Floyd Lake 2012!

There were three early spring trips:  Dave Biedenbender came up with three MVL teachers to open up the cabin, mow lawn, and put in the boats in mid-May (18-20);  Dave and Laura Schubkegel and Joyce came up Memorial Day weekend (May 25-27) to mow lawn, rake leaves, and fix some earlier plumbing issues; Biedenbenders then came up (June 8-10) for a family get-away.

Currently Joyce, Tim, and Levi Schubkegel are enjoying pleasant weather at Floyd Lake today, June 22, 2012.  Reports were phoned by Bob Roel to Joyce earlier in the week of a major hail storm up here ("larger than golf ball sized hail").   We noticed many leaves on the lawn and some branches when we arrived.  Mom will get a report from State Farm on roof damage. There was also some "strange heaving" from the winter ice, pushing the concrete sidewalk in the old cabin up at a 45 degree angle.

We arrived last evening, unpacked, and headed out for about an hour of Floyd fishing (first year with Levi getting a license as he's 16).  We drifted in mid-Big Floyd and caught panfish and bass  (while on the lake we saw a rainbow end right over the cabin!) and enjoyed an evening fish meal for Joyce while watching the Heat beat the Thunder in the NBA finals, game five.

This morning's fishing action was very good with early topwater bass action in Mud Lake, followed by fish hitting spinners along the weedlines along the east coast.  We (Levi and Tim) limited out on bass and northerns and enjoyed an evening fish fry after a great day of lawn mowing, a canoe ride with mom, Levi, and Tim to the reed bay,  skiing (Levi), weeding (mom), and power washing (Levi).  An evening trip to WalMart resulted in a flat tire in their parking lot.  After a quick replacement with the mini-spare we made it back to the cabin.

Today was a BEAUTIFUL day with little to no wind and mid-upper 70s temps! The boats are working well and the weather forecast looks good for the days ahead.