We drove across the expanse of Snowbank Lake with me leading in my Nissan and Cody and Luke following in his 3/4 Ton Silverado. We traveled easily across the icy surface. The snow had totally melted several days earlier and refroze. Mikkel rode with me and directed us to a spot he knew friends from Kenyon would be fishing. We fished there most of the day switching locations several times with no luck. It was 44 degrees, gray overcast and slightly windy. I felt that this kind of weather shuts off Lake Trout. We headed to the island campsite and put up Cody's giant outfitter tent from Cabelas. We pitched it on the ice so it wouldn't get dirty. It fit all four of us sleeping on huge cots. After fishing and supper Luke built a fire in the firepit on the island. We all gathered around and played cards for hours. It was so late I don't remember who won.
In the morning, after bacon and eggs, we headed into the BWCA to fish. It took 20 minutes walking while pulling sleds full of our gear to get to the perfect spot. Actually perfect spot number two. Our first choice was already taken, unknown by us, by friends from Kenyon. They were so far away that we couldn't tell who they were. The water was 90 feet deep there and we fished 8-10 feet off the bottom. We caught two Lake Trout and a Walleye. The Walleye we threw back. Mikkel fished shirtless as the temp had risen to around 65 degrees. We met another shirtless fisherman on our trek out to the hump. The warm temps had us worried about the safety of the ice and we all agreed to head back. When we got to camp, several of the tent stakes had come loose and part of the tent caved in. We now definitely decided to go. We knew the lake ice was safe but the ice at the boat landing may have melted too much to cross safely if we were to stay another day. The landing was wet but solid. We were relieved. We headed for some Crappie action at Farm Lake. Once there we took my truck out on the ice. I towed the ice fishing sled behind it. Again, we were relieved to cross the ice without incident. We fished for 2 1/2 hours catching two nice Crappies. At dark we headed back to my place. Mikkel cleaned and fried the fish. They were delicious. Cribbage rounded out the evening.
In the morning we headed back to Farm Lake and fished till about noon. We caught 8 Crappies while watching the morning sun rise higher in the sky. After towing the big sled off the lake with my truck we said our good byes.
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