Thurs. Aug 6

Today we went fishing on Bunyan lake, half the fun was getting there. We had to rent a four wheeler to start with and load it in the truck and drive 45 miles one way, 20 miles of it were on logging roads, plus 2-3 miles of it were narrow trails pulling the boat. We crossed beaver dams and forged small streams. To launch the boat, we had to go down a steep and rock filled slope. When we got on the lake we motored around the corner to Don’s hole. I shut the motor off, dropped in my 3 day old minnow and had a bite before it hit bottom! We had 5 fish before 9:30 am. This is pretty good since we got there by 9am. The rest of the morning was fish after fish. We could have been back on the trailer heading home by 9:45 had we wanted to. We started being very selective for our last 3 fish. We had 3 or 4 fish that were in the slot size that we defiantly threw back. By noon we had caught our limit and a few nice northern, so we called it a day. When we got home we decided to have a fish fry on Aunt Irene’s rock in front of her cabin (now Ron and Dee’s). I am not a fish eater but there is something about fresh Walleye on the rock that seems to be really good. It also brings back memories of when I was really young and going out with our grandparents and parents fishing and having a shore lunch. Paul ends the day water skiing about 7 miles. He has become pretty good on one ski.