2008 Trip - Friday/Saturday

The fisherman finished packing up and loaded the plane, which arrived at 8:30 a.m.

John rode shotgun going back. It was a turbulent flight back to Red Lake. After the fishermen settled up with Viking, they had breakfast in Red Lake, and then did some souvenir shopping in town.

During the trip back to Minnesota, the fisherman saw three deer, and John and Uncle Ray had a flat tire! The flat was fixed quickly, and the fishermen met up at the Black Bear Casino Resort (http://www.blackbearcasinoresort.com/) in Carlton, MN. The hotel was great (the rooms were large, and the hotel had a pool/Jacuzzi/sauna and a nice buffet – even nicer because we were surprised to get 50% our room charges).

On Saturday morning, the fishermen woke up early, checked out and then traveled to Toby’s restaurant again in Hinckley for some breakfast. After breakfast, the group parted ways, and everyone headed home.

Another fantastic trip in the books. The group caught hundreds of fish, several LARGE walleye, and had a great and relaxing time. Who can complain when you have a week of relaxation and 7,300 acres to yourself! For the trip, John caught the largest walleye, and Gary caught the largest pike. Unfortunately, no fish were caught this year with the ugly lures. Until the next trip…

2008 Trip - Thursday

For our last day in camp, the fishermen had pancakes for breakfast. After breakfast, Troy and John went trolling for pike on Southern Rheaume while Gary and Ray took the day off. John caught one pike, and Troy caught two. It was a nice and relaxing day.

After lunch at the cabin (grilled cheese), Troy went trolling for pike by Bob’s cove and the coves leading to the rapids at East Rheaume. He caught 8 pike, and watched a lunker pike get away.

For dinner, the fishermen had walleye, stuffing, picked beets, salad and green beans.

After dinner, Troy and John did some island exploring on the lake, and John found moose fur and a bear jaw.

After dinner, the fishermen packed their gear, played some Waterworks and enjoyed a fantastic sunset.

2008 Trip - Wednesday

For breakfast, the fishermen had eggs, sausage, potatoes and toast. It was very tasty!


After breakfast, Gary, Ray and Troy traveled again to East Rheaume for some more walleye fishing (John took the day off to do some hiking, and he went for a boat ride and saw a moose). As expected, the fishing on East Rheaume was fantastic. The fishermen went back to the “honey hole” again and caught at least fifty walleye, with the majority of fish over 21” to 22”.

After a long day of fishing, the three trolled back to Rheaume. On the trip back, Gary landed two pike, Ray caught two pike, and Troy caught four pike and two walleye.

For dinner, the fishermen had breaded walleye, baked beans, pickled beets, and corn. After dinner, the fishermen settled in for a night of poker playing and whiskey drinking. In the late evening, Troy and John snuck out to enjoy the Northern Lights again, which were fantastic.

2008 Trip - Tuesday

Ray, John and Troy made the trip to Disbrowe Lake and Gary took the day off (he read his book, went for a hike in the woods, and enjoyed eating wild raspberries along his walk). Because of the higher water levels, the entrance to the trail to the potage lake was soggy, which resulted in both John and Ray getting wet and dirty.

Along the way, we saw Moose, Wolf and Bear tracks along the path. Disbrowe Lake was absolutely beautiful. Ray caught one walleye, and Troy caught four pike and two walleye. After lunch at the cabin, Troy and John fished Northern Rheaume. John caught two pike and one Walleye, and Troy caught six pike and two walleye).

At dinner, the fishermen enjoyed ribeye steaks and grilled walleye, mashed potatoes and beans.

After dinner, the fishermen played Hearts and smoked the Cuban stogies.

2008 Trip - Monday

The fishermen traveled to East Rheaume for some walleye fishing. The fishing was fantastic, but the story of the day was the boat problems because of Ethanol issues with the gas. Ray & Gary’s outboard motor failed at the entrance to the rapids of East Rheaume, and Troy and John needed to tow the boat back to the cabin to switch motors. Once the motor was switched, the fisherman traveled over to East Rheaume and the outboard motor failed on the replacement boat!

However, the fishing was absolutely fantastic on East Rheaume. The fishermen went back to the “honey hole” and landed at least seventy to eighty walleye, with the majority of fish over 18” and at least 30 over 21”. Troy and Ray each caught 22” walleye, and John caught the largest of the trip, a 23” monster.

Because of boat problems, we at lunch and fished from land on East Rheaume, which was a blast. We caught many large fish from land, and we picked some blueberries too. At the end of the day, Ray and Gary towed John and Troy back to East Rheaume, which was relaxing (drinking Labatts and smoking stogies along the way).

At dinner, the fishermen had baked and breaded walleye, John’s Lentils, salad and some of Aunt Mary’s Pickled Beets (yummy). After dinner, Troy and John made a quick trip to Disbrowe Lake to check out the trail and the outboard motor. When we got back to the cabin, the fishermen settled in for a night of poker playing.

2008 Trip - Sunday

Troy had a rough night and a rough morning after a night of whiskey drinking. Gary, John and Ray had pancakes and bacon for breakfast.

After Troy’s hangover wore off, the fishermen traveled to the Rapids on East Rheaume after lunch. The fishing was slow; Troy was the only fisherman to catch fish (four pike).

For dinner, the fishermen had pork chops, baked walleye, baked potatoes, salad, and apple sauce.

After dinner, they played Waterworks and watched a beaver swim in front of the cabin. Later that evening, John and Troy snuck out in the boat to watch shooting stars and the northern lights, which were fantastic.

2008 Trip - Saturday

Uncle Ray woke up extremely sore from the fall the night before, and he opted to hang around the cabin for the day. He was joined by John, and the two went for a nice hike around the cabin. The fishermen had Danish and sweet rolls from Toby’s Restaurant (yummy).

After breakfast, Troy and Gary traveled to East Rheaume to do some walleye fishing. After a slow start on East Rheaume, Troy and Gary found a “honey hole” and they caught over thirty walleye (at the same spot), with several walleye over 21”. The fishermen also caught six pike.

Later that afternoon, John and Ray traveled over to East Rheaume to meet up with Troy and Gary. After a relaxing afternoon, the fisherman traveled back to the cabin.

After Gary showed us how to properly filet the fish, we had baked and breaded walleye, and some Lentils that John made (yummy). After dinner, the fishermen played poker and drank booze.

2008 Trip - Friday

After an early morning breakfast at the Howey Bay Inn & Restaurant, the group went to Viking to check in. The group was only 45 lbs. over on their equipmentweigh-in. Viking loaded the plane, and the group was off.

The flight left at 7:30, and arrived at Rheaume at 8:45. Gary rode shotgun in the Norsemen, while Ray, Troy and John rode in the back with the equipment. The flight was smooth, and the scenery was fantastic.

The fishermen settled into camp, and hit the lake fishing later that morning. John caught one pike (the first one), and Troy caught eight pike and four walleye. As expected, John went for two swims on shore.

Gary caught nine pike and one walleye, Ray caught three pike. Uncle Ray fell getting out of the boat, and we suspect that he bruised or fractured his rib!

For dinner, the fishermen had burgs, dawgs and brats, and some corn on the cob. After dinner, Ray, John and Gary went to bed early, and Troy did some fishing off the dock, where he caught two more walleye.

2008 Trip - Thursday

Troy, John and Gary met up in Minneapolis, picked up the rental car from National Rental Car (Buick Enclave), and then drove up to Red Lake where they met Uncle Ray at the Howey Bay Restaurant, Motel & Tavern (http://www.norsemancapital.com/accommodations/Howeybay/index.html).

Uncle Ray arrived in Red Lake at 10:15, and other group arrived at 10:45. Along the way to Red Lake, Uncle Ray saw three moose. Troy, Gary and John stopped at Toby’s Restaurant in Hinckley, MN for some lunch (yummy), in International Falls, MN for gas, and in Dryden, ON for dinner.

2008 Food Menu (final)

Hi Everyone: Here is the final menu for the 2008 trip.

FRIDAY
Burgers, Dawgs & Brats
Herb roasted potatoes
Fried onions & peppers

SATURDAY
Grilled Walleye (w/ lemon & oil) & fish fry
Roasted potatoes
Green beans

SUNDAY
Steak (T-bones, Ribeye or NY Strip steak)
Baked potatoes
Corn
Salad

MONDAY
Fish Fry-Walleye
Wild Rice Pilaf
Carrots

TUESDAY
Fish Fry
Baked Beans
Roasted Potatoes

WEDNESDAY
Pork Chops
Stove Top Stuffing
String Beans

THURSDAY
Grilled Walleye (w/ lemon & oil) & fish fry
Roasted Potatoes
Green Beans

BREAKFAST
Most Mornings – Danish/Coffee Cake/Toast, Cereal, oatmeal
ONE MORNING – Eggs, Bacon, Ham (canned ham), Home Fries, Toast
ONE MORNING – Pancakes, Sausage

LUNCH
Tuna Fish
Lunch Meat
Peanut Butter & Jelly

2006 - Totals / Prizes

The following fish were caught:

• Bob - 42 pike, 16 walleye
• Uncle Raym - 27 pike, 8 walleye
• Troy - 45 pike, 15 walleye
  
• Rich - 10 pike, 4 walleye
• Vern - 9 pike, 4 walleye

Total Pike - 133
Total Walleye - 47

Total Fish - 180

The following prizes were handed out:

• Most pike - Troy (45 pike)
• Most walleye - Bob (16 walleye)
• Largest pike - Vern (34 inches)
• Largest walleye - Troy/Bob/Uncle Raym (21 inches - tie)
• 1st Fish on the Ugly Lure - Vern (34 inch pike, caught with Rich's ugly lure)
  

Our Trip - Day 9

FINAL DAY!!!

The gear was packed, and we were ready to leave.

The Plane arrived at the Base Camp at 8:30 am for the flight back to Red Lake.

The plane ride back to Red Lake was fun. Rich fell asleep again. Bob rode shotgun on the way back to Red Lake.

Once we arrived in Red Lake, we settled our bill, and then went out to Breakfast in Red Lake at the Lakeview Restaurant. After breakfast, we went souvenir shopping in Red Lake, and then started our trip back to the United States. We left Red Lake at 12:30, and arrived in International Falls at 5:30 PM. Troy, Rich & Vern got held up by Boarder Patrol!

In International Falls, the anglers stayed at the Holiday Inn, had a great dinner (Prime Rib and Baby Back Ribs), shoot pool and drank booze. Rich even sat in the Jacuzzi.

Our Trip - Day 8

LAST DAY OF FISHING!!!

Today the Anglers decided to brave the trip to East Rheaume one last time, and then fish the canals on the way back to Lake Rheaume.

WHAT A DAY!!! Fishing started slow, but then the fishing exploded. Bob, Troy and Uncle Raym were catching lunker Walleye.

The Walleye were getting so large that 19” Walleye seemed small!

When prodded by Uncle Raym and Troy about his thoughts on East Rheume, all Bob could do was smile and change the subject.

We saw a beautiful Bald Eagle on East Rheaume too.

On the last day of fishing, the following fish were caught:

• Bob - 5 pike, 7 walleye (21” walleye)
• Uncle Raym – 3 pike, 3 walleye (21” walleye)
• Troy - 10 pike, 5 walleye
• Rich – 1 pike, 1 walleye
• Vern -1 pike, 1 walleye

For breakfast, the anglers had Danish and cereal. For dinner, the anglers had walleye, herbed potatoes and broccoli.

Our Trip - Day 7

LAKE RHEAUME, NORTH & SOUTH

Today the Anglers decided to fish Lake Rheaume hard. It was a beautiful, sunny, but windy day. The anglers started at the North end of the lake, where fishing was furious.

The anglers worked south, stopping at the rapids.

The anglers finally made it to south Rheaume, where they finished the day.

On the sixth day of fishing, the following fish were caught:

• Bob - 14 pike
• Uncle Raym – 8 pike
• Troy - 10 pike
• Rich – 1 pike, 1 walleye (caught at the rapids)
• Vern -1 pike, 1 walleye (caught at the rapids)

For breakfast, the anglers had pancakes and sausage (thanks, Vern!!! Who woke up EXTRA early to make breakfast). For dinner, the anglers had center cut pork chops, stuffing, and beans.

Our trip - Day 6

EAST RHEAUME!!!

Today was another Walleye Day. Hearing all of the stories of success on East Rheaume, the anglers decided to brave the treacherous journey and fish East Rheaume.

We set out Early, packed our lunch and rain gear, and started out. It rained, and was very windy in the morning … but once the rain ended; it turned into a hot one!

Vern and Bob were in one boat, and Troy and Uncle Raym were in the other boat (Rich was unable to fish due to his knee injury).

Uncle Raym started the day out with a bang, catching two 19” walleye!

Troy, not wanting to get outshined, caught a 21” whopper!

Troy and Uncle Raym were getting hits like crazy. Bob and Vern, obviously frustrated, were seen boating all over the like … and Bob was even heard saying “I don’t know what the big deal with East Rheaume is … I’m not that impressed with it.” Oh, how he regretted saying those words later in the week!!!

Back at camp, Rich fished off the dock, catching a 16” walleye. He also befriended a squirrel.

On the fifth day of fishing, the following fish were caught:

• Bob - 3 pike, 2 walleye
• Uncle Raym – 4 pike, 3 walleye (2 – 19” walleye)
• Troy - 7 pike, 2 walleye (21” walleye)
• Rich – 1 walleye
• Vern -1 pike

For breakfast, the anglers had coffee and Danish. For dinner, the anglers had a walleye feast, with baked beans and roasted potatoes.