What do you do after a week of catching lots of walleyes, pike, and trout? We were tired of being frustrated by curious but non-aggressive musky. My son Shawn and I had an idea on Friday. We are told that the perchmaster had a very sad story regarding his 2013 absence at VBL. We decided to be kind and allow him to live vicariously through us. We have been trying to convince Gord that there is a market for virtual fishing when guests like the perchmaster are unable to visit. We knew that only one thing could please this frequent VBL guest…a sink full of perch. But could it be done in August? Kurt is convinced that this is only a spring phenomenon. He wasn’t impressed with our results last year, so it was time to try again.
Shawn could hardly contain himself as he anticipated a day of perch fishing in the perchmaster’s secret spot. Could today be the day? It was like all the rest…hot, sunny and very little wind (I never broke out a jacket or rain coat). It turns out we had the spot all to ourselves.
Now Gord had prepared some special towels for the perchmaster and his partner-in-crime Mark, but they went unclaimed this year. We decided to put them to use after hunting down the elusive bull perch.
Shawn wore his VBL perch towel with pride with the first bull perch. Can I join the party? Most certainly. I flew that perch flag with dignity.
It was a grueling day catching and sorting, but the inevitable was about to occur. We were out of bait. Time to bring a smile to Gord’s face.
Gord doesn’t appear to be as pleased as Shawn. Maybe that had something to do with Shawn being an observer and Gord being the fillet master?
The fact of the matter is that a sink full of 50 perch is a pretty sight. We hope that the perchmaster enjoyed this virtual fishing adventure and are hopeful that he has mailed Gord his check for the experience? Now the perchmaster will likely whine that we should have filled it up with another 50 “dinks” but that’s not the way we roll. We left a few for them to catch this next spring.
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!
