Post by strippitman on Sept 17, 2012 7:26:14 GMT -5
Had a great time at La Reserve Beauchene even though the fishing wasn't as easy as I had hoped. We battled high winds most of the week. On our final fishing day we had to get off the lake at about noon because the waves were to the point of scary and we were taking on water too many times. Thank God for a bilge pump ! We caught a lot of smallies but very few had any size to them. We managed about 30 northern's in my boat and dozens of walleye. We finished each day of fishing off by jigging for walleye for about 3 hours. We would catch about 20 each evening in my boat. I really enjoyed jigging for walleye. I could've spent the whole week doing that. I would go back to beautiful Lac Beauchene in a heart beat. Here are some pics from our fun week:
The crew getting ready to head out on day 1 (notice the beautiful cabin!)
This is where we ate breakfast prior to heading out each day...all the meals were awesome!
This was our typical evening meal that was delivered hot to our cabin each night
My big smallie for the week - 18"
My biggest walleye for the week - 22"
35" Northern
Our cabin at night
On our final day after we realized we couldn't fish (wind) a few of us were playing games and my brother-in-law (Todd) went up to the main lodge for something. When he came back he said that they told him a black bear was spotted at the main gate that morning. One of the guys (Dez) from the group headed down to the pier to enjoy the waves rolling in. Todd then tells the rest of us that there wasn't a bear spotted but he was just trying to set Dez up for a scare later that night. In Dez's room there was a bear rug on the floor and Todd was going to go outside and throw it over himself and crawl up in the treeline. Later on I distracted Dez by taking him out back and trying to get good night photo's of the cabin all lit up and in the meantime Todd heads into the trees with the bear rug. Me and Dez get done with our photos and he starts to head inside. To keep him from heading inside and getting him near the trees where Todd is I say, "Hey look at the moon reflecting off the water, we need to get a photo of that". Well the photo spot for this spectacular moon shot is about 10 yds from where Todd is hiding in the brush. When we get over there Todd makes a few movements and Dez here's it but doesn't really pay attention. So I make the comment, "what the hell is that movement in the brush?!" Dex immediately pipes in, "maybe it's that bear that was in camp earlier this morning!" At that point I knew we had him...hook, line and sinker! He starts to reach for his knife as he is sneaking up through the trees and then Todd comes crashing out and scares the living sh!t out of Dez. It worked marvelously! He totally fell for it! Here is Todd with the bear rug:
A beautiful Lac Beauchene sunset!
Some pics of our cabin
The upper deck which faces the lake
The crew getting ready to head out on day 1 (notice the beautiful cabin!)
This is where we ate breakfast prior to heading out each day...all the meals were awesome!
This was our typical evening meal that was delivered hot to our cabin each night
My big smallie for the week - 18"
My biggest walleye for the week - 22"
35" Northern
Our cabin at night
On our final day after we realized we couldn't fish (wind) a few of us were playing games and my brother-in-law (Todd) went up to the main lodge for something. When he came back he said that they told him a black bear was spotted at the main gate that morning. One of the guys (Dez) from the group headed down to the pier to enjoy the waves rolling in. Todd then tells the rest of us that there wasn't a bear spotted but he was just trying to set Dez up for a scare later that night. In Dez's room there was a bear rug on the floor and Todd was going to go outside and throw it over himself and crawl up in the treeline. Later on I distracted Dez by taking him out back and trying to get good night photo's of the cabin all lit up and in the meantime Todd heads into the trees with the bear rug. Me and Dez get done with our photos and he starts to head inside. To keep him from heading inside and getting him near the trees where Todd is I say, "Hey look at the moon reflecting off the water, we need to get a photo of that". Well the photo spot for this spectacular moon shot is about 10 yds from where Todd is hiding in the brush. When we get over there Todd makes a few movements and Dez here's it but doesn't really pay attention. So I make the comment, "what the hell is that movement in the brush?!" Dex immediately pipes in, "maybe it's that bear that was in camp earlier this morning!" At that point I knew we had him...hook, line and sinker! He starts to reach for his knife as he is sneaking up through the trees and then Todd comes crashing out and scares the living sh!t out of Dez. It worked marvelously! He totally fell for it! Here is Todd with the bear rug:
A beautiful Lac Beauchene sunset!
Some pics of our cabin
The upper deck which faces the lake