First off, notice the new title picture. Snapped that on on the way in with the dinghy.
As I mentioned, I began the day early to try to find another fish. I headed back to Mackinac Island and trolled toward the sun rise.
That wasn't working, so I turned and worked my way around the island.
A few hours later, we were around to the west side of Mackinac Island with one salmon in the cooler and another lake trout caught and released.
The sonar showed a few more fish on the north side of the island. Unfortunately, it took us three hours to find that information. There are really few boats here fishing so info isn't readily available. Back at the docks, I found the charter boats to have similar luck so I figure I'm holding my own up here at the moment. If you want to fill the cooler, lake trout has to be the target. There are salmon, but not real plentiful at the moment. I did see more on the sonar late this morning than in any other trip this year, so it looks promising...and BTW, the bugs are gone for the most part. Yippee!!
So back at the dock, time to clean the fish.
This city has no fish cleaning facility and the marina doesn't allow fish cleaning on the grounds so the other option is the back of the boat. I made a cleaning table that keys into the cannon ball holders and has a couple screw on legs to support the rear. I used some hand clamps to make sure it stayed in place, but don't think it would go anywhere.
The table worked real well. Not a drop of anything inside the boat. It all ends up overboard.
Then on to...SHOPPING!!!
Craft show this week. Kathy looks at the jewelry...
...while I go for the pre-dinner hors d'oeuvres at the booth with pretzels, crackers, and dips.
Done with dinner at the Dixie Saloon (good sandwiches but pricey dinners), we launched the dinghy.
I ran it around the marina fairway where the larger boats are docked. There are some nice ships here everyday. Lots of boats come and go here.
This is a 65' sailing yacht traveling to Chicago from Rhode Island. Word is they're going to strip it of all the goodies (sat TV, internet, etc.) and race it in the Chicago to Mackinac race in a couple weeks.
I got the dinghy all put away. Certainly presents a bit of a challenge with the fixed dock but the marina put in a ladder for me to climb down to it. I'll access it off the back of the boat when I want to use it.
The rain is moving in...
...and the fudgies are returning to the mainland.
Time to rest.
Until another day.
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