July 24 Report

Weather was the big story last week, when tornados touched down, felling trees and power lines all along the river. The camp experienced some fallen trees and a loss of power that lasted about 5 days. No injuries, or major damage was experienced, and things are “back to normal”, according to Jake.

Of course, fishing slows during a front, especially one of this magnitude, but with winds from out of the south now, and cooler air temperatures (70°- 75° air temperatures) making it more comfortable to fish, activity is on the increase.

Last night, Todd and Jake went out after dinner and found walleyes in 28’ of water. Todd was successful using brightly-colored jigs tipped with a night crawler, while Jake stayed with his favorite slip sinker rig (Carolina-style) and a live worm.

Bass continue to be aggressive and willing to take a variety of artificial lures, as well as live bait.

There haven’t been any musky hunters in camp, so there are no reports of catches, but as Jake says, “they’re out there”.