The fish cleaning house at cabins 1 and 2 on Metionga Lake was in need of some TLC. Joey and I thought it would be best to not just patch things up but to start from scratch. Between fishing groups and moose parties we had a few days to kill so we put together a work party and got to work.
The old fish house came down with little effort and a new one went up in its place.
Ready for next season, I am sure it will get plenty of use and should last well into the next decade.
High water caused a lot of extra work for us this year. At Seseganaga Lake, Joe prepared two floating docks for next summer. At Metionga Lake, Joey took the deck off the main dock and raised and levelled the stingers then redecked the dock so it will be above the high waster mark.
He then built a new walkway off the dock.
This should make things a little easier and dryer next time the water levels peak.
This summer high water levels caused both us and our guests at Seseganaga Lake significant grief. Aircraft were loaded and unloaded on the beach, guests had to move their gear across the bay to cabin #4 since the dock there was under water and docks were torn apart by wave and water action.
This fall we worked on a plan to help alleviate dock problems with fluctuating water levels. Joe supervised a work crew and built two new floating docks. We will place one at cabin #4 and one at West Bay on Seseganaga Lake.
We can’t change things out of our control but we can work at the things we can change.
In the fall, bull moose begin to think of other things besides eating and aimless meandering. As the female moose begin their lonesome calls hinting at the need for male companionship, the bull moose start making preparations for visiting with the cows.
A moose is at a distinct disadvantage in the handsomeness department with his large nose, bulging eyes and big ears. Since he seems to know this, he concentrates on some things he can influence. The bull begins to rub the velvet off his antlers to make his antlers nice and shiny. He also perfumes himself. Kind of reminds me of a teenager brushing his teeth and repeatedly coifing his hair before splashing on a little too much Old Spice or other such female attractant. The moose form of this scented attractant is not found in your local Walmart.
Moose have no money and have to be a little more creative. Yesterday Karen and I came upon some of this creativity. And believe me we could smell it before we could see it.
Take a good look at the picture. It doesn't look like much but it is a fresh moose rut pit. The bull paws the dirt, urinates in it to impregnate it with his musky bull moose smell and then rolls around it it until he feels he is attractive to a lonely cow moose. To me, she better be really lonely, but to the bull he thinks he smells like a freshly perfumed teenager going on a first date.
Moose mating season is upon us and this bodes well for our archery moose hunters.
Sept is my favorite month. Weather is nice during the day, cool in the evening and fishing is awesome.
Peter P shows off a nice walleye on Hilltop Lake caught and released in early Sept.
