Grand Rapids

Going to Grand Rapids is always a trip. It takes about 6 hours to get there so it is always with mixed emotions that I go. I don’t really like to drive for so long but I love it once we are here. It is quite remote and one of the most beautiful places. The water in the lake is crystal clear and just huge in size. The surroundings are lush and thickly forested. When you leave the rocky shoreline it feels like you are going out to the ocean.

This trip we are meeting Dean’s brother Jann and his wife Tina and their boys Curtis and Randy. They are coming out from Edmonton and meeting us at the lake.
The fishing in the north is fabulous. We pulled in Pike after Pike. My arms were sore after reeling in those massive fighting fish. But oh, what fun. We realized after fishing for a while that in this lake you are not allowed to keep fish over 30 inches and luckily we have a live well so we could chuck them back overboard. We had our limits after the first couple of hours or so but didn’t keep them all. We tried to only keep the ones that were around 25-30 inches so that we could take home as much meat as possible to feed our hungry friends back home. As soon as we have a weekend at home again we will have to have a big fish fry bash.
The second day we went to a different spot and pulled in at least 20 walleye and just as many northern pike. The weather is better here than at it has been at home so we have been enjoying the hot sunny calm days.
As always Dean is the best fishing guide and brought us all to the best fishing spots around so we had the best fishing ever.