Forgot to mention that yesterday we ran into Ray Zemoski in town. Grandma and Papa: he says hi!
Dad finally woke me up around 10; he asked if I was going to ever get up. I probably could have slept for another hour! For breakfast Dad make French toast and peameal bacon. Yum! We lazed around the cottage watching the final day of the British Open -- some young guy from South Africa won – very cool.
Went into town to pick up our raspberry pie that we ordered from the Busy Bee and also picked up some ice cream to go along with it. The grocery store in town did not have vanilla ice cream. So no minnows and no ice cream – my how Temagami has changed!
This afternoon we took the boat out to catch minnows. The beaver house we usually go to was still very active but no minnows to be found. Dad then decided that we’d boat down to Ken Horton’s (an old friend) ask him if he knew of any good minnow spots. Well, we ended up hanging out with Ken and his wife for quite a while. They have a beautiful little cottage in this great little cove of the lake. Perfect for swimming! Ken is a retired math teacher so I chatted with him a little bit about my teaching gig. They were renovating their place because of their kids and grandkids coming up. Made me think of our own renovations at our shack in Bellefonte.
A great blue heron hanging out on the beaver house
Ken also explained why the lake was so low. In the fall, they purposely lower the lake in anticipation for the winter snow. If they didn’t lower the lake, there would be flooding from the snow. But this year there was very little snowfall and so the lake didn’t fill back up like it usually does. There’s a lot more exposed rock on the lake. I’m glad Dad knows where he is going! Ken asked about Grandma and Papa and told us to tell them he said hi!
Ken did give us a place to check out; a small cove that you can boat into with a motor. It was about 10 feet deep and then it narrowed and got shallower. We did indeed find minnows! They weren’t very big, but we caught a few that were a decent size. We decided to stay and troll for a little, just to see what might be there. It really seemed like a good fishing spot; protected from the wind and off the main part of the lake. Unfortunately, we didn’t get any bites, but we might go back at a different time during the day.
We ate dinner at the Orient Garden today, since Wendy and Terry (the owners) are headed to China on Tuesday. Wendy asked about Grandma and Papa and asked us to tell them she says hi. You two are very popular up here! Dinner was excellent – beef with vegetables and sweet and sour breaded lemon chicken.
After dinner we took our minnows over to the rocks at Caribou. It’s incredible how low the water is this year. Dad said that the water at Caribou has dropped about 3 feet or so feet in the last 20 years. We were there for about an hour with no bites so decided to head back to Temagami to troll. Just as I was reeling in my line, a bass took my minnow! He was too little to keep, but we decided to stick around for about 10 minutes to see if they would start biting. Nothing.
Got on the lake just a little after eight and just trolled around the islands close to town. Pretty quickly after we got our poles in the water Dad caught a 16-inch walleye that we kept. Then the rest of the night was a mix between tiny bass, rock bass, and bottom. It started to rain and the wind picked up. We left the lake close to 10.
When it started to rain and I asked Dad if he was okay staying out. He said:
“A rainy day in Temagami is better than a sunny day anywhere else.”
I couldn’t have said it better.
Fish Count (Keepers):
1 – Walleye (Dad): Sunday, Day 2
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