| This is our last day of the season. It's always sad to close things down knowing that it's 8+ months away until our next visit. The weather was good this trip, albeit a little cool. Had showers a couple of times in the evening/overnight. Heard that big storms had rolled through every 4 - 5 days about 2 to 4 weeks ago and the fish had pretty much shut down. But they were abundant once we found them. Used my underwater camera to scout the holes and finally found them hanging around humps/rocks in 20+ feet. No lunkers however. Dad's 17.5 incher was the biggest we landed. NOTE: I had a heavy-weight on my line near the cabin that just wouldn't come off the bottom. I'd raise it a couple of feet then it would shake its head and go back down. After 3 or 4 times of this, it shook its head one last time and cut the line. Never did see it but am sure it wasn't a muskie as it never made a characteristic run. I was bummed!!
Can't believe how few boats we saw on the water. The most was 8 one day. Most days we'd see only 4 or 5. Wow! That's a far cry from the couple dozen we used to see just a few years ago. I feel really sorry for the camp operators.
Installed an electric winch to raise Jane-boat out of the water when closing the cabin. It's a 1-ton capacity winch intended for ATVs. Worked slick and sure made things ALOT easier ... is now a simple 1-man job (see video). I should have done this years ago!
COOL WILDLIFE SIGHTING: Dad and I were fishing in Cobble one morning and heard a couple of bald eagles talking to each another. One was nearby while the other was sitting in a dead tree on a point way off in the distance (it was sunny and we could barely see its white head). That wasn't unusual as we often see/hear pairs around our cabin or while fishing. But what we saw a little later was a first for us ... they had left their perches and were flying overhead when one swooped down and snatched a fish out of the water. Then the 2nd one came in and tried to grab it away in mid-air. The two did a few pirouettes before one let go and flew to a tall tree back in the woods. The other fell into the water ... where it stayed (floating!) for about 10 minutes before it finally flew off with its loot to a tree along shore. After a few screeches, a 3rd, younger bird (previously unseen) flew into the tree where they appeared to share the fish. VERY, VERY COOL!!
- NOTE: I took some video of the action but the wind/waves made the video useless (I was bummed). However, here's a link to another site showing spectacular pictures similar to what we saw ... except it shows three birds fighting mid-air for a fish!! AWESOME!
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