You can see from the picture taken yesterday on April 7th that the sun was shining and the ice was melting. What you can’t see, as this being April 8th, is the rain, wind and overall wetness that has descended upon us. A good thing too, as March was the driest in the past 100 years. The ice is looking feeble, and some rain and wind will likely take it’s toll.
As you can tell we are in desperate need of some rain to get the lake level back up. The “bath tub ring” is the water level last fall. In the foreground is the swimming raft I pulled up on shore before freeze up.
Fortunately there is quite a volume of rain in the forecast over the next few days. Hopefully we will get to see the creek fill back up before any guests arrive.
Speaking of the docking situation, we had ordered some new floating dock last fall to replace some of the older sections….here is truck load number one!
I was surprised that we actually had enough (barely) water to float the docks off the trailers into the creek. They will stay in this position till the water goes up a bit and I can remove the old dock system.
… a quick update on the ice conditions and a few shots of what’s going on up here. I should mention that Canada is really lagging behind the US in terms of getting needles in arms. This is a factor that may decide on when the border might reopen. On a positive note Susanne has just received her first shot and I’m scheduled for this coming Saturday. I wish I had a crystal ball to accurately make predictions for when things will reopen. I would say that May / June are very unlikely. July is a wild card. August has potential, and September seems likely. Hopefully your ice out predictions will not be as lame as this! As I look at the guesses you sent in the majority seem to have a good shot. Only one has reached it’s past due date (April 5th…Joe S., better luck next year!)
If you haven’t already read this interview that Andrew from Northern Jacks did with me, check it out! While you are there check out his blog and sign up….he posts some interesting stuff! Here’s the link : “Tales from the Lodge”
On behalf of the Boyes Group, I would like to pass on our sincere thanks for hosting the Muskie Madness Week and we thoroughly enjoyed our stay at VBL and had a great time!! This was our 7th year on Eagle Lake and we have stayed at a few other lodges but VBL takes the cake hands down! You can definitely count us in for next year. I’m happy to see you post some of my pics, they turned out well. Thanks again Gord for a wonderful week of fishing and your stellar hospitality, you run a first class operation, we look forward to seeing you next year!
