Saturday, June 5, 2010
Walleye on Shell
The day was cloudy, but it wasn't raining, which was good. We had a nice breakfast of pancakes and then headed out fishing. I tried my usual technique of trolling along the shore, but I wasn't having much luck. I couldn't understand how Carolyn and Katherine were catching a whole bunch of fish out in the middle of the lake. Only then did I look at the map and realize that Shell Lake didn't get over 10 feet deep on this part of the lake. I adjusted where I was fishing and had more success, but still not as much as Carolyn and Katherine. They were really getting into the walleyes. We had caught dinner several times over by 10:00 AM, but we were having a lot of fun out there.
Fish On!
We headed back to camp for lunch. On the way back, Katherine still had her line in the water. Just before we reached camp, she got a big fish on. Auralee and I paddled over to help. When it surfaced, we all let out a gasp. It wasn't a monster by any means, but none of us like trying to handle northerns (and we don't bring a net). It took about 15 minutes and several tries, but we finally landed it. We weighed it back at camp, and it was between 4 and 5 pounds.
Shell Northern
It rained that afternoon, and we spent a few hours playing card games in the tent. We even continued playing for a bit after it stopped raining. I cleaned the walleyes and fixed dinner, and a good one it was! We spent the rest of the evening relaxing around camp. Katherine fished from camp. She ended up catching a small bass.
Bass from Camp
