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Our Best Fishing Day Ever...
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A nice note from the journals in the cabin written by father and son Dave and David Froesel:
We arrived on May 20th, the opening day for walleye for the 2011 fishing season. Day 1: fished all day in light rain. Caught a total of 30 fish and missed approximately 20 fish that got off our lines before we could land them in the boat. Day 2: caught a total of 38 fish, the largest being a 36 inch northern. Day 3: the BEST fishing day we've ever had; total for the day was 69 fish! Day 4: caught a total of 46 fish. Our fish count for four days was 193 fish, almost 50 per day. David Jr.: 113 fish and father Dave: 70 fish. We had a great trip; Dave and Sheree always do an outstanding job! Dave & David Froesel Cincinnati, OH
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Charlie's Corner...
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Guest Charlie Danegger (Arlington Heights, IL) has been visiting Lake of the Woods since the 1930's and owned Moose and Musky Camp in the late 1940's and early 1950's. We begged him to write some articles about "the good old days". The pictures are from his personal collection. Hope you enjoy them as much as we do!
During the 1920's through the 1970's, many of the island camps used retired commercial fishing boats to transport their guests and provisions. Calvert's Camp used the "Prospector" which in the 1950's and 1960's became the gasoline supplier for island camps, carrying 50 gallon barrels of gas. It was 42 feet long.
At Moose and Musky Camp, we used the "Annie" at 36 feet. Up until 1939, the Annie had to make an 18 mile (one way) trip from Big Grassy (the Indian reservation south of Morson) to Moose and Musky to bring guests to the camp. This is because the road ended there. In 1940 and 1941 two bridges were built and the road was constructed all the way to the government dock in Morson.
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