Saturday - June 28

Bob: Went fishing with Branch President, Karl Jakob. We went clear out past Matachewan which was about an hour from here. (Saw the same 2 bears on the way there that Bonnie and I saw) He waded in the water to get the boat launched as water was very shallow near shore.
Starting fishing with a jig and a worm. On my second cast I caught one. We kept catching them pretty quickly. One broke my line so I decided to try using a plastic white tail on the jig. The fish tore into that like they had never seen one. We ended up catching several smallmouth bass and three pike. Had to begin throwing some of the bass back as we had too many.
The most exciting part of the trip is when we were leaving. We were in the shallow water and Karl was in the back of the boat standing up arranging his gear just before he was going to get out. I moved to my right to do something which caused the boat to tilt to the right. I heard "Oh, oh..." I turned around to see Karl falling backwards out of the boat! We had a good laugh over it and he went for an additional swim.
After we got loaded up Karl took me on a tore of several lakes in the area. There is a huge one, Mistinikon Lake, that I want to go back and fish. Karl said the locals said it is the best. You can see it on Google Maps west of Matachewan on route 566.

Weather has been beautiful all week. Only had a few sprinkles on Tuesday, but we missed them as we were in New Liskeard shopping. I probably changed the outlook for this coming week as I washed the truck one we got home.

Here is picture of one of the bears:

One of smaller ones that we had to throw back because of limit restrictions.

Our catch for the day. Wasn't a lot of fun cleaning them!! (Taken just before Karl took the plunge!)

Bonnie: There is a great celebration in New Liskeard today and tomorrow.  It is the Biker Reunion/ Ride for Cancer.  Last summer there were 8000 bikers on their motorcycles here.  This summer they expect more than that!  So Pat, the Branch President's wife, and her four foster children and I went into town to participate in the fun. There were lots of interesting things for the kids to do, and lots of food booths, jewelry and art booths, and beautiful refurbished old cars. It was fun to see them race the motorcycles in one area and also watch some roller skaters race in another area.  We went back to Pat's house and then waited for our husbands.  We waited and waited and waited. We went ahead and had dinner. We were concerned because this was the first time fishing for the Br. Pres. since a heart attack where he had 4 stints put in.  Finally about 5:30 or 6 they pulled  with their catch of 14 or 15 fish.
Tomorrow after church we may watch the bikers on their ride for cancer pass in front of the church.  Some of the members are bringing lunches to eat while they watch.  The worry is that we may not be able to leave the church until the ride passes.