Our trip to MB was a great one. Wed eve through Fri eve the weather and fishing was fantastic. However, a front rolled through Friday about 9pm and as the winds picked up and barometer dropped, the fishing tapered off. Saturday, the winds were steady at 35kmh - gusting 55kmh. The fishing was slow around the lake. We managed to land 12 or 14 fish on Tokaryk L, on a day the fish were taking ever so lightly. The short line below the indicators helped in strike detection, but the wave action certainly didn't help. All our takes were within 2 feet of the reeds. Those trolling caught very little, and those fishing sinking lines casting the shoreline caught few. As the evening wore on and winds abated, fish began moving but certainly not with the fervor of days previous. The best part was the drunken 3 in the huge outboard whom had been trolling all day and caught nothing - their luck changed abruptly. We heard them explicitly remark how bad the fishing was as they were about to take out, when one hooked up. Then another, and another. They landed 5 or 6 in 1/2 hr. It was good to see and funny to witness. And they made sure everyone on the lake knew their fortunes had changed. :)
Back at the hotel, we looked at the weather forecast and knew it was time to head home. From the white lines of wind on the lake all day Saturday, and another front rolling in on Sunday, we packed up and headed home first light Sunday morning. Good thing too. The weather did a nasty turn all the way through Saskatchewan. After the great fishing we'd had, no point in bobbing on a slow lake in that kind of incoming weather!
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