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Got it all rigged. Next year, a down rigger. Will be my last laker outing til Sept. The lake is really warm and the alga bloom is crazy. One fish didnt make it, but it did not spoil and was gifted to my old friend. I tried a 2 video camera thing. Man, It is alot of work editing. But fun none the less. Hope ya enjoy.

I wish I had a video to go with this but sadly y'all will just have to do with the story. So, anyone who knows Head Lake (The Norland one, not the Minden one) knows that this lake is treacherous. My dad and I have a combined 60 years on this lake and there are areas that we still tread very lightly. Especially with the water levels down and the lack of rain we have been having. Long weekends at the cottage are always interesting because there are always people launching their boat or renting cottages on the lake that have never spent a minute on the lake, let alone charted out where the rocks are. This doesn't stop people from going too fast in areas that they really shouldn't be going fast. For us locals, this is usually pretty entertaining. (Keep in mind, this is with us sitting on our deck with them a few KM away, so I can't exactly warn them). So Monday at noon time we are sitting down on the deck, relaxing and eating lunch as we see a large sport fishing boat going across the lake from west to east on the north side. (For those of you who don’t know, the north side of the lake is the worst. You only go north to south and you always follow the marker bouys). This boat is going right through what we affectionately call ‘the minefield’. So I call my dad out saying ‘you are going to want to see this’. The boat was going slow but with how shallow the water has been this year, there was no way they were getting out of this one. They get about ¾ of the way across the lake going very slow (kudos for them on that) before slowly turning around. Clearly they had hit one of the spots that are impossible to pass with a motor boat. After they turn the nose of the boat around was when they made their mistake. They start heading back what I can only assume they thought was their path at a much faster speed. Again, this lake is so rocky that if the rocks or the current blow you off course even by a foot you are in trouble. They get about 10 feet from the spot where they turned before we hear a loud ‘ping’ as we watch the back of their boat jump about 2 feet in the air. We kept watching. It was clear their motor was done for. We weren’t sure if we would need to go out and help but their trolling motor was still working. It looked like they were going to have a long ride back to the boat launch. Friendly reminder everyone, until you know a lake like the back of your hand, always play safe, get a depth map, or ask the locals. It can be a costly mistake.

With this heat things are ripening up with a vengeance. Peppers love heat, but its killing me.

18 comments, 1059 views, lol. If people ever wondered if this site is used to source information, you've got your answer. Be cautious of what you post.

I 4 attractive daughters, now women. I never answered the phone after they were in high school. I never had a chance!!!!! when they all come over on Sunday with their families they have at least 8 phones going and 5 iPads. I still don’t answer the phone.

As the father of a 17 year old boy, and 2 younger boys as well anything I have given them they've been made well aware that I can take it back. Heck, anything they have bought on their own I've told then is mine also if they don't follow the house rules and pitch in when asked, after all they live room and board free! We've always been reasonable, but we don't take any Bull. Parenting is a benevolent dictatorship. Too many people are under the mistaken impression that they should be friends with their kids. Not the case. Friendly and kind, yes... friends, no. Tell him the phones gone the minute the help stops. We have a pretty decent and helpful crew around my place for the most part, and I don't have to cut the grass anymore!

I see two things wrong with this post! That is nowhere near a record Muskie Ange is as weak as a little girl!