Kitchi

Matt B · Jun 28, 2022

SculpinSwinger said:
Once settled in I got to look around our island a bit
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I could see where a moose had recently landed and crossed

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I am a plant nerd

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I watched the sun set every evening

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More coming…

What is that plant in the plant nerd pic? Some kind of horsetail?

SculpinSwinger · Jun 28, 2022

Matt B said:
What is that plant in the plant nerd pic? Some kind of horsetail?

As of now I still don’t know. It does resemble an Equis.

chief · Jun 29, 2022

My mom is a plant nerd. She use an app called “Picturethis” to identify plants, and it is pretty good.

SculpinSwinger · Jun 29, 2022

We were equipped with 2 14’ aluminum v hull boats with Yamaha 15 hp tillers, and plenty of gas. The maps do not show all the hazardous rocks!

We took it slow as we learned our way around, and had no rock encounters. I did see a couple rocks/reefs that had scars from the boats. If you think you need it you better bring your own…

Yes that was my life jacket, backside view.

My previous trips involved clear water and sight fishing for Pike. Kitchi is tannin stained and we spent our time blind casting to promising water, and trolling. This was probably for the best as I have been dealing with a little tendinitis in my right elbow. Instead of overhead casting, I mainly two hand roll cast my Godshall built 868 Iconoglass with extended fighting butt.
I would swing the line back and forth until only the fly was anchored, and launch.

I was really happy with the rod combined with an intermediate Rio pike/musky line. I was the only fly rod in use, the others used spin gear with spoons, jigs, and… I caught as many fish as anyone else. I actually caught my share of Walleye too. Nothing better than 36” for me in the pike realm, but I caught a half dozen or more on most days. I could see my fly and seeing the eat never gets old.

The only fish pic I took

This walleye ate my boat mates jig first, and somehow ate my fly after it was on the spin rod! Hungry fish.

A shot of my fishing mentor’s grandson getting stoked on fishing