Pat Kelly untangling his fishing line from the main motor, the kicker motor, the
two bait buckets, and the depth finder transducer. Pat has a real knack for
that – the tangling part, I mean. He often seeks help in untangling.
This is a 19–inch Northern Pike being brought in by Jerry Peters. Note
the "snagless sinker" of his Lindy Rig setup. The snagless sinkers are
one of the few – perhaps the only – real useful inventions
in fishing in the last ten years. They actually work. Last year I think we lost
only one or two to snags, compared to probably a couple of dozen in previous years
when we used the old style walking "slip sinkers." This applies to most of us.
Pat has already lost three sinkers, but then see picture # 1.
Jerry Peters proudly holding the 19–inch Northern from picture # 2. He's forced
to be proud of that fish cause he's not going to catch any walleyes this year.
Speaking of Jerry, over the years we've praised his culinary talents to the
extreme. Now – the truth. This is the lunch he made for me today. Hot dogs, in case
you can't tell. Crunchy hot dogs. Jerry put them on the grill and forgot to take them
off until gently reminded by the clouds of smoke coming out of the grill. See – the
problem is that Jerry's getting old and absent–minded, unlike the rest of us.
One of the Loon nests in the channel. In this shot, as we got closer to the nest,
Mommy got nervous, slunk down, and finally slid into the water. We backed off and
won't get close again. For sure, we don't want to do anything to mess up the
nesting success. Loons are far too precious for us.
A "colorized" photograph by Peter Hunt. He took the shot looking down
the shore from Jerry's dock and then played around with a painting program on his
computer (sad to say not a Macintosh) to create this nice watercolor effect. We are
offering autographed copies of it for $10, but you also get a five year subscription
to Woman Lake Reports thrown in for free |
