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9 years and counting, I can't
believe it.!
This year we decided on October
again and believe it or not, we actually got "our
island" back.
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| The weather
report called for heavy rain the first day and I was
concerned that we would be traveling on the boat and
setting up in the rain, but it wasn't bad at all. In
fact it turned out quite nice. I even caught a pike
right from the boat while still tied up at the island in
the late afternoon. |
Ampersand at sunset, what
rain? 
Charlie is on the
board |
| We spent most of
the first day preparing for the worst even though the
predicted weather hadn't arrived. We built a tarp
shelter to keep our stuff out of the rain and set up a
nice sitting area for hanging out. I can't believe I
didn't take a picture of our tarp city! Anyway, the
first night was nice and we woke up to a beautiful
bright day. |
Hey, who's in my
fishing spot? |
| We headed out
after a good breakfast and started at a favorite spot in
a bay, but the fishing was very slow. We managed only a
few hits a piece and Roger landed a bass. Oh yeah, Jon
caught a lure that Roger had dropped in the water so
that counts as two fish apparently. |
What, not the perch
king this year? |
| Shortly after
this photo was taken, things started to turn ugly
weather wise. I guess the weather man was just a day
late in his forecast. We didn't do too much more fishing
before the sky opened up and it started pouring so we
headed back to the island and our tarp city shelter. We
spent the rest of the day and late into the night
hunkered down as the rain continued for about 12 hours. |
Who put the green branches in
there? |
| The rain ceased
late in the night and the full moon lit up the horizon
and reflected off of the lake as the clouds dispersed in
that direction. We had a debate about the origin of the
strange glow, but it was a very cool sight, that's for
sure. You'll have to take my word for it. |
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The next morning we awoke to a cool and cloudy day but
no rain or snow. Of course it was time to start taking
down the tarp shelter, cleaning up and packing up. I
hate that part of the trip. The view of Ampersand from
the boat showed that the rain had turned to snow at
higher elevations, and that winter was indeed only
around the corner in the Adirondacks. |
It looks cold up
there. |
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In conclusion, not a stellar
year for fishing to say the least, but a good time was
had by all as usual. The wilderness seems a little more
"wild" in October when there aren't too many other fools
up there but the fishing doesn't seem as good. So we
have a decision to make next year for our 10th annual
trip. Stay tuned!
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