Hello
Posted: Sun May 03, 2020 11:53 am
Have been fairly fairly quiet the past year. Only fished once last year due to a big change in jobs that left me scrambling with scheduling.
Had been looking forward to Lake St Clair this year but the Covid-19 virus shut those plans down.
I have been pretty much house bound the past few months. Even before the stay in place orders because of my world travel and working for a company that owns assisted livings.
To help stop the spreading waistline of inactivity, I started PRETENDING to buy a lake cabin. My criteria was within two hours of home, a large lot so friends could come with their boats, and a lake that I and others would like to fish. So I drove about 3000 miles around Minnesota looking.
It turns out that there is no perfect combination. House is great but the lake sucks. Lake is great but lot too small. After 3 weeks I found 2 possibilities and tried to get showings. Because the realtors don’t really go for the whole PRETENDING theory of cabin shopping, I had to get pre-approved. When that took all of about 30 minutes things began to get serious.
After some thinking and convincing I chose to buy a cabin on a small Minnesota Lake with Lake Erie/StClair level Smallmouth, world class Musky, and Walleye. When I fished it the reports were that the walleye population had collapsed. I saw no evidence of any sort of collapse. The fish were literally in the Shallows, the deep, and in between most of the time.
I believe that I will be spending a lot of time at my cabin once we close the end of June. Can’t imagine I will be flying the jet much or going in our buildings even if things open a lot. So I can get my Smallmouth fix.
Talk to You guys Soon,
Fran
Had been looking forward to Lake St Clair this year but the Covid-19 virus shut those plans down.
I have been pretty much house bound the past few months. Even before the stay in place orders because of my world travel and working for a company that owns assisted livings.
To help stop the spreading waistline of inactivity, I started PRETENDING to buy a lake cabin. My criteria was within two hours of home, a large lot so friends could come with their boats, and a lake that I and others would like to fish. So I drove about 3000 miles around Minnesota looking.
It turns out that there is no perfect combination. House is great but the lake sucks. Lake is great but lot too small. After 3 weeks I found 2 possibilities and tried to get showings. Because the realtors don’t really go for the whole PRETENDING theory of cabin shopping, I had to get pre-approved. When that took all of about 30 minutes things began to get serious.
After some thinking and convincing I chose to buy a cabin on a small Minnesota Lake with Lake Erie/StClair level Smallmouth, world class Musky, and Walleye. When I fished it the reports were that the walleye population had collapsed. I saw no evidence of any sort of collapse. The fish were literally in the Shallows, the deep, and in between most of the time.
I believe that I will be spending a lot of time at my cabin once we close the end of June. Can’t imagine I will be flying the jet much or going in our buildings even if things open a lot. So I can get my Smallmouth fix.
Talk to You guys Soon,
Fran
Best wishes with your new acquisition and have fun with the bronze warriors.