Tag poplar lake

Yet Another Northern

Species: Northern Pike Size: 19″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Date: 7/21/2009 Time: 8:30-9:30pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: calm, slight breeze, clear with few clouds Ken, George, and I hopped in the fishing…

Search Party

Date: 7/21/2009 Time: 11:30am-2:00pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: overcast with light rain on and off When Ken was out with the kids the night before, he stumbled upon a school of fish that numbered…

New Bassmaster

Date: 7/20/2009 Time: 8-10:00pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: partly cloudy, wind from the South The next night, Ken took my kids out on the pontoon and I took George and his wife out on…

New Hunting Grounds

Species: Northern Pike Size: 21″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Date: 7/19/2009 Time: 8:00-10:00pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: Clear with some clouds This night Ken, George, and I headed East to an area…

Joyride

Date: 7/19/2009 Time: 11:00am-12:00pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: clear I took my younger sister-in-law and the kids on a joyride on the pontoon in the late morning. We cruised to walleye alley off the…

Morning Outing Alone

Date: 7/19/2009 Time: 8-9:30am Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: clear I got up at about 7:30 and decided to head out for a little while before breakfast. By the time I got everything set in…

New Blood

Species: Smallmouth Bass Size: 12″ Lure used: white pearl super fluke Date: 7/18/2009 Time: 8:30-10pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: cloudy all day, but cleared out with a few clouds My brother-in-law, George, has done…

Going After the School

Date: 7/18/2009 Time: 4:30-6:00pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: Overcast with some sun, Westerly breeze Water temp: 61 degrees After the scouting we did earlier, a bunch of us decided to try to catch the…

Scouting

Date: 7/18/2009 Time: 11:30am-12:00pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: overcast, choppy, Westerly breeze Water temp: 61 degrees Ken and I spent the morning getting the pontoon into the water and decided to take it for…

Hard-Core Fisherman

Date: 7/17/2009 Time: 8:30-9:30pm Body of water: Poplar Lake Location: Gunflint Trail Weather Conditions: mist in the air, good breeze from the West, slight chop, thick clouds We were headed up to Ken’s cabin for a week of fishing and…