Shining Falls Lodge day 2 (2015-07-04)

Ellen brought us coffee and tea at 7 am, and then it was bacon, eggs, hash browns and toast for breakfast at 7:30 am. All of my meals are "special" to avoid msg and preservatives, and always more than I need. But it would be impolite to not eat it all :-)

Marlene's Mom joined us for fishing this morning and we headed straight across the lake to a small island where we caught fish yesterday. I had a Walleye on, as soon as I closed the bail on the reel, and that set the tone for the morning - fish after fish after fish. We caught our limit, and threw back many small fish and a 20" Walleye (too big to keep) that Nick caught. The piece de resistance was a 25" Pike that Marlene hauled in just before we had to leave for lunch. He too was returned to the lake as all Pike are catch and release. 

With a full load of fish, we headed to Shining Falls for a shore lunch - Walleye fish and chips, beans, onions and quinoa salad. The fish and chips were cooked in oil right above the falls and were delicious. 

As we finished lunch the forecasted thunder storm appeared, and we made a rapid exit, heading back to the lodge (with a short detour to pick up Nick's hat that blew off his head into the water and was headed towards the falls).  It is somewhat disconcerting to be headed straight for the falls, and relying on the boat's motor to keep running so that you don't actually go over the falls. 

We had a couple of short excursions onto the lake in the afternoon, but without Fredda the fish just weren't biting. We caught at least 1 walleye each, but they had to go back as we already had our limit. 

We had another great dinner - spring roll appetizers, Walleye chowder, followed by pork ribs, mashed potato and asparagus, with brownie bowls for desert. I ate way too much!!

Since we have all the Walleye that we are allowed, tomorrow we will go after Pike, at least until we lose our lures, and then will probably have to switch back to catching and releasing Walleye.