Up early again sore and tired we had sausage and eggs. I was anxious to go fishing and as usual, I was waiting for Lora in the canoe. We trolled along the shoreline towards the creek that comes in from Gull Lake; we did not get any bites trolling. However, we did get all the bluegills we wanted and a few smallies at the mouth of the creek. When we were trolling back Lora caught a 29" pike, it was her largest ever. When we released the pike I went back to where it was hooked and discovered what I thought what might be a honey hole it was 7' to 9' deep with brain size boulders and cabbage weeds and a drop off nearby.

That evening we went back to what we now call the SPOT and threw out a couple of leeches under slip bobbers and absolutely slammed them. 2 to 5 lb smallies, Lora had one on, it was the biggest smallie I ever saw and she fought it perfectly but the line broke, I did not set the drag right. That was OK because we felt we would get another chance. It was a wonderful evening and we fell asleep dreaming of the next day.