Welcome to Summer!

As many of you know, Leech along with a few other lakes in the state, were the hot topic for the 2010 opener.  After slaving away Thursday night and finishing my last final at 8 am, I was more than ready for a weekend in the boat.  I arrived and began to do a little crappie fishing, which proved to be pretty darn good with all the fish being in the perfect eating range.  All I had on my mind was the next day out on the big water.  I took a trip into Walker and holy cow was it busy, that town was absolutely happening!  I stopped in at Reeds and drooled around for a while, and finally got back and called it a night.  Well, the next morning came slowly but surely, and we finally got out onto the lake.  It was my maiden voyage out on Leech so I was like a kid at a candy store.  I was out on the water with my Dad and a few of his friends Joe and Rick.  Our first spot, Rick landed a nice eater right off the bat while we were fishing in one of the great masses.  It was when we broke out onto the flats away from all the boats that the bigger fish showed.  Joe connected with a 23" and not too long after I picked up a nice 25" fish.  We kept on fishing and we worked hard to scrap up some more fish.  The wind absolutely died and the sun was hot, what a nice day to be out in the boat.  The rest of the afternoon was uneventful with a few more fish coming into the boat.  When we weren't on the fish hot and heavy, the conversational points started to become more and more stretched until I couldn't and didn't want to hear what was going on anymore.  Well I guess that's what you get with these three old guys!  After making it back to the landing, the general consensus was that the fishing wasn't all it was cracked up to be.  I did talk to a few guys who laid down the hurt on them, but otherwise it was slow.  We called it early on Sunday and got back home to meet Jeff from Saskatchewan who is the new owner of the Lund.  Now that leaves me in between boats for a few days, but it shouldn't be too long.  I hope to make it out on the water tonight and rock the boat a little bit.  A big thanks goes out to Joe for letting us stay at his cabin!  From the Leech....Keep Livin' the Dream!