Hammer-handle pike and lots of big walleye were the stars of the 2007 trip to Triveet lake.  There were no "guest" fishermen this year, only the core group of Tom Laxdal, Brian Ford, Don and Colby Gustafson, Jason "Skinnah" Peesker and Peter, Kris and Curtis Olson.

This was our second trip to this area and Curtis dubbed it "The Return to Bear Island....this time the bear gets it".  Back in 2004 in this same spot we were almost wiped out by a couple of hungry bears and only the efforts of Don and his hurling of sticks, rocks and obscenities kept us safe from midnight bear attacks.  Several of the team members brought along high powered rifles this time to feed any unruly bears lead sandwiches.  Fortunately (for them), they did not appear this trip.

This year we had a relatively incident-free trip, which is quite amazing.  There were no major falls, no bootfalls of lake water, no vicious rain showers, no extreme sunburns, no animal attacks, no "out of season" animal kills (except that one bird Colby wasted), and no boat motor disasters.  What we did encounter was great walleye fishing and perfect weather.

Tom rounded up a bunch of prizes and this year the biggest pike winners were Colby and Brian, the biggest walleye winners were Tom and Kris, and the biggest perch winner was Kris.  The unfortunate winner of the smallest fish prize for a whopping 9" pike was Peter, and for this he was awarded a lovely pair of pink panties, six sizes too small for him.  They looked real pretty.

Yet another fantastic trip for the archives.

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This years crew

Biggest walleye day 1

Baitfish

Hoser

Casting

Pike of the day

It's bigger than it looks

Measuring for the winner

Prize for the smallest fish

Dock hands

Navigating the channel

Tending the blaze

Northern SK.

Perch victims

Big pic

The Old Fellas

Helping dad unpack