The reason that fishing had shut down was the arrival of a massive cold front and blowing rain that dropped temperatures by nearly 30 degrees by dawn.

Breakfast was a frigid affair even after we re rigged the tarp to provide protection from the gusting winds and pelting rain.

This was a weather day - after cleaning up we returned to our sleeping bags happy to be out of the cold and wet. We emerged occasionally, I'm fairly sure I heard the sound of sleet several times assailing the tent. Steve got up around dusk to see if the lake had frozen over yet.

Fortunately we brought along several paperbacks, so the time was put to constructive use.