Friday was the only day in several where the wind was not churning the water surface. We were lucky when we chose to go out then. The day started with a 10 Km/h north wind which switched to an east wind at about 12:30 PM. The water level is high enough to allow safe drifts over the rocky humps in the lake (at least the ones we know about). Our fishing moon calculations told us that the bite should start at about 11:30 AM and that is when we started getting the hits. We had our limit in about 2 hours and none were under 5 pounds. No, we didn't release them all. We kept some for a good fish fry as, in my opinion, there is no fish tastier than a de-boned pike. Besides, I had to test out my new battery operated fillet knife. We caught all of our fish in 5-7 foot water. The water temperature was 54 degrees F. That is pretty cool for pike or any other fish but these were on the bite. Their bellies were full of small perch and walleye. One even had a Berkly's Gulp minnow jig in his belly along with perch. If that jig was from ice fishing then they aren't as biodegradable as they are advertized to be. We both got a little touch of sun burn but it was worth it. We got off the water and just started tarping the boat when the east wind really hit. From the looks of the long range weather forecast there will not be much fishing done for the next week though. I hope the rest of you had as good a time as we did.
