Look Out Below
07-01-2011, 04:20 PM
Day 1/2
My flight was suppose to be one hour prior to Brain and Mark from OIA but the PA system wouldn’t work and after an hour of repair I was off, this was the start of a pure hell trip to Canada. We all met up at Minneapolis for our final fight into Regina Canada. There was a major storm over Regina with rain and hail like no other; even so I’ve landed in worse conditions before. With the landing gear down and on our approach to the runway right at the last minute we aborted the landing, the Pilot came on and said the weather was too bad and it’s a safety factor that he couldn’t land we are going to land at Bismarck North Dakota to re-fuel and see what the weather does.
After fuel we take off and the pilot comes on and says “the weather hasn’t changed so we are going back to Minneapolis. Ugh, 5 ½ hours after takeoff we are right back to where we started. They said there would be a woman waiting for us once we got off the plane to make arraignments for us. Well, we are on concord A and no one in sight, after walking a bit we find a Delta employee and she has no idea what is going on but if we go to concord C there is customer service there. After we finally get things worked out and a seat on the next flight at 11:30pm we have a 4 hour wait. Thinking we have a 7 ½ hour drive to La Range from Regina and a sea plane fight at 8am we know we are going to have to drive all night now.
Well, time to board the plane but they have different ideas, they cancelled the flight. Come to find out it wasn’t the weather that caused the landing abort it was the ILS (Instrument Landing System) at Regina that was out. We find out there is a flight being boarded to go to Saskatoon Canada which is 4 hours from Regina so we jump on it. Once we land of course our baggage never made it with all our fishing gear. Delta gave us rooms for the night and said our baggage will be on the next flight tomorrow at 11:30am. We now have been up for 25 ½ hours and tired as all get out. The next day our bags made it but we missed our morning flight to camp and that cost us another 1k for a flight that night out, all in all we lost 12 hours of fishing, I guess it could have been worse.
Day 3
Light breakfast and Walleye is the target today, after non-stop action we ended the day with 67 Walleye and 46 Northern’s, Brian had the largest Walleye at 23.5 inches and I had the largest Northern at 34 inches. We kept only 20 for dinner and breakfast.
Day 4
Walleye, pancakes and eggs for breakfast (damn that is good!) this day was the target of the larger Lakers, total for the day was 18 Lakers and numerous Northern’s Brian had the hot hand on these and the largest at 26.5 inches. This day was a 100% throw back day. On the run back to the camp we ran across a Moose and her Calf swimming from one island to another but we did have time to get close enough for a pix, still cool as all get out. Pork Chops, Walleye and Veggie for dinner.
Day 5
I woke this morning to having a sinus infection but I wasn’t going to let that stop me, Walleye, Breakfast Sausage and Eggs then Walleye once again was the target. Ended the day with 82 Walleye and 28 Northern’s, this day mark got his Walleye and Northern slam on Fly. Ribeye, Baked Tator, Salad and Corn for dinner.
Day 6
Walleye, Pancake’s and Eggs once again for breakfast. This day we were going to hit Lake Trout on a lake that holds an abundance of them nothing super large just right. After a short boat ride, then a mile Portage walk over the mountain we make it to the boats there. While cleaning them up and loading the boat a Black Bear is curious to what we were doing and walks up to 20 feet away from us. This thing is in the 300 lb + weight :EEK: Cool thing to see. Ended the day with 59 Lakers and 10 Northern’s on the troll. Back where we saw the Bear he decided he took a liking to our plastic gas can and bit a couple of holes onto it after we left to fish. Chicken Legs, Blackened Trout and Salad for dinner.
Day 7
I think the guys are whipped, after 3 cups of coffee, left over Walleye, shower, tooled around outside feeding the squirrels and rabbit they are up. A Vodka and Rube Red I’m ready to go. Today was a slower day just messing around with the Northern’s, total for the day was 41. Ham Steak, Pan Fried Walleye and Salad for dinner. Sinus infection still kicking my azz and now Brian has it.
Day 8
Last day of fishing so it was a light cereal breakfast and Walleye on our minds. It’s sunny as all get out and Mark decides to only bring his rain jacket. This was his first and last mistake as the weather in Canada changes minute by minute. A storm from hell came thru and it poured all day but it turn the fish on strong. Tally for the day, 95 Walleye from 4 inches to 24 inches, one Whitefish, and 38 Northern’s all in 5 hours of fishing. Nice way to finish out the week!
Day 8/9
Driving back to Regina and flight to OIA making it home at 5:30pm Sunday just in time for work Monday tired as all get out.
Weather up there was 60’s during the day and 40’s at night, rain here and there. Excellent time with great friends and I swear I didn’t make those guys drink it was all up to them to try and keep up with me lol
Here is a video with pix mixed in, it's just under 14 minutes long.
http://vimeo.com/25878097
My flight was suppose to be one hour prior to Brain and Mark from OIA but the PA system wouldn’t work and after an hour of repair I was off, this was the start of a pure hell trip to Canada. We all met up at Minneapolis for our final fight into Regina Canada. There was a major storm over Regina with rain and hail like no other; even so I’ve landed in worse conditions before. With the landing gear down and on our approach to the runway right at the last minute we aborted the landing, the Pilot came on and said the weather was too bad and it’s a safety factor that he couldn’t land we are going to land at Bismarck North Dakota to re-fuel and see what the weather does.
After fuel we take off and the pilot comes on and says “the weather hasn’t changed so we are going back to Minneapolis. Ugh, 5 ½ hours after takeoff we are right back to where we started. They said there would be a woman waiting for us once we got off the plane to make arraignments for us. Well, we are on concord A and no one in sight, after walking a bit we find a Delta employee and she has no idea what is going on but if we go to concord C there is customer service there. After we finally get things worked out and a seat on the next flight at 11:30pm we have a 4 hour wait. Thinking we have a 7 ½ hour drive to La Range from Regina and a sea plane fight at 8am we know we are going to have to drive all night now.
Well, time to board the plane but they have different ideas, they cancelled the flight. Come to find out it wasn’t the weather that caused the landing abort it was the ILS (Instrument Landing System) at Regina that was out. We find out there is a flight being boarded to go to Saskatoon Canada which is 4 hours from Regina so we jump on it. Once we land of course our baggage never made it with all our fishing gear. Delta gave us rooms for the night and said our baggage will be on the next flight tomorrow at 11:30am. We now have been up for 25 ½ hours and tired as all get out. The next day our bags made it but we missed our morning flight to camp and that cost us another 1k for a flight that night out, all in all we lost 12 hours of fishing, I guess it could have been worse.
Day 3
Light breakfast and Walleye is the target today, after non-stop action we ended the day with 67 Walleye and 46 Northern’s, Brian had the largest Walleye at 23.5 inches and I had the largest Northern at 34 inches. We kept only 20 for dinner and breakfast.
Day 4
Walleye, pancakes and eggs for breakfast (damn that is good!) this day was the target of the larger Lakers, total for the day was 18 Lakers and numerous Northern’s Brian had the hot hand on these and the largest at 26.5 inches. This day was a 100% throw back day. On the run back to the camp we ran across a Moose and her Calf swimming from one island to another but we did have time to get close enough for a pix, still cool as all get out. Pork Chops, Walleye and Veggie for dinner.
Day 5
I woke this morning to having a sinus infection but I wasn’t going to let that stop me, Walleye, Breakfast Sausage and Eggs then Walleye once again was the target. Ended the day with 82 Walleye and 28 Northern’s, this day mark got his Walleye and Northern slam on Fly. Ribeye, Baked Tator, Salad and Corn for dinner.
Day 6
Walleye, Pancake’s and Eggs once again for breakfast. This day we were going to hit Lake Trout on a lake that holds an abundance of them nothing super large just right. After a short boat ride, then a mile Portage walk over the mountain we make it to the boats there. While cleaning them up and loading the boat a Black Bear is curious to what we were doing and walks up to 20 feet away from us. This thing is in the 300 lb + weight :EEK: Cool thing to see. Ended the day with 59 Lakers and 10 Northern’s on the troll. Back where we saw the Bear he decided he took a liking to our plastic gas can and bit a couple of holes onto it after we left to fish. Chicken Legs, Blackened Trout and Salad for dinner.
Day 7
I think the guys are whipped, after 3 cups of coffee, left over Walleye, shower, tooled around outside feeding the squirrels and rabbit they are up. A Vodka and Rube Red I’m ready to go. Today was a slower day just messing around with the Northern’s, total for the day was 41. Ham Steak, Pan Fried Walleye and Salad for dinner. Sinus infection still kicking my azz and now Brian has it.
Day 8
Last day of fishing so it was a light cereal breakfast and Walleye on our minds. It’s sunny as all get out and Mark decides to only bring his rain jacket. This was his first and last mistake as the weather in Canada changes minute by minute. A storm from hell came thru and it poured all day but it turn the fish on strong. Tally for the day, 95 Walleye from 4 inches to 24 inches, one Whitefish, and 38 Northern’s all in 5 hours of fishing. Nice way to finish out the week!
Day 8/9
Driving back to Regina and flight to OIA making it home at 5:30pm Sunday just in time for work Monday tired as all get out.
Weather up there was 60’s during the day and 40’s at night, rain here and there. Excellent time with great friends and I swear I didn’t make those guys drink it was all up to them to try and keep up with me lol
Here is a video with pix mixed in, it's just under 14 minutes long.
http://vimeo.com/25878097