Bear Lake 2000 Newsletter #1

Dear Crew,

I really do not need any encouragement to get me excited about our next trip to Bear Lake, but the Spring fishing catalogs keep finding their way to our mailbox and I have already selected a couple choice items. Not wanting to take advantage of the group, I offer the following suggestions for this year's trip:

Worden's Timber Tiger
This high buoyancy lure rolls over Branches and roots and the treble hooks tuck under the body

Berkley Frenzy Minnow
This shallow running bait can be fished on the surface with a twitch or worked deep as a jerkbait.

Down Deep Husky Jerk
This lure runs at twenty feet while trolling

Berkley Sqwormers
Salted soft plastic baits that make fish hold on longer.

Nemire Spoons
Each spoon comes with a sound chamber and quick-change skirts.  This best in show bait is great in and around weeds

Wazp Humpy Spoon
Prism finish and exaggerated side to side wobble make it a killer for Pike

Pivot Plus Spinnerbait
Stop reeling and the lure drops vertically like a helicopter. This slow drop drives the bass crazy

That should be enough hints to keep the playing field level. Most of these lures are probably already in Vaughn's tackle box. I also imagine he stocked up on stringers. Eh Vaughn? I received a new baitcaster for Christmas; the reel, Ambassador 5600, is supposed to never backlash. I will try this little beauty when I fish with Bob.

This year's trip will start from Flint on July 28th as always we leave around nine in the morning so we can be at the Antlers before the crowd. This will also give us a little extra time in case we get held up at the border. However the most important item is to get the group committed. Our price is based on fifteen people: I think we should try to put together a group of sixteen. So drop what you are doing and send me a fifty dollar check for your deposit; then get yourself psyched for the first trip of the new millennium. We should probably commemorate this occasion with a shirt. With Todd's help we can get a good deal for anyone interested. Send in your request with the deposit.

                                                                                   Tight lines and firm hookups

                                                                                    David

David Borchelt
4112 Twin Leaf Ct
Marietta, GA  30062

Canada has an appeal much greater than the quality of its fishing and thebeauty of its water and land.  Whether you're on a lake in the Laurentine-shield counter above Lake Superior, in the taiga of northern Quebec, or in the old-growth forests of British Columbia, the great attraction of the place - I'm tempted to say the magic of it - comes from an exciting virtually palpable sense of possibility.  Even in the cities and the relatively civilized portions of the nation, you can sense the presence of all that vast unspoiled land to the north.  It's in the air as surely as the scent of the pines and the sound of running water.

Most of the remaining wild country in North America is in Canada.  It's the last priceless reserve, the place against which we measure all other places, and a reminder of how much has been lost from the world.

                                                                     From a Wooden Canoe
                                                                                  --Jerry Dennis

 

BearLakers,

I am excited as ever to be breathing that great Lang Lake Air on Saturday morning.  Though snow is stacked low against my window and frost covers my car windows, I am warmed just thinking of baking in the hot sun on quiet Cat Lake. or sitting on the cabin 6 porch watching the sunset and listening to the guys in 7 laugh while waiting for dinner to finish.  Start thinking about making that week work in your schedule.  and save a corner of your basement / garage for collecting your gear.  It's never too early. 

Your Fishing Friend,

Scott.

I apologize for this letter coming so late.  I have slacked, but it's not completely my fault.    I experienced a major computer meltdown this winter and have spent the majority of my time rebuilding.  My scanner is still not installed but getting closer. I have more pictures of Todd's from last summer to post as soon as my system is up to snuff.

I walked outside today and the beautiful Spring day hit me full force.  Do you all realize that next Monday is the first day of spring?  This means that 1).  This winter newsletter is not officially late, and 2). We are only 135 days from leaving on our Great Canadian Adventure. Drop a note to let us know you are a confirmed fisherman at BearLake 2000 on the GrapeVine.

-Scott