http://www.remodelcrazy.com/2009/remodel-stories/mystery-at-pleasant-lake.html Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:59:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.remodelcrazy.com/2009/remodel-stories/mystery-at-pleasant-lake.html#comment-93 gus gregerson Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:30:50 +0000 http://www.remodelcrazy.com/?p=1062#comment-93 There is a spring-fed lake in the BWCA, part of a glacial spur, surrounded by brooding dark pines. Its clear shallow water is an easy paddle and short, unmarked portage south of the Brule put-in. At sunrise the walleye action is bait-bouncing intense, season in and season out. It takes the sun a few hours to clear the surrounding hills and tall tree tops on summer mornings. When the first shafts of light appear, the walleye stop feeding and go deeper. Within seconds the inches deep shoreline waters come alive with those mysterious UFO ripples you write about. The 'baitfish', minnows and smaller, hiding from the feeding walleye take refuge in the shallow stemgrass along the shore line. The water depth and daylight adding to their security. When the walleye go down the northern pike begin a feeding frenzy, racing along the shallows, unseen streaks. We used an old fashioned fishviewer, made in our cabinetshop from marine ply and plexi the night before our fishing trip, and nearly tipped over the canoe more than once watching the life just below the surface. I liked your UFO theory much better. Life should have mystery...even the scaly varieties. FOR SALE: Slightly damp fishview, cheap. Gus There is a spring-fed lake in the BWCA, part of a glacial spur, surrounded by brooding dark pines. Its clear shallow water is an easy paddle and short, unmarked portage south of the Brule put-in. At sunrise the walleye action is bait-bouncing intense, season in and season out. It takes the sun a few hours to clear the surrounding hills and tall tree tops on summer mornings. When the first shafts of light appear, the walleye stop feeding and go deeper.
Within seconds the inches deep shoreline waters come alive with those mysterious UFO ripples you write about. The ‘baitfish’, minnows and smaller, hiding from the feeding walleye take refuge in the shallow stemgrass along the shore line. The water depth and daylight adding to their security. When the walleye go down the northern pike begin a feeding frenzy, racing along the shallows, unseen streaks. We used an old fashioned fishviewer, made in our cabinetshop from marine ply and plexi the night before our fishing trip, and nearly tipped over the canoe more than once watching the life just below the surface.
I liked your UFO theory much better. Life should have mystery…even the scaly varieties. FOR SALE: Slightly damp fishview, cheap. Gus

]]> http://www.remodelcrazy.com/2009/remodel-stories/mystery-at-pleasant-lake.html#comment-87 Gari V Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:51:12 +0000 http://www.remodelcrazy.com/?p=1062#comment-87 Again, cudos to my favorite contractors! The camp in the story is newly acquired by my husband and myself... a long neglected camp in a beautiful setting. Dave & Jon (you too, Scott) of Cook Contracting, LLC to the rescue with a great start on our "5 Year Plan" of remodel and improve. With their creativity and attention to detail, we don't have to worry about the finished job... and since the camp is designed for enjoyment of nature, it is gratifying to read Dave's stories. Thanks to the guys for their great work... and thanks to their spouses for the times they are home a bit late after a long drive home! Again, cudos to my favorite contractors! The camp in the story is newly acquired by my husband and myself… a long neglected camp in a beautiful setting. Dave & Jon (you too, Scott) of Cook Contracting, LLC to the rescue with a great start on our “5 Year Plan” of remodel and improve. With their creativity and attention to detail, we don’t have to worry about the finished job… and since the camp is designed for enjoyment of nature, it is gratifying to read Dave’s stories. Thanks to the guys for their great work… and thanks to their spouses for the times they are home a bit late after a long drive home!

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