Posts tagged Bald Eagle

Today was my birthday, and it was a great one as I got to spend the day fishing in Northern Wisconsin.  The plan was for my grandfather and I to wake up and go to Lake Carroll in Oneida County.  We overslept a little bit, but still arrived at the lake a bit after sunrise.  I went to launch my boat, when I remembered I had added gas to the tank but not oil.  So, I quickly ran back into Minoqua to get some 2 cycle and left my grandpa on the dock.

Wouldn’t you know it, he had already caught a few bass when I got back with the oil some 20 minutes later.  He was just playing around with a few lures off the pier.  We quickly launched the boat, and we were in the water around 9:00 am on this HOT summer day.

The fish were held tight to the shorelines.  It seemed like everywhere there was some new budding weeds, a bass could be found.  I threw a Mepps #5 spinner and clobbered bass after bass.  I caught over 10 in all, not bad for a few hours work.  Most of them were pretty small.

One of many largemouth, this size, caught on a Mepps Spinner.

We had so much fun with catching basss, we never even bothered hunting the esox.  The highlights of the day, besides a lot of bass, was the scenery.  We saw some beautiful pairs of bald eagles protecting their young near the shorelines.  It was a sight I will never forget.

An eagle soars over the heights of Lake Carrol.

Grandpa and I decided to head into Minoqua to get some lunch around 12:00.  There we had more conversation and made even more memories.

That evening, we went to Jack’s house for a birthday feast, that included cake.  We went on a pontoon ride around beautiful Little St. Germain.  We arrived back to the cabin round 9:30pm.

That evening, Paul and I decided to go for a little night time muskie fishing with our headlamps in the boat.  It turned out to be a peaceful night on the water, that did not produce any fish.  All in all, it was a good end to a great day.