Steelsearchin
Well-known member
Freezer’s stocked with venison, weather’s too hot to chase more deer, we better go see if the fish are biting…
A week ago was one of the craziest weekends of deer processing I’ve ever had. To back it up a bit, last year we put an addition on our garage so I could store my boat inside and have a better space to cut up deer and clean fish. I told the guys who helped me with the sheetrock and paint to bring over their deer if they connected this fall and I’d help cut them up. On Saturday we cut up my buck and another buddy’s, then that afternoon it got crazy. Two buddies and the son of my old boss all shot their biggest bucks to date. I got two calls, of “Hey, I just shot a giant, can you help!?!” within 20 minutes of each other. “Take a number…we’re done with our bucks and pulling a beer can chicken off the weber right now. We gotta feed the boys and we’ll be right over!” Before you know it, there were a couple of true Halloween monsters hanging in the garage. The next day was more of the same and we got all three bucks cut up. Yeah, five deer in a weekend was a bit too much for me.
So, with the turf part of the freezer full, it was time for some Michigan surf. Addicting and I made a run over to Erie on Saturday and picked up my dad on the way. It took us a bit to get the fish figured out, but it was a great day on the water.
Waiting for something to happen…
Then it finally does!
They’re getting bigger!
After some trial and error, it seemed purple was the hot color for the day.
Once we found a pod of active fish, we picked them over pretty good and finally boxed out with our 18.
After sending Dad home with his fish, we made it home to get the garage sink a little slimy. All in all, it was a great day. These are definitely the “good old days” of Lake Erie walleye fishing.
Good times for sure!!
A week ago was one of the craziest weekends of deer processing I’ve ever had. To back it up a bit, last year we put an addition on our garage so I could store my boat inside and have a better space to cut up deer and clean fish. I told the guys who helped me with the sheetrock and paint to bring over their deer if they connected this fall and I’d help cut them up. On Saturday we cut up my buck and another buddy’s, then that afternoon it got crazy. Two buddies and the son of my old boss all shot their biggest bucks to date. I got two calls, of “Hey, I just shot a giant, can you help!?!” within 20 minutes of each other. “Take a number…we’re done with our bucks and pulling a beer can chicken off the weber right now. We gotta feed the boys and we’ll be right over!” Before you know it, there were a couple of true Halloween monsters hanging in the garage. The next day was more of the same and we got all three bucks cut up. Yeah, five deer in a weekend was a bit too much for me.
So, with the turf part of the freezer full, it was time for some Michigan surf. Addicting and I made a run over to Erie on Saturday and picked up my dad on the way. It took us a bit to get the fish figured out, but it was a great day on the water.
Waiting for something to happen…
Then it finally does!
They’re getting bigger!
After some trial and error, it seemed purple was the hot color for the day.
Once we found a pod of active fish, we picked them over pretty good and finally boxed out with our 18.
After sending Dad home with his fish, we made it home to get the garage sink a little slimy. All in all, it was a great day. These are definitely the “good old days” of Lake Erie walleye fishing.
Good times for sure!!
