WEEK 7 WRAP-UP!

Week 7 is a wrap and the camp was buzzing with family activities.  Weather was absolutely beautiful this week.

There is a large family group, friends, and relatives that come up this week every year as well as a lot of our long timers.  Fishing starts early before 6am usually and most of the camp is back in by around 11am to clean fish and have a fish fry.  Then if the weather is right lots of bag tournaments are run with this year being no exception and then fishing in the evening. 

Walleye bite on humps is starting to take shape as we push into the summer season.  Leeches, crawlers, and minnows are still being eaten with regularity.  28-inches was the largest walleye caught this week unless someone didn’t mention a bigger one to me.  Dock fishing has been extremely good with great sizes and numbers being caught in the evening after dinner.    

We had one notable story/fish tale. Dan from Cabin 6 who has been coming to RSL over 25 years was on potluck (as many of you know where that is) and he got a snag. PeeWee or Diesel asked for a net assist. Dan put the pole down to help net their fish when they decided it wasn't necessary Dan reached down and grabbed his pole to release the lure from Canada/or whatever it got stuck on. He was pulling the pole straight back frustrated he couldn't get it dislodged as many anglers do to just try and break the line. He started another technique to break the line when the line started moving in the water. Diesel did witness this and the fight was on. Dan fought the fish for a small while before somehow the lure popped out of the fishes mouth. Dan said it was the biggest whatever type of fish he has ever had on his line, and for all he knows it could have been any type of large fish as he has caught many trophy fish. At the end of the day he said it was definitely a fish of a lifetime and he thought it was a snag originally. Lucky he didn't lose his pole.

We had some musky hunters casting this week for the fish of 10000 casts and we caught a couple and had some very large skis take swipes at bait near the boat.  Not too many pictures from the musky hunters this week as I rarely get photos from them however we have a few nice pike pics. Cabin 7 TJ is bound and determined to land the over 50 next year as she saw it twice in two consecutive days.  I’m not sure where it was located for our other musky anglers this year but we’ve had big musky surfacing in a lot of spots throughout the lake.  Just ask when you get up here and I’ll give you an idea where they were caught, or seen.  That is if I know.

MFT results for June 29: Beautiful day for a tournament.  Blue bell skies and frankly a little warm for my liking.  Anyway, we had a cabin sweep the awards.  Congrats to Mark (Peewee) from Cabin 6 for winning both the walleye and pike/musky prizes.  His Walleye measured 26 1/4-inches, and his Pike measured 23 7/8-inches.  While Dan from the same cabin caught a 5 7/8-inch Bass to claim the Micro Prize.  Congrats to everyone for an absolutely beautiful day up here!

Normally we don’t recognize someone retiring but Terry in P2 had a shirt on so I’m going to let her know congratulations on your retirement Terry! 

All in all it was a great week with great people.  It took me a long time to figure out RSL isn’t only about fishing (Thanks brother-in-law Chris)!  This week exemplifies that.  In case anyone does not know we have several outdoor games including bags/cornhole.

We are not using butcher paper unless specifically requested as the MNR does not like it when they do fish checks.  If you have a food saver we recommend bringing it as it will preserve your fish longer, or you can bring zip lock bags as well.  We have plastic bags but they don’t have a seal to lock in the freshness just an fyi.

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WEEK 6 WRAP-UP!

Week 6 blog so here we go.  Weather has been good, and we finally received rain.  The fire ban has been lifted so those of you who want to have shore lunch on the lake you can.  Just be very aware of putting the fire out completely.  Propane is still a nice alternative.   We still need rain in all actuality.

               Walleye bite seems to be a bit behind due to the cool spring when it comes to locations.  Some gorgeous walleyes caught with 29-inch being the biggest. Nice fish Barry. We also had some personal bests caught this year. Earley stated he's been fishing 40 years for Walleye and his first catch on Perrault Lake was his biggest. I believe it was 26 3/4-inches. Plenty of fish caught, but usually by now the humps have heated up, and people are still catching a lot of fish in shallower water up to 18 feet.

Musky season is open and our biggest one so far was a 47 3/4-inch Musky from Luke up in P2. Dane caught another nice Musky this year as well. Terry had a nice musky and of course Rhonda with the winning musky on tournament day. Some nice Pike caught as well.

               Congratulations to Rick from P2 another Original Rich award winner!  Rick was fishing up front (I’m assuming) as he caught or shall I say the trolling motor was caught and sucked the unattended rod out of the boat.  That is not all folks.  Somehow Rick’s fishing buddy impaled a treble hook into his finger.  Rick stated he caught the largest sucker of his life.  The clear water of Perrault claims another victim.  Hook was removed with pain and discomfort, but if you think P2 is done with stories alas I have one more.  Rich was getting a bit toasty while out fishing and decided to take his hoodie off.  After he pulled the hoodie off he heard two sounds:  1 clank, and 2 splash.  The phone did not float…  There was another story but I forgot to write it down so Rich gets to live without another arrow flown his way.  New crew this year and hopefully we will have more stories as they make the trek back up next year, or the near future.

               MFT results for Tuesday June 24th:  Like in golf we had a weather delay to this weeks tournament. The fleet went out in beautiful weather yesterday and some nice fish were caught.  Kristy from Cabin 1 brought home the Micro Fish prize with a 6-inch smallmouth bass. Rhonda from Cabin 3 posted a great 36-inch Musky to win that prize. Cabin 7 Earley caught and released a 25 1/2-inch Walleye!  I forgot to award Kristy and Rhonda their prizes.  Watch the mail ladies!  Nice job everyone!

Hard to believe Week 7 is here and Independence Day is right around the corner. From all of us here at RSL we hope you all enjoy time with family, and friends over the 4th.

Tight Lines.

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WEEK 5 WRAP-UP!

Week 5 was another excellent week of fishing.  We had family up again and the camp was full with our usual guests for the week. 

Walleye were still being caught in a lot of spring locations and summer locations.  10 to 18 feet seemed to be a good depth depending on time and cloud cover.

Chris from Cabin 6 was slip bobber fishing and put his pole down for a minute.  Well you can guess what happened next.  The story does have a happy ending.  They followed the slip bobber until they caught up to it.  He was able to grab the slip bobber and bring in a 22-inch walleye and then retrieve his pole.  Obviously, he got distracted for his pole to get yanked into the water, but all well that ends well.

Same cabin 6 had Parker tell the tale of catching two small mouth bass at the same time on the same lure.  I have to admit that’s a first for me.  I’ve seen two or three fish caught at the same time when guys had more than one hook on a line in the ocean but never on one lure with two treble hooks.  Too funny.  If I didn’t see the picture I’m not sure it would be believable. 

This week especially, we have lots of people fishing off the back of their boats in the evening and catching huge walleyes!  Kent from C-7 CPR’d a gorgeous 28-inch Walleye right off the back of his boat.  The fish are there in the evenings and this weeks crew takes full advantage of the evening bite!

MFT results for Father’s Day June 15th:  MFT results for Father's Day:  Chris from Cabin 6 boated and released a beautiful 28-inch Walleye!  Tom from Cabin 7 grabbed the micro-fish prize with a 6 3/4-inch Small mouth bass, and Brad from C-2 landed and released a 29 1/2-inch Northern Pike!  Great job guys!  Happy Father's Day everyone!

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