Fishing a week ago forced us to fish deeper than usual, but we found an ample number of Sunfish in 19-20 feet of water. The problem was we had only 3 in the live well when we called it a day about 1 p.m. and we threw those back. We went through about a dozen night crawlers cut into small pieces, but the 7 1/2 to 8 inch sunnies had no problem sucking them off our hooks. I had a dandy large mouth bass up to the boat after it had taken line about six times, but the bass apparently had one spit left in his or her system and was gone in an instant. I was using a 4 pound test line.
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After last week’s frost Maple Lake’s streets and avenues are turning into a panoramic of color; and I’m not referring to the campaign signs politicians have been staking out as we get closer to the November 8 voting day. Maple Lake’s maple trees have the most color and the hard maples are extremely red already this year. The sumac also has lots of deep red coloring contrasting them to the nearby trees as we begin the fall season. So if you’re interested in the the fall colors begin in Maple Lake and take a short drive into the county. You’ll save gas and still get a bird’s eye view of Minnesota’s magnificant colors. More frost is predicted for this weekend and then lots of the trees will shed their leaves for residents to rake up from their lawns. I noticed not all of the cornfields were frozen from the first frost, but it’s unlikely they’ll escape the next one.