TIME ON THE WATER, Part Two

Readers of the Electric Beaver may recall Gord's review of the book "Time on the Water" by Bill Gardner. Its a classic muskie fishing tale that I enjoy reading every winter. In order to help all of us "muskie hunters" make it to opening day I thought I would periodically post a quote from the pages of the book. I would encourage anyone who has ever fished for muskie to read the book in it's entirety. You won't be disappointed!

"I suppose many people think I must be nuts, quitting my job in Southern California and dragging my wife and daughter off to the north woods of Wisconsin so I can spend my time pursuing a particularly slimy fish that is rarely caught and doesn't even taste good. However screwy I may be now, you ain't seen nothing yet. Wait till I've spent 200 straight days fishing for muskies. Nobody ever came out saner for dealing with muskies. Jason Lucas, probably the most famous fisherman in the country during the 1940's and 1950's when he was fishing editor of "Sports Afield", once put it this way: "If a man wants to be made a complete fool, there are but two quick, sure and convenient methods of going about it. One is to fall it love with the wrong woman. The other is to fish for muskellunge."

-Bill Gardner

The Thinker

Andy let "the cat out of the bag" so to speak, when he posted this picture on his slide show. I thought it deserved it's own musical score. Check it out.........

The Thinker

The Vermilion Bay Lodge Circus

And now for something completely different...The Vermilion Bay Lodge Circus.
See:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFBT4sb1jUM

Joe, if you want to learn how to do this just watch one of the many video tutorials on Youtube. Just search by "Windows Movie Maker tutorial"

VBL Video challenge has been met

VBL Video Challenge

Or "why I like to go to VBL"

See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipnNT_Jcq1E

I will try to get a sound track added but it didn't like the format of the audio clip I tried to use.

Excellent Lake Trout Recipe........

A Sunday outing to catch lake trout produced a key ingredient for that night's dinner. Usually we catch most, if not all of our fish jigging with spoons. That day this fish preferred a live minnow on a Rattle Wheel.

Having one in the bag for dinner is critical, especially when your fishing partner seems to be fading! I also have a recipe in mind..........

The recipe came from outdoor writer Gord Pyzer and called for Chorizo pork sausage. I had never heard of it before and my first attempt I substituted Italian sausage. The result was mediocre. Then I stumbled into this Corizo sausage, courtesy of friend Jim K from Minneapolis.

Well, the trout is filleted and ready to go......it doesn't get much fresher!

The Corizo is in the frying pan. I'm not sure what I was expecting but this is definitely a spicy ingredient.....definitely not just a normal sausage.

The fish is cut up into chunks....... and a can of diced tomatoes awaits its turn.

Add the tomatoes to the fried Corizo and let simmer.

Add the lake trout chunks and simmer further. One addition I made to the recipe was to add some frozen corn.

It didn't take long. Served over a bed of rice, a salad, and a glass (or two) of a chilled Gewurztraminer. It was excellent! Give it a try next time you happen on a lake trout. Better yet come up to VBL this spring and catch some fresh trout.......it doesn't get any better.

VBL 2010

VBL 2010 First try at this not great but was worth a shot. Looks like a guy needs to purchase the longer version for this.