Charleston Lake Adventure Weekend Report....
Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2005 5:09 pm
I'm sure many will say this is one of their favorite Fish-Hawk Adventure weekends!...Allowing our families in on all the fun was great!
I'll leave the story telling up to the others.....I know my family had a blast.....and had rave reviews from all others...on a personal note I was thrilled to help put this together....it flew without a hitch....
Great meeting all the folks who made their way out to their first FH outing....and always great to see the returnees...
Fishing was so-so....for most this wasn't a fishing weekend.....it was a family outing with a bit of bonus fishing....well some got more than bonus...(myself included... )...The bass fishing was tough....jigging bass from 30 plus feet of water didn't excite many... Ransome joined me one night for a few hours....we picked up 6 or 7 bass in about 2 hours.....nothing exciting...I basically ignored the bass for the weekend after that....I thought it was going to be great after on my second flip I picked up this smallie...
My main quarry was the great Lake Trout fishing on Charleston....has success all weekend long....lots of fun watching those downrigger rods bouncing!....Nick joined me for the early morning Saturday fish...5AM wakeup call it was...we hit em pretty good...Nick was thrilled for sure....
Saturday afternoon was spent tubing.....Thanks to MT for his boat....and Muskimagnet for the use of his cottage and dock....While at Magnets cottage I found the new Herbal Essence Shampoo model...
Then it was on to the Kids Olympics!...Fish-Hawk and Family had clearly spent some time setting this up for the kids and their efforts were appreciated by everyone!
Here's a few shots...
The kids had a blast and the parents had a good laugh...great stuff!
Some of the kiddies takin a break!
Saturday night turned into a family laker troll for us....which turned out awesome!....with rain in the distance the lakers were on!....5 minutes with the lines down....double header..... ..lost both....complete pandamonium.... ...after making a few rules on who goes where when a fish is on.....we were back at it....minutes later....Ariel nets her first ever laker....
Next up was Nick....he had some fun with this one!
The rain came...and it poured....The Livewells went in....Markus and family went in....not the RJ boat... ....batten down the hatches kids...Birdee and the kids huddle under my rain jacket....we all got soaked....I told them it's going to clear up....and it sure did!...we were treated to a double rainbow.....very cool!
One of my favorite moments of the weekend was upon heading in on Saturday night.....Markus was in the midst of taking Conner (Livewells oldest son)....out for a fish with Muskimagnet....I said I'll take em out and join yas....so off Connor and I went....having never caught a laker before, I had 45 minutes to make it happen....well hopefully Mom or Dad Livewell snapped a pic for him when he returned with is first laker.... ...great spending some time with you Connor...played it like a pro...
In closing.....thanks to all the kids who helped us out this weekend....taking care of Sinker....he was never alone.....and was toast by 8 PM every night.....
Thanks again everyone!
RJ
I'll leave the story telling up to the others.....I know my family had a blast.....and had rave reviews from all others...on a personal note I was thrilled to help put this together....it flew without a hitch....
Great meeting all the folks who made their way out to their first FH outing....and always great to see the returnees...
Fishing was so-so....for most this wasn't a fishing weekend.....it was a family outing with a bit of bonus fishing....well some got more than bonus...(myself included... )...The bass fishing was tough....jigging bass from 30 plus feet of water didn't excite many... Ransome joined me one night for a few hours....we picked up 6 or 7 bass in about 2 hours.....nothing exciting...I basically ignored the bass for the weekend after that....I thought it was going to be great after on my second flip I picked up this smallie...
My main quarry was the great Lake Trout fishing on Charleston....has success all weekend long....lots of fun watching those downrigger rods bouncing!....Nick joined me for the early morning Saturday fish...5AM wakeup call it was...we hit em pretty good...Nick was thrilled for sure....
Saturday afternoon was spent tubing.....Thanks to MT for his boat....and Muskimagnet for the use of his cottage and dock....While at Magnets cottage I found the new Herbal Essence Shampoo model...
Then it was on to the Kids Olympics!...Fish-Hawk and Family had clearly spent some time setting this up for the kids and their efforts were appreciated by everyone!
Here's a few shots...
The kids had a blast and the parents had a good laugh...great stuff!
Some of the kiddies takin a break!
Saturday night turned into a family laker troll for us....which turned out awesome!....with rain in the distance the lakers were on!....5 minutes with the lines down....double header..... ..lost both....complete pandamonium.... ...after making a few rules on who goes where when a fish is on.....we were back at it....minutes later....Ariel nets her first ever laker....
Next up was Nick....he had some fun with this one!
The rain came...and it poured....The Livewells went in....Markus and family went in....not the RJ boat... ....batten down the hatches kids...Birdee and the kids huddle under my rain jacket....we all got soaked....I told them it's going to clear up....and it sure did!...we were treated to a double rainbow.....very cool!
One of my favorite moments of the weekend was upon heading in on Saturday night.....Markus was in the midst of taking Conner (Livewells oldest son)....out for a fish with Muskimagnet....I said I'll take em out and join yas....so off Connor and I went....having never caught a laker before, I had 45 minutes to make it happen....well hopefully Mom or Dad Livewell snapped a pic for him when he returned with is first laker.... ...great spending some time with you Connor...played it like a pro...
In closing.....thanks to all the kids who helped us out this weekend....taking care of Sinker....he was never alone.....and was toast by 8 PM every night.....
Thanks again everyone!
RJ