply of those babies. 

Ethan with his biggest pike ever, 38+ inches!!

The jumbos were biting tonight!!

Over all, fishing has been pretty consistent. The bigger walleyes are being caught before
breakfast and after dinner. Most of the guests are having no problem catching the "unders".
20-50 fish per day is pretty typical for most. Pike fishing is still a bit slow.

Below is a snap shot of what I was able to catch in just a couple hours tonight.
Apparently the passing thunderstorms helped the fish get their 'bite on'. I caught about
20 walleyes and maybe 30 perch, all without leaving the bay. And without using
 any live bait!! All the fish were caught on a 1/16th once jig with a red and white tube.
(crappie size). The biggest perch measured 12 inches!!

I think I need to start a Lunker Perch Club.

P.S. Thanks to Happy from the SFFC for giving me a fresh supply of tube jigs!

My first 12 incher!!!

Two more tasty walleye specials...

Walleye roll-up

 This is similar to a walleye cheezer. First boil the walleye (or perch). Then put 

a flour tortillas hell on a frying pan to heat it up and to melt the shredded cheese. 

Once the cheese starts melting, add tomatoes, bacon chunks, sauteed onions, and walleye. 

Roll and eat.   Note: spicy mustard is great on this as well.  

Walleye omelette

Once again, boil up some walleye (or perch).Just before flipping 

it into a omelette, add the fish, tomatoes, sauteed onions, cheese, and 

olive muffalata . Fold the eggs and heat until fluffy. Crumble some bacon on top

and serve. This is a great way to start any morning...trust me. 

P.S. thanks to Bruce for introducing me to the olive muffalata. It really is good 

on just about anything! 

Camp life

Josie reading to Jeremiah, Mom with J-man, and
Grammy and Josie hanging out on the main dock.

Swimming time!!! Jeremiah's first swim in the lake.

All camp shore lunch, YUM! 

What causes this???

Note: these pictures have not been altered in any way. We saw this cloud formation yesterday

just after dinner. I have never seen anything like it. Does anyone know what causes this? Or 

if it has a special name?? The darker clouds that appear to be shooting upward, are actually 

clear sky, I believe. 

Another personal best!!

Another day and another personal best for this father/son team. Ben, Pat's son, pulled in his best

 ever walleye today. It was a 28.5 inch walleye. Not only was it his personal best but it was the 

2nd largest of the year for our camp. Way to go Ben!!!

A personal best!!!

Pat surpassed his best ever northern pike tonight when he boated this monster 44 incher. 

He should get bonus points added on to this catch because he landed this giant using a 

5 1/2 ft ultralight rod and a 1/4 jig. Not exactly big pike gear, but hey, what fun would 

that have been. Great job Pat, that fish will easily put you into our hall of fame.