Live The Adventure

Joanna and I have had some pretty funny experiences while fishing together for the past 12 years in Canada.  She calls us the Two Stooges.  I have to say it has provided us both lots of fun and laughter. Here are two recent adventures that had us in stitches. Our first adventure was when our friend Chris came up for a few days to pick berries and fish.  We decided to go to Heathwalt Lake for the day.  After fishing around a favorite point and not coming up with many fish, I decided to head across the lake to a spot Joanna and I had done quite well at in the spring.  One thing I forgot to factor into the equation is that in the spring there are no weeds up yet.  Now there are weeds everywhere in the shallow areas making it more difficult to fish through them. Starting out in this new area I snagged a good sized pike which I kept.  Chris and I were trolling on the same side of the boat and Joanna on the other side.  At our last spot Chris and I had somehow gotten our lines terribly

Here's a fishing story for you.  My brother Rick comes up every year to stay with us at camp for at least a week as he loves to fish, especially for Smallmouth Bass.  His favorite fishing spot is at the end of the sandbar on our lake, Indian Lake.  He will go there like clockwork every evening to cast for smallies or northern pike.  The fish that hit the hardest are the ones he prefers to catch. One evening he and his buddy that came with him from GA were out fishing at the end of the sandbar when Joanna and I came out in another boat to fish there as well.  We were closer to the stake marking the end of the sandbar which helps fishermen know when they can safely turn to head up the lake without hitting the sandbar. I usually wait for the sun to get close to sinking over the horizon before I try to catch Walleye there because they bite better when it is darker.  So, in the meantime I thought I'd try a few casts with a special stickbait that Rick had given me the year bef