Beacon Harbor trip

[bturck]

Had a very nice trip to Beacon Harbor Thursday thru Friday noon.  The bite was good between 7p and 10p, and again starting at 6a on Fri morning.  The afternoon was a little slow, but my granddaughter caught her first walleye 5 minutes after her dad set up her dead stick.  I post a pic but can't figure it out with this new format. We caught a total of 28 with the biggest at 19" and one other just over 17".  The highlight of the trip was my 7 yr old granddaughter caught her first walleye and ended up with 3.  She is ready to go back.  John and crew did a great job, setting us up on fresh ice in 14' of water. Due to a medical issue I wasn't sure if I'd be able to make another trip, but my two boys said you sit and fish, we'll take care of loading/unloading.  It was really nice to get back up and watch the Vexi once again.  Good to see Ann's smiling face and bubbly personality.  Maybe there's another trip in the future, but if it doesn't happen this was a good trip and good memories.

PS yes I did catch some fish too. 

[Hoyt4]

Sounds great Bturck , glad you got out and enjoyed a weekend on the ice with the family. Hope more to come.

[kelly-p]

I'm happy that you had a good trip Bill. When Ann told me you were up I was heading out to see you but got sidetracked when I looked across the lake and saw Buddy's plowtruck stopped with the hood up.

   The size of the fish is interesting. A friend of mine fished in the same area you were in 2 nights ago and caught 8 walleye. The biggest 23 and only 1 under 17. Tonight everything I caught was 8 to 10 inches.

[bturck]

Tks Hoyt4, didn't realize how much I'd miss it till I got back up there.  The boys said dad, you carried all the gear when we were learning, now it's our turn.   Some truth in that I guess. 

 

It was nice to be back up there Kelly, especially to see my granddaughter catch her first walleyes. I was hoping to run into you up there.  Shaky said to say hi if I saw you.

funny with those fish, one end of the house produced 90% of the fish, yup the side I was on...looool John had set us on fresh ice and it seemed to work out. 

Two of my sons, my son in law and our friend from Georgia are booked with Jonny Feb 12/13.  Please say hi to Patsy, I surely hope she's feeling better.  Take care of yourselves

 

 

[Hoyt4]

bturck

That is how it's supposed to be. I did that for my old man last weekend on Red. My goal was just for him to have a good time and maybe a fish or two. Well he did all that and also caught his biggest fish of his life 43inch pike. Was a blast and he is just like a little kid. He is also counting down the days for retirement. Friday this week he is done working.

Amazing how fast time goes I have been going up to Red Lake since I was 6. Been 34 years hunting and fishing it's pretty much were I grew up duck, bear ,deer , grouse ,snow shoes and fish.

Caught my first Red lake crappie when I was 8 and then we started to target them more then walleyes once we knew they were there. Was not like the crappie boom but you sure could get a lot of them if you know were to start. Caught a lot of walleyes 2lbs seemed to always be our biggest as a kid still could get through the gill nets.

Go out and pull whitefish nets was always a blast . It's great country and you can pretty much do anything up there all year long.

Bturck trust me you kids will rememeber all the times as kids and now making trips with Pa.

I know I do and will try and keep making more as long as he can still go. So I hope you still have more memories to make with the boys.

[bturck]

Good Lord willing, it will happen again.  I still think of my dad every time I see a full moon( other times too ). But he always like to night troll with a full moon, and we caught fish.  Glad you had your dad out there.  We as dad's always like to hope that we raised kids to appreciate Mother Nature and respect people.  Sounds like your dad taught you from an early age.......much good luck to you and pops