On day one, we started picking up walleye right away in the morning on leeches and spinner rigs. None of them were over 20' but they were game fighters. We got them right on the stretch leading from the portage to the island camp. After about an hour of picking up fish, Mike and Alex slipped around a corner of rock and returned with Mike saying, "Jeff, I lost the Leech Locker! It must have caught on some weeds and pulled over the side." A pound of leeches, all our bait gone in the first hour. We were bummed!!! I learned a lesson that day--always break up your bait into partials so as not to lose it all. After that, the week was all trolling and casting and we kept getting some nice number of walleye. Tail Dancers, Deep divers and Alex had particularly good luck with a firetiger colored "Flicker Shad". Until he lost it on our last night.

Mid day found us on a big, flat rock eating our usual crackers, venison summer sausage and kool aid. The weather was great and we were still getting enough fish to keep our attention. We were relieved at that! We fished that evening around the camp (the back of the island is also pretty good) and then enjoyed some smores and jiffy pop before turning in. Gorgeous weather, good fishing and solitude made this a great spot. All moods were good! We turned in pretty late after some fire time and good story telling.