Whopper Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 (edited) Left on Friday the 18th and drove north to the Red Lake area in search of monster pike and some walleye for the table. Hooked up with a few other board members that I haven't met before and wasn't disappointed, great folks! Arrived at the pick up point at Saturday at about 10 am Pilot, plane and the owner of the camp were waiting, it was my first time flying in a twin engine float plane. Holy crap what the hell is this stuff, drove through snow flurries from Vermillion Bay to Balmertown and yes it was cold. Up and away just a short 15-20 minute flight out Safe landing Got unloaded and hit the cabin to unpack and do some fishing. Ran in to our neighbors for the week. Great people these two and I don't personally know another women that would have fished in the conditions we fished in all week, hat's off to you Sandy (graftongirl). I can say this now because I'm out of Adams (reefhawg) reach, but he really needs to make her permanent Hope I don't offend any of the other female members. A eagle that we saw more than once during the week On your mark get set .... We have lift off Sees something Fly by pick up, witness this more than once during the week This is what I call dinning out My guide for the week, to those of you that might not know this gentleman, Connie Inman(TennesseeGuy), class act all the way and he can flat get in done, if it wasn't for him and JP Bushey (lipdip) I don't know if I would have made this trip. Thanks to both of you. Oh and by the way this is the type of guy Connie is, we were getting ready to eat one night the buzz around camp was that there was two people from another party that had not returned and it was almost dark with dense fog on the lake. Connie had a nice depth finder with GPS and did not hesitate to get up and go looking for them. Now visibility was less than 50 yards and he returned in just under an hour with the stranded fisherman, they were turned around and headed the wrong direction when he found them and brought them back safely, two happy campers that's for sure. The other two guys in our group, great people also! Ahhhhh dinner for four Dinner is served The weather wasn't very good all week, snowed the first day and the last day and rained everyday in between but we still caught fish and ate walleyes all week. The worst thing was the multiple fronts and the wind was brutal. Part two to follow! Whopper Edited May 29, 2007 by Whopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntervasili Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Great Report... looks liek you had a great time out there, even though the weather didn't want to cooperate... Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greencoachdog Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Great report and pics Phil!!!... more fish porn please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarzan's Jane Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Great pics, loved the Eagle...waiting for part 2. Get r pregnant eh!!! Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishfield Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Fabulous stuff Phil...glad to see you had a great time with Connie and Adam and Sandy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b2kptbo Posted May 29, 2007 Report Share Posted May 29, 2007 Cool pictures, glad ya had a good time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lunkerbasshunter Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 great stuff! cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike the Pike Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Nice report thanks.Love the shots of the eagle in action.MTP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve_paul Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Great report Whopper, looking forward to more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishindevil Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Great trip. ..and awesome pics,well its too bad the weather was brutal,but thats a part of fishing . ..thanks for sharing ,im looking forward to part #2.....cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motv8tr Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Great stuff Phil, glad you had a good time...looking forward to part two. Maureen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Good job Phil. Now I can't wait for my trip to come around, but it's not coming fast enough for me. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjsa Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Nice Phil, great report, and Connie is indeed a class act all the way, none better. Have had the pleasure of being in the chat room by myself with him, great guy. Am glad Adam and Sandy made it there OK. They pm'd me asking about the fire situation up here before they left, and gave them as much info as I could. Waiting for their report now, along with your "part deux". Tom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Wow, that sure looks like it was an awesome trip Phil. Too bad about the weather, but it didn't seem to keep the fish away. Joey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpsbassman Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Great report Phil. Looking forward to Part 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboy Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 awesome trip-thanks for making us jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Shark Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Nice report, I would love to be able to do a fly in someday. My wife will stay out with me in any conditions too, she is a trooper. Or maybe it has something to do with me not going in and her being stuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solopaddler Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Great report Phil! Looking forward to seeing some big gators in part 2 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Clemens Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Great report whopper. I'll bet those fly-ins are a load of fun ... expecially which such high class fisher-mates as you had. Nice mouth-watering PART I ... can't wait for PART 2, 3, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhioFisherman Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Great pictures and report Phil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxcowboy Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 looks like the trip of a lifetime! great pics thanks for sharing your adventure. jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Hey Nice Report. Nice Plane. Here are some other pics of the Beech 18 http://www.airliners.net/open.file?id=0300208&r=y Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattyk Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 great report! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Me In Scotty Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Brings back my memories from last year already. I also had snow when i was down there may long week-end for the week. You have to love the push button engines on those boats. I plan on making it an every other year trip. Thanks for the report Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJQ Posted May 30, 2007 Report Share Posted May 30, 2007 Sweet Report... one of these days.. im gonna get my butt up there!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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