A day at Lake Camelot

Well, last year Foxy and I decided to invest in some property up north. The property is located close to Nekoosa, Wisconsin about an hour and a half north of our home. It's basically a glorified campsite. It has electric, water, and a driveway, along with deeded lake access via what they call a beach club. There is space for boat parking and a very nice sandy beach for swimming. We have actually only been there twice, once when we picked it out and once when we drove my brother home to Steven's Point. So we decided this weekend to run up there with Foxy's P's and pick up Celly in Point and spend the day swimming, boating, and fishing. Well, I don't think we were too impressed. The beach is very nice, but the lake is pretty nasty. Not just that, but I actually compared the lake to rush hour in chicago. Which is probably pretty close since most of the popluation is likely from IL. The boat traffic is insane, dangerous in fact. Needless to say this made fishing extremely hard. Celly and I decided to give it a try non the less. We found a little bay that was pretty quiet. Celly hooked into a LM on it wiggle wog, but lost it at the boat. I missed a small one that hit my buzz frog. We headed back after about an hour and a half of fishing for some super. After super we cleaned up and headed out again with Foxy. We slipped under a bridge into a nice little marshy area. A decent sized northern stole one of my buzz frogs, Celly had him on for minute, then lost him. I ended up with a keeper bass close to the bridge. We threw for awhile longer, but could get any hits, and decided to head home. Another downfall, is that in order to get to our beach you either have to pay $3 and use the public launch or use the camelot private launch and have to drive through this super long channel, which pretty much takes an hour to get through. I think after our trip we have decided to put the lot up for sale, I really don't see us either using it or moving there. Well, such is life I suppose.

Late Weekend Fishing Report

Last weekend I took Foxy and her sister Sally fishing at Rock Lake after a afternoon at the beach with Boo. Well, unfortunately WI has changed their out of state license rules, it used to be that out of staters could purchase a 24-hour license for around $7. Now you have to minimally buy a 4-day for $24. Sally decided not to fish. We were going to try and find some pannies, but ended up with mostly bass. A stout wind was blowing east across the lake which made for some quick drifting. The best part was Foxy got her first fish with me. She has gotten some gills with her grandpa in the past, but has never caught anything with me. She ended up with two fish a short bass and a short perch. I had a number of bass, including a nice smallie. Sally has a couple pictures of our fish. We had a good time and I am hoping to get Foxy out for some perch fishing on Mendota before they all get caught. With near 100 degree temps predicted this weekend not sure that's going to happen soon. I also managed to get out on Monona for a couple hours on Monday, unfortunately I had my first skunk of the season. Oh well, can't catch them every time. Not sure if I will get out this weekend with the heat, I'll also be working with my dad to try and fix our back yard faucet. Of course, we end up with another ridiculously hot weekend for outdoor work. Go figure. Regardless, next time I hit the water I would like to make it to Mendota for either Bass or Perch. I've been jones'n for some small mouth action. Until then, Tight Lines!!!!

Holiday Weekend Fishing Report

Well had an eventful 4th of July holiday weekend. I would call it relaxing, but very few things around our house are "relaxing" during the summer. We did have a nice long weekend though, I was off from Saturday - Tuesday and Foxy was off the same except she had to work on Sunday. I went fishing on Friday after work with FGAW. We decided to head to Waubessa for some whatever-would-bites (that's a fishing term). We picked up some meat (crawlers and leeches) and rigged up some slip bobbers and jigs. I decided to tie a Northland Tackle Slurpie on in Perch on one rod and a grandpa jig on the other. Well, we ended up with probably 20+ fish, my count 10 Walleyes, 8 LM Bass, 2 bluegills, and a perch. I caught the big fish a nice 23" waldo, on my ultra light no less (4lb test line). Around dusk we could see bass chasing baitfish in the weed bed we were fishing on. We just couldn't stand it any longer and I tossed a Mann's Hardnose in there after 'em. I landed two on the Mann's, good times. FGAW got some pics, when he gets them developed I'll post the Waldo. I do believe this was my biggest yet, I think I had one on Mendota a couple years ago that probably went bigger, but I lost him just before I could land him. So the 23" is the biggest I've had in the boat. Good times on the Ultra light. After a 12-pack of beer and dinner (for the second time that day) at Christy's I headed home to a sleepless child, poor Boo.

Saturday wasn't too eventful, Foxy's P's came over and we went to breakfast. When Boo went down for a nap so did we. It was nice. The night wasn't all to eventful either. I decided to take Boo down to my parents, and help grandpa paint. After all, I nearly killed him with our little roofing project. Foxy had to work so it seemed like a good plan. I would also like to thank Boo for the summer cold, all three of us have been battling away for almost a week. Although I think foxy and I got the worse end of the stick. Monday we went and visited Celly, he is on house arrest and just finished his Huber Law Jail term. He is in good spirits and I think was very happy to see Boo. They played quite a bit. Foxy also brought Celly a neat little Penguin to keep him company, see http://fortheloveoknit.blogspot.com/ for a Pic. Upon returning home we promptly got ready to head to the DeForest Beer Tent. Oh yes, we have beer tents in WI. It was ok, we met with some friends and we both drank enough beers to relieve our cold symptoms for a couple hours.

On the fourth we decided not to do a whole lot. We got some much needed cleaning done, and watched Boo play in her pool for a bit. Foxy decided to do some gardening and I decided to hit Monona for some fishing. Monona was busy, but not terrible. The wind was pretty bad and I was having trouble staying on the spot I really wanted to hit. I moved to the back of Squaw Bay and was pretty much on the verge of heading out when Foxy called to see when I would be home. The first cast after our conversation I landed a bass, gg Foxy. I picked up another about 10 minutes later. I packed up and headed out, over course not without incident. I think I got some weeds in my water intake and my engine started to overheat on the way back. Smoke was pouring out and I was scared. Then water started flowing and all was better. All in all I think we had a nice weekend. It was a little busy, especially with us in pretty tough shape, with the colds and all. Until next time, Tight Lines!!!!

Weekend Fishing Report

Well had an eventful 4th of July holiday weekend. I would call it relaxing, but very few things around our house are "relaxing" during the summer. We did have a nice long weekend though, I was off from Saturday - Tuesday and Foxy was off the same except she had to work on Sunday. I went fishing on Friday after work with FGAW. We decided to head to Waubessa for some whatever-would-bites (that's a fishing term). We picked up some meat (crawlers and leeches) and rigged up some slip bobbers and jigs. I decided to tie a Northland Tackle Slurpie on in Perch on one rod and a grandpa jig on the other. Well, we ended up with probably 20+ fish, my count 10 Walleyes, 8 LM Bass, 2 bluegills, and a perch. I caught the big fish a nice 23" waldo, on my ultra light no less (4lb test line). Around dusk we could see bass chasing baitfish in the weed bed we were fishing on. We just couldn't stand it any longer and I tossed a Mann's Hardnose in there after 'em. I landed two on the Mann's, good times. FGAW got some pics, when he gets them developed I'll post the Waldo. I do believe this was my biggest yet, I think I had one on Mendota a couple years ago that probably went bigger, but I lost him just before I could land him. So the 23" is the biggest I've had in the boat. Good times on the Ultra light. After a 12-pack of beer and dinner (for the second time that day) at Christy's I headed home to a sleepless child, poor Boo.

Saturday wasn't too eventful, Foxy's P's came over and we went to breakfast. When Boo went down for a nap so did we. It was nice. The night wasn't all to eventful either. I decided to take Boo down to my parents, and help grandpa paint. After all, I nearly killed him with our little roofing project. Foxy had to work so it seemed like a good plan. I would also like to thank Boo for the summer cold, all three of us have been battling away for almost a week. Although I think foxy and I got the worse end of the stick. Monday we went and visited Celly, he is on house arrest and just finished his Huber Law Jail term. He is in good spirits and I think was very happy to see Boo. They played quite a bit. Foxy also brought Celly a neat little Penguin to keep him company, see For the love 'O knit for a pic. Upon returning home we headed to the DeForest Beer tent, oh yes, in WI we have beer tents. It was ok, I drank enough to temporarily relieve some of my cold symptoms.

Ahhh....the fourth of July. We decided to mostly stay home. We let Boo play in her pool for a bit and did some much needed house cleaning. Foxy did some gardening and I decided to head Monona for some fishing. I ended up with two bass, one keeper on the Mann's hardnose. I didn't expect a whole lot after a crazy weekend such as this. Monona was busy, but not terrible. I almost overheated my engine on the way home, when weeds got caught in the water intake. Stupid Weeds. Anyway, it was a nice break from work and I think we had a fairly good weekend aside from the colds we are still fighting. Tight Lines!!!!