Crews: Gene / Joe / Rich; Matt / Brad / Vic; Tim / Nick / Geo; Pat / Andy / Greg As usual we cut cards to mix up the boat crews. Vic said "Gene is the boss of his boat!" I wonder how he will like that when he draws that card…

The water level of the lake was just fine, there was very little pushing required by the boat monkeys this year! I got lucky and brought in the 1st fish in our boat, a lake trout caught while trolling a shelf.


The weather was great, and we met for a nice shore lunch of Jack & Lake Trout.

In the afternoon as we trolled for Trout off Vic's island Gene saw a Caribou on the island bank. It didn't seem to like us and quickly disappeared into the trees. Moments later a call came over the radio, it was in the water, swimming from Vic's island to mainland. We roared over to take a look and were amazed at how fast it could move! We got some great pictures and then backed off to let it reach shore; we didn't want it to tire unnecessarily.

At 2:45 that same afternoon I caught my biggest trout ever, 32" long and weighted 8 ¾ lbs, making me a very happy camper indeed as you can see from the picture!

Later that afternoon it was obvious I need to give better directions over the radio. Pat asked where we were; I grabbed the radio and blurted out 'east of shore'. Pat laughed and asked 'which shore?' I immediately answered 'the one on the right'. (Note to self, engage brain before opening mouth…).

As we enjoyed smokies & hot dogs for supper we had to listen to the Oilers lose, BOO Hurricanes.