| Another fishing season has come and gone. It's always sad to close the cabin down at the end of the year. But the weather was mostly good with temps in the 70's. On one of the 2 windy days a group of 9 canoes went by our Point. I felt sorry for them as they paddled against the wind. [see video on YouTube (1m 00s)]
We caught plenty of walleye to keep us happy, but no lunkers this trip. Had some muskie action though. The last and most spectacular encounter came when Dad caught a decent walleye and, as he got it to the surface, a nice muskie appeared with jaws wide open and Dad saw it nail the walleye broadside. A brief fight ensued until the muskie finally let go. That's not entirely unusual as we get such hits about once a year. But the rest was unique ...
I didn't get my line out of the water fast enough during the tug-of-war and when Dad finally got the walleye into the boat, my jig was wrapped around his line. Fortunately it wasn't too bad and he untangled it fairly quickly and tossed my jig back into the water. A few seconds later, my line went tight and went under the boat. I tightened up and then a big fish jumped out of the water on the other side of the boat! It was (we assume) the same muskie. I got it back on my side of the boat and brought it to the surface long enough for a good look at its size ... around 36". Then it took off again and grabbed some air a couple more times before shaking the jig loose. What fun!!
On the not-so-fun side ... Katie (the dog) had her first encounter with "Pepe Le Pew" in the woods behind the cabin ... not good, especially since it was right before we were going to bed. Fortunately we had some hydrogen peroxide & baking soda in the cabin and we were able to get the smell out. At least it wasn't a porcupine!
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