Been mowing....

[ctom]

....at the cabin and doing some time on the breakwater casting for whatever is dumb enough to hit. Had one hook-up on a Herring but the soft mouthed critter pulled off so I never got to smell like fish.

Had some interesting wildlife this trip. Tree frogs were plentiful on our evening walks to the small lake on the property. Carole was weeding one of her flower beds when the Sandhill Cranes came walking out of one of the rails, walked right past her and back into the woods on a different trail. This little guy showed up at noon on Weds and was in and out of the yard the rest of the day and was there when I got up at 5 this morning.

 

[WALLEYE WACKER]

That’s cool as long as he don’t become a problem.

[Shaunm81]

Wow pretty neat

[Les Young]

cool

[ctom]

The first couple trips to the breakwater I fished only a 4" Ripper and the new 3.8" Twister Tail grub on the Swim head, 5/8 ounce for casting weight and quick sinking. I had trout follow each of the baits on the retrieve but they wouldn't commit to the hit. A couple of these fish were in the 12-15 pound range. The Herring hit a spinner but the hooks were a bit large and the fish came unpinned right at the wall.

Both the Ripper and that big twister have outstanding action on the retrieve. Very happy with the way they looked in the water. The top couple feet of the water has reached about 50 degrees now and Cohos, lakers and the big influx of Herring won't be far off. Next trip up in a couple weeks should be interesting.

[WALLEYE WACKER]

Tom sure hope on the next trip you’ll have something to smoke. Sure hope your not still hand feeding your pet on the mower.

[ctom]

I gave up on hand feeding after getting batted a couple times. Those paws are hard as a rock when the take a swipe at ya.

[WALLEYE WACKER]

Glad your staying safe. Dose it smash the bird feeders.

[ctom]

All of the cabin feeders are way out of a bear's reach.

[Rex]

We have guests too at our new house, mom and her cubs been showing up regularly!