Chilling on Wine

Obviously the middle of August is not the best time of year to catch lake trout - we knew that before, and confirmed it right away Sunday morning. Not saying it can't be done, but our group sure didn't make it happen. I carried a very small, handheld depth/fish finder - MarCum LX-i - simply one of the best additions to a mobile canoe fishing setup there is. We found the deepest holes and fished all over and around them. We jigged leeches, artificials in white, silver, yellow and brown, spinners, spoons, you name it. We even caught a giant cicada and floated it off a bobber for hours from camp. The fish weren't biting. Another five liters of wine and nobody cared - heck if we were carrying it tomorrow.

The WHITE PINES on and around this lake are unreal - some of the coolest views I have seen. The island straight away from campsite 861 was really cool to explore with an impressive gully cutting it in half.