Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Chippewa Flowage 2010

Mona keeps her eyes glued to the bobber in anticipation of it going down.

John/Mona and Brewster

John brings the boat to the landing so we can load it up in preparation of leaving the next morning.

Mona with more fish on the "Big Chip"!

Got a little Northern in the basket.

Another little Northern

Time to clean some crappies

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Wildlife on the chippewa Flowage was Fantastic...

Above Left this photo was taken directly into the sun of a young Eagle. The Right photo was taken just after this Blue Huron swallowed a fish (looked like a small bluegill). Note the lump in it's throat.

Left - This Blue Huron is stalking some of the little bait fish that hung out around the shore line while in the other photo a mature Eagle sits on a fallen tree waiting for lunch.
 
Above left: This guy just moved over to a different spot as we were fishing bluegills. The right photo was taken from inside the cabin. You can see the side of the window on the left. It appears he got him self a little snack there. Again, into the sun. I wonder if this is the same guy that checked out my boat last year?

This is the same bird from above right and now he has to get a  little
drink to wash it down.
This Grouse was on the side of the road one day when went for a
ride around the Flowage.
Again we went to Hayward one day and this Turtle was on the
side of the road on Hwy CC. I had to grab the camera quick
and snap this picture.  I know that if my Father had been along
with us he would have stopped and picked him up and we would
have had Turtle Soup.

As we were cruising along heading out to one of our fishing spots
John noticed this deer in the bushes keeping an eye on us. A
little while later we saw another deer in the water crossing the lake
coming to the side where this one was.

This little guy was running around when we were up checking our
e-mail up at the Lodge. He had a mouth full of oak leaves and he
was bound and determined that he was going to go around us.
Later he ran right under the table past John's feet to get where he
wanted to go. You can see, there is a lot of wildlife around if that's
what you're into. We are.

John Caught Some Fish As Well

First of 3 small northen caught in Scott Lake
Number 2 of 3 in the same place.

This guy has some scuffs on his skin from something larger
than him.

Brew - The Poodle had a good time on Vacation too

Pictured here is Brew. He is a fairly neat dog. Notice the napkin he uses after his treats.

Brew and Mona
Brewster and Mona again.

Friday, June 11, 2010

Our Cabin at Chippewa Pines Resort

This is the side of the cabin that faces the Flowage. Cottages 5 & 6. We've been trying to rent number 6 for the last 5 or six years now.
Inside Cabin 6. Two bedrooms and enough room for us and our stuff. Real nice and cozy.
Saturday morning Mona puts the last couple of small items in the van before we check the cabin to make sure we didn't forget something. (Still can't find the battery charger for the camera so we hope we didn't leave it there somewhere.)
Last view is from the van in the previous photo looking towards the cabin and the Flowage. We had a lot of fun again this year.

(Click on photos to enlarge - You may also scroll left and right to see the entire photo)

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

New Look...

If you've visited here before you'll notice the difference. I am still in the process of experimenting with the layout of this blog so that I can figure out changes to others. Don't know where this will end.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Mona Caught Some Big Walleyes on the Chippewa Flowage This Year!

On Suday, May 30th, we went to one of our favorite Walleye Spots
and Mona landed this 23 incher that will go nicely into the frying pan
for a Friday Night Fish Fry once we get back home.

About 20 minutes later she caught this nice 28 inch Walleye on a
minnow with a slip bobber again in the same spot. This fish was
released so that it can help produce more fish just like it for some-
else in the future. No idea how much it weighed but it was nice.

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Mona measures her 28 inchWalleye. You can tell by the background that both fish were caught in the same place.

Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Up North - Chippewa Flowage

We are currently up north at the Chippewa Pines Resort trying to catch some fish.
That's a small fish for a big bait like that!