The first thing we did was drill a hole to check the water depth, 34 feet. We decided to try the spot, so I put a tip up in the hole I just drilled. We popped a couple more in, and got the two man fish house out. We fished for about 1/2 hour, and I saw that the flag was up on the tip up. I ran out to find the top of the tip up spinning like mad. I set the hook, and boy did I have a fight. I pulled up a 24.5" Walleye. What a great way to start the fishing trip.
We caught a couple of more 11-15" Walleye/Saugers on the first night (Friday). Todd and I decided to have Walleye for dinner. Todd fileted the Larger walleye he caught. We used flower, salt, pepper and Lays potato chips as batter, fried the Walleye up on a skillet with cooking oil. It was the best tasting Walleye ever. Yum! Friday night was wicked cold, -20 degrees to be exact. We slept in a suitcase style fish house. The fish house was heated well, however I could not sleep because my feet were so cold.
The fishing was excellent on Saturday. The Saugers and walleyes bit steadily. We had our limit by 4pm. We also caught two White Fish. We decided to pack up the truck, drive back to Brainerd and sleep at Todd's cabin. What a great decision. I slept like a baby, and it was warm.