Hi Happy Campers from pure white, windy and cold Happy Camp Ontario! As we ushered in our first guests of the year, the wild adventure begins! Ray Wheaton and the Beans from Pennsylvania brought along some of the wildest weather we have seen here in quite some time. Yesterday started out normal with white puffy clouds and a light breeze from the west. Around 1 p.m. the clouds had built to mostly cloudy and a brief shower took place. As I was working on a motor at the lake I noticed a wind shift to the north. Coming back to the Fish Shack for a few things, by the time I got back to the lake the entire lake was White capped from the north like I have never seen before.
Now those of you who have followed us know of the large storm that capsized my Crestliner a few years ago. This wind which is still howling today is bigger than that wind! If one stands on the beach and looks to the north, the wind is so strong that you can see the sandbar at the narrows which is totally sand right now, not the normal 2-3 feet of water!!
We were able to venture after some fish and got a nice bunch for dinner this afternoon! Ray and Dale helped me clean the bunch and sure will be good!
As you know the wind can be friend or foe, now seems like a foe with large whitecaps again. But I got the crew packed up with a smaller rig and they are off to venture into a lake in search of who knows?
Irving is the Chap who has taken up home near the dock, actually the reeds next to the dock. I have seen him grow each year and he splashed to say Howdy this morning! I sure hope that crafty son of a bitch grows to be a behemoth like the other brutes we have lurking in the water! One thing is for certain, Irving will be well cared for and fed as long as I am at Happy Camp Ontario!
So with that I am off to venture into the Bush in search of a lake where the loggers got close to. Maybe there will be a new spot to check out, never know until you try!
Until next time, take care and Come and Catch the Good Life with Us at Happy Camp Ontario!