I don't mind paddling in the rain as long as the wind is down. When I have to cross a big stretch of open water when it's raining, I get nervous if the wind starts picking up. 

db,

I believe this pic was taken on the south side of one of those big islands towards the east end of Pickerel.  I expect you must have been headed in the direction of French Lake at the time.  Seems to me I once "snagged" a nice lake trout about 20 yards in front of where this pic was taken.  Bottom drops down to about 70 feet or so, almost right off the shoreline.  The fish grabbed my spoon, then rolled & rolled, wrapping the whole works around himself about six times.  It felt like I was pulling a small halibut off the bottom.

An alternative explanation, of course, this pic was taken nowhere near that spot and you even got the  name of the lake wrong in your caption.

It doesn't matter.  "Remembering" is fun... even if the basis is bogus.

Thanks for the memories!

Later,

Jimbo   

Brrrrr!

PhantomJug wrote on Mar 24^th, 2023 at 2:58pm:


Yup.  Probably springtime and it's following the scent of a newly born fawn or, possibly moose calf.

Its a seasonal thing.  Best to keep your distance when they leave the water... especially if you are smaller in stature &/or unarmed.

Jimbo 

POD today of the pines blowdown reminds me of a trip we took down the numbered lakes after the 1999 blown down. You could hardly fight your way back into the woods away from camp. Plenty of firewood though.

Starwatcher