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After our fishing encounters this summer which included two trips to Canada, two trips to NE Iowa for trout fishing, and a trip to Lake Michigan for King Salmons, Mel and I thought it best that our women folk have an outing. So we rented a great cabin in the Black Hills. The cabin was about 5 minutes from the Lead Golf Course and about 20 minute drive from Cheyenne Crossing near Spearfish Canyon. It just happened to have a trout stream and a small pond on the property. We drove out in rain on Thursday morning. We had to have a stop at Wall Drug Store and that is were we hooked up with the "Olde Timmer" in the pictures that follow. My cousin Dave Kelley drove down from Lemmon and his wife drove over from Wright, WY (where she teaches). The six of us had a great time. We awoke to more rain on Friday, which turned to snow. We awoke to about 4 inches of snow on Saturday, which turned to rain, which turned to snow and it added another 3 inches of snow. But by mid morning, Sunday Olde Mr.Sun was out and the snow was headed South as we headed back East.
I caught three Rainbows, landed two --- most of our time was spent in spurring on the Deadwood economy.
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Monday, September 25, 2006
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Sunday, September 10, 2006
September 2006 - Silver Water Wheel Lodge.
Wayne Hansen, Bernie DeWald, Mel Anderson and I set off for Canada again on September 3rd. The weather was great. We would awake to temps in the high 40s low 50s and by noon they would be in the low 70s. Wayne landed a Personal Best Walleye that measured 31 1/4 inches! The largest walleye that has been caught and reported on Lac Seul in the last two fishing seasons. (picture of that one to follow) I took time out from jigging for Walleyes and did some casting for Northerns and Small Mouth Bass, I caught Smallies that went 15 1/2 inches and one 16 inches. They are more fun and one put up a better fight than the 25 inch walleyes that I caught. On our last day the weather changed, temps fell, winds came up and we rocked and rolled on the water most of the day. But the change in weather made the fishing even better - a great trip up and back - another great adventure.
Thursday, July 20, 2006
July 2006 Trip to Lake Michigan at Sheboygan, WI
Mel Anderson, Tom Tidemann, and I traveled to Sheboygan, WI and fished for King Salmon. We also caught a couple of really nice Rainbow Trout that went about 10+ pounds or so. Our hosts were Herb and Jane Tyler (Mel's brother-in-law). Herb has many years experience on Lake Michigan and was nice enough to share his boat and his expertise with us. We caught fish in 40 to 120 feet of water and were anywhere from 1 miles to 6 miles out. We arrived on Sunday and fished Monday and Tuesday morning, then drove to Sioux Falls Tuesday after we got off the water and our stuff packed up. The schedule is like this: get up at 2:50 am, drive out the edge of town where he stores his boat, hook up the boat,drive to the lake, on the water by 3:30, set up the down riggers, and sit back and wait for the action to start. Off the water by around 10 am, prep the days catch, eat breakfast, take a nap, eat dinner, go to bed and do it again the next day. Monday afternoon after our naps we went to Herb's Sportsman's Club and he gave us some pointers on shooting (which we all needed). Then we moved to the rifle range where Mel sighted in a rifle with Herb's help. Mel is preparing himself for his first deer hunt this fall in Gregory county, SD. (that outing I am sure will be reported here at a later date)
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