WILLIAM C.

Planning on coming and bringing a tomato, cucumber and onion salad. Dick G. told me he was planning on coming also.

Well said Dan, I have observed the same things. Even at the outdoor shows there are very few adults accompanied by children or their wives. Over the years I have taken everyone of my 12 grandchildren fishing at least once. Only one ever became passionate about fishing and the outdoors. They all enjoyed the experience of catching fish and being in the boat with grandpa but it never became their thing. At least I tried. Some will say they have to many other choices, that is true. But my grandson that loves fishing has always been involved in sports and when he comes home from college the first thing he wants to do is go fishing. Take a kid fishing or just outdoors and see what happens.

Got an invite to the fishing show last Saturday and was disappointed to not see our ISA BOOTH. On another topic, I was trying to get some information on the Tinkers Dam web site and it appears to be shut down. On one google search it said Permanently closed.

I'm planning on being there if all goes well removing my stiches at 1 pm, another case of basal cell carcinoma. Too much sun not enough sunscreen.

I'm assuming vaccinations are manditory, otherwise I want my money back.

$34 yearly $9 daily

Planning to attend, I will bring a snack or side dish

That special moment you see that it's a big fish, will it stay hooked or come unbuttoned?

Last minute decision to go to the cabin and through unexpected circumstances it ended up being just Scott and me, Shortly after arrival at twin Island I landed two 18 in. smallies then headed to the cabin to check in. This being my 30th trip to the Menominee over the last 11years I had planned on taking it easy and what ever worked for Scott was fine with me. We did a few floats, a little side trip with his boat up to Four Seasons area and a whole lot of .relaxing. A search in town we found a pub with outdoor dining, never having to enter the restaurant followed by ice cream at Culvers. Like all the other posts had said, fishing was a little slow but as always they are all big fish. Stickworms, Mepps, swimjigs, whopper ploppers all caught fish. I didn't catch any monsters but only 4 fish were under 16 inches. Friday night we mellowed out on the upstairs screened porch watching party people floating down the river having a good time in total darkness. It's difficult to take pictures of the other fishermen when you use float tubes let alone get pictures of yourself. Good times as always.

See you Wednesday

I put all the pictures together in case anyone wants to share with friends. A special thanks again to Scott for organizing this every year.

The pictures from our group are almost misleading, granted everyone caught at least one quality fish but the numbers are few. Having fished this river for the past 10 years and approximately 30 trips this was the toughest fishing I have ever come across. Nobody could come up with a pattern and everyone was skunked at least once if not more. I fished with my brother everyday managing at least one quality fish each per day except the first day. 2at 18 1/2 , 4 at 17plus and for a couple of hours we fished at what I call the Niagra nursery catching about 15 small bass up to 16 inches. That being said we all had a great time, the weather was perfect and you can't beat wing night at the local restaurant, 6 wings for $2. add on a micro brew for $4. Here's a few pictures

You guys must have gone up river, looks familiar to me. Congrats on the fine outing, can't wait to get back up there.

Another day, a different story. My brother went back there yesterday with better results and better weather. Four rainbows 16-18 inches on an egg pattern. What ever that is. Not being a fly fisherman when I go with him I use what ever he ties on my line.