Fall Colors

Well the Fall Color Season has reached its mid point and the leaf enthusiasts did not go home disappointed! Just a short drive away, the Caribou Trail and Honeymoon Trail provided a brilliant array maples, birch and poplar contrasted with the forest green pines. What a stunning display of mother nature hard at work painting the forests! The salmon are still running in the Cascade River, but recent rains have the river full so they are much harder to sight fish. Michael Sr. took his boat out on the big lake for the last time and had some great luck highlighted by a 15lb. Lake Trout reeled in by the good owner himself. Several other Chinook salmon were caught that day too making for some great table fare. Matt and Michael Jr. are hoping the weather holds out for about 3 more weeks so they can get some late fall fishing in before they put their boats away. Matt ventured down to Leech Lake about a week ago and had excellent fishing for walleyes and definitely expects to parlay that into some good luck up here in the Northland. In sports, our local Cook County Vikings football team is 5-0 and ranked first in the state. With a balanced air and run attack led by quarterback Miles Drake, the Vikes are poised to make their second consecutive trip to State! Maybe their bigger brother name sake down in the cities can find similar success this season! Savor what you can for the rest of autumn because the snow will probably fly at some point this month.