As usual we spent hours trolling around and enjoying one spectacular sunset,
after another.
Of course we were able to catch more than enough walleye like this,
and this.
We ended up with plenty of stringers like this,
which led to way too much of this.
Liz even had an interesting double header of her own, as she hooked a small walleye and hauled in a decent pike that latched on to it as well.
We also made our annual visit to our inukshuk Brian, who is named after our handicapped son who is unable to join us on these trips.
But all good things come to an end and the 27th arrived way too soon, so we pulled up the flaps, shut off the propane and put out the unwelcome mats as there was no one coming in to take our spot.
Were fortunate enough to get the royal tour on the way home as we dropped Brian Lepine and a helper off at Barrow Lake on the way out as they were on their way to put a new roof on the cabin there as well as at Ryan Lake.
We then were on our way to McLelland Lake to pick up the group that had stopped on their way in to drop off our propane, and were soon on our way back to Fort McMurray.
We drove back as far as Touchwood Lake where we spent one more night and made our way home the next morning.
As usual, we would like to thank Tim Gillies and Brian Lepine from Mikisew Sportfishing for making it happen flawlessly year after year and of course the people at McMurray Aviation for getting us there and back safely. And as always we are astounded that we can pretty much spend as much time as we like there in August, as once again there was no one there when we arrived and no one coming in as we left. You folks are welcome to vacation wherever you please, but it is awesome that you are willing to leave us such awesome opportunity to spend time in such a special place as this! We'll send another report next year and share our experience with you.
Liz and George Noel