This post is WAY overdue….sorry! We had a great time at VBL the last week of May. We spent a lot of time on Clearwater, Highrock, and had a couple of interesting hikes to Caribou for some amazing Smallmouth fishing! Gord, Suzanne, and Mike welcomed us like family and we had a great time hanging out in the lodge at night just chatting, sharing popcorn, drinks, and fishing tips for the next day.
Here were a few highlights: **Getting back into Clearwater and finding lakers in shallow (< 20 fow) and catching 20″+ Lakers all weekend long **Watching ‘Bama nearly take a swim at the dock (see the picture below of how it ended…if he was 4″ shorter, he would have been wet!) **Catching a few nice size Pike (I boated a 35″/8# and ‘Bama boated a 37″/11#) **Making the trip to Caribou several times (one included hiking around Otter…Gord, got that motor over there yet??) and losing track of how many Smallies we caught **Whiskey by the fire at night **Watching Mike try to make charcoal **Watching Game 1 of the Stanley Cup finals with Gord & Suzanne **Suzanne’s smoked Lake Trout (seriously…if you haven’t tried it, you’re missing out)
Early Spring is a great time to visit VBL, and I’m already thinking about May 2012!
Thanks again to Gord, Suzanne, and Mike for an absolutely great week….and thanks to Perchmaster for some timely tips on going after Walleye!
In the coming weeks, I’ll be working on DVD from the trip and will try to share it when it’s done.
Tight Lines, dk
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!
