The beautiful warm weather we had a week before opening faded into cool temperatures and frost at night this week. Going from warm to cold always turns off the walleye and that's what happened this week. Just about all the walleye were caught the first couple of days when it was warmer.
Each day has gotten warmer again, however, and I expect walleye to be biting well again by the weekend.
We've had a good number of large northern pike caught and a couple of lake trout. More trout would be caught if anyone fished for them but mostly people are looking for pike and walleye.
We had a major catastrophe this opening week. Our dog, Sam, ate a frozen ciscoe (minnow) that had a treble hook attached to it.
Sam, and Brenda, have spent the entire week at the vet's in Dryden where Sam underwent major surgery yesterday to remove the large treble hook from his stomach. He now faces a long recovery.
This event underscores why no one should ever use treble hooks for fishing with bait. Treble hooks are deadly to all forms of life: dogs, fish and birds and are no fun to remove from people either. Use 5/0 circle hooks instead. These will not harm creatures if they ingest them but still let you hook every fish that bites them.
7 comments:
Sorry to hear about Sam!! I hope everything turns out well for him! He is a great dog! Agree about treble hooks..have seen more accidents with them! Hope everything turns out well Dan!
Dan & Brenda
Sorry to hear about Sam's condition and his suffering. Our prayers are with him and you. He is a great Dog and always brings a smile to all of us here in Texas.
Larry Pons
I am very sad to hear that Sam had this incident which is completely avoidable. I was looking forward to meeting him when we come to camp in June. I hope he has a quick recovery.
Ron
I hope Sam recovers quickly.
Joe O.
We sure hope Sam's feeling better.
Poor Sam!
Hi Dan;
I am about to try circle hooks for the first time tomorrow. Going for catfish. I'll let you know how it worked.
Joe O.
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