Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Fishing trip to Big Sandy

  Had a really nice time fishing with my cousin Ian and my aunt and uncle Judy and Dan on the weekend.  We went to a lake called Big Sandy, Ian's favourite fishing hole, and auntie Judy's late father Jess' favourite spot as well.

The weather was quite wet at the start of the trip, and the ground remained quite wet for the duration of our 2 day stay. It made for some very high humidity especially in the camper!

Most of the fishing in Big Sandy is for Northern Pike (AKA Jackfish) but there are other species as well such as Walleye (AKA Pickerel). We were after the Pike because of the fun fight they typical put out after biting your hook. And...they didn't disappoint and we were able to land about 8 pike with about the same being released because of their smaller size.

All-in-all a very enjoyable fishing trip albeit a tiny bit too short especially for cousin Ian who LOVES fishing! Looking forward to another outing in the future.

Cousin Ian getting ready to fish

Ian giving our catch a little touch up with the hammer before filleting

Ian with the mornings catch

Uncle Dannie doing one of the things he does best, fixing small engines!

Auntie Judy tending to the fire duties

Fixing and story telling; fun!

Enjoying the beautiful day

Auntie hadn't had a bite yet!

Cousin Ian in his element. Can you tell by the smile?!!

Ian checking the fish in 'live well'

Just relaxing!

Our smudge fire was a welcome contribution to fighting the mosquitos

Big Sandy Resort

One of the resort cabins

Glen (resort manager) giving fish filleting lessons

Part of todays catch ready to be filleted


Bumble bee at work pollinating

Saskatoon berries

A native master at work


Well.....the fish tasted good, the company was delightful, and Cornelious ....well we don't really know what became of Cornelious....?


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