...and just like that it's September
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2014 8:51 pm
With thuderstorms forecasted for today, I cancelled the 2 trips I had booked. So, on that note, it looks like the bulk of my 2014 guiding season is behind me. After 80+ groups, 2 summer camps and my own 2 munchkins and husbandly duties, I'm in much need of a few days off before a promising ice season. Here are a few photos from the 2nd half of our summer.
After our 53'' submarine from mid-July, we ended getting into a pile of these, but no other monsters. My associate Sebastian on the other has been getting good fish consistently throughout the summer.
Once in a while you get one of these hanging out where the musky are.
Then of course, limits of walleye is what I do best, but consistency doesn't make great photos, but these guys mixed in with the walleye do!
When rods need to bend ASAP, there's always cats. We were looking for the big ones, but when this happens 7 times in 2 hours, smaller fish do the job.
Then you find the big ones, and grown men get giddy.
When the mid-August rain scattered the walleye, we got onto some weed flats full of these guys. The hardest hits you could imagine, line peels, and jumps, nothing but good times.
This summer has been an exercise in maintaining balance. I've been working hard to spend less time on non-core business tasks to spend more time with this guy, his sister, and his mom. "Papa, travailles-tu à la pêche aujourd'hui?'' ''Oui, Jack''. ''Ahhhhh....ben, moi j'aime toi.'' Breaks my heart everytime. He might just be the 2nd generation of ORGF in the making.
And now to complete my little building project. 20' x 12' of ice fishing bliss in our bungalows that will be set-up just east of Rockland.
After our 53'' submarine from mid-July, we ended getting into a pile of these, but no other monsters. My associate Sebastian on the other has been getting good fish consistently throughout the summer.
Once in a while you get one of these hanging out where the musky are.
Then of course, limits of walleye is what I do best, but consistency doesn't make great photos, but these guys mixed in with the walleye do!
When rods need to bend ASAP, there's always cats. We were looking for the big ones, but when this happens 7 times in 2 hours, smaller fish do the job.
Then you find the big ones, and grown men get giddy.
When the mid-August rain scattered the walleye, we got onto some weed flats full of these guys. The hardest hits you could imagine, line peels, and jumps, nothing but good times.
This summer has been an exercise in maintaining balance. I've been working hard to spend less time on non-core business tasks to spend more time with this guy, his sister, and his mom. "Papa, travailles-tu à la pêche aujourd'hui?'' ''Oui, Jack''. ''Ahhhhh....ben, moi j'aime toi.'' Breaks my heart everytime. He might just be the 2nd generation of ORGF in the making.
And now to complete my little building project. 20' x 12' of ice fishing bliss in our bungalows that will be set-up just east of Rockland.