Finally, the weather is getting back to a more seasonal mode. We woke up to a light dusting of snow on
Sunday and before the afternoon was over we had over 2" of the white stuff all over the place. It was pretty cool to get the snow as the fall colors are really just peaking, but way to early in the year. Of course it hasn't stuck around very long but up until yesterday the cold temps did. The
weather man tells us that every day should be an improvement and we'll go back to the mid-50's next week.
As I said, the fall colors are just now peaking and it appears they will stay with us for some time and there is still a lot of green trees in the woods. It's a great time to take a ride throughout the U.P. if you are so inclined.
Fishing remains pretty good in the river. Last weekend I think everyone who fished caught some salmon. The Cohos appear to be beyond their peak and are starting to wind down as a lot of dark or older fish are being caught. Monday my buddy Bob 
and I had a great morning down on the Two Hearted River, all by ourselves. I hooked into a beautiful 8 lb Steelhead that gave me a pretty good run for the money. Upon hooking it, the fish jumped out of the water a good four feet and then headed down stream as fast as the drag on my reel would allow it. Before long I was looking at the writing on the back of my spool through what little bit of line I had remaining. I ended up chasing this fish downstream a good 200 yards before finally winning the battle.
After catching a fish like this I was ready to call it a day, as my fishing day was complete. Upon catching up to Bob, he was just putting his second fish on a stringer. We hung together and fished one of my favorite holes and really got into the fish. We both walked out with plenty of fish to fill the smokers. The surf fishing report have been just so so. This will surely be picking up in the near future. Have heard a few reports of Menominee being caught.
The
hunting seasons continue. Seems the number of bear taken in the past couple of weeks has not
maintained the pace of the first two or three weeks. Deer hunting will be a struggle this year. One of our neighbors took a small basket rack 9-pointer opening day, and that is the only one we are aware of up here. Deer sightings and tracks are pretty rare as compared to past years. This weekend we have a large family here from the Soo that like to hunt birds and rabbits. They hunt pretty hard and we suspect they will take a fair number of small game.
Our store business has slowed considerably, thus we will be shutting the doors for a couple of weeks on Oct 24. We will reopen again on Nov. 12 for the next 10 days of deer season and then close the store up for the season. We will keep our cabins open, so let us know if you are thinking about a get-a-way up north for a few days.
Give us a call at (906) 658-3341 or use the email form at the top of the page to make your reservation.
Until then, enjoy the
fall colors!!!
m & m
