Happy September 14th. Yesterday the waterfowl migration started as the first Geese from the north have found their way over head and went south. Rook and I saw these while on the lake with much boat traffic sprinkled thru the lake except the East end. Boy the west end sure is getting its share of visitors, I guess the Dam is quite a site to see!
Rook and I spent time exploring the island and found no sign of the Bear that was there earlier this summer. It appears he either took the ferry to the mainland or used his rowboat to get to the shore, where he hopped out and is wandering somewhere. Speaking of wandering, starting to see some big animals in the region, and no I dont mean big bellied boys on thier bikes either. We have seen some of the pawed and Hoof variety in our wanders. We do see many signs of fall showing up, but today we are socked in with fog and moist air. Temps in the low 50’s are going to give way into the 80’s for most of the next week. So as Rook as told me IT IS TIME, we will ease into this slowly and get after some more fish.
Speaking of fish, water temps are in the low 60’s, green is turning to brown so the fish are retreating and scattering around. One day they are in about 4 feet, the next they are in 30 feet. In fact, yesterday we found some in 6 feet and others in 34 feet of mud. So the only pattern that in consistent for us is to leave the crowds, find our own spot and fish, usually something tugs on our line.
Rook and I hope to venture to the north and check out a new lake, if the weather holds we will be able to get that done. Marvin and Sally are busy gathering for the winter, they have been told many times that they need to leave their relatives away for the winter, head into Hillsport and take up residency there!
As I close this post, sadly we share the loss of our Paweed pal Missy, Roger’s Husky passed away recently. Missy was always good to us, Magoo and Missy ran and played years ago. Missy, now you and Magoo are together again and your old Pal Sox is in the mix as well.
Hope your Migration takes you where you want to be. Take care