Team Walleye 2010 Wrap Up

Hey Guys, Another good opener! We didn't catch the huge numbers of large
fish as we did last year, but we caught a good amount of fish across the size
range. If you study the chart you can see that we should be assured good
year classes for our future openers.

I would like to thank everyone for all your help to make this another great opener. A special thanks to Mark M. for his intense planning and purchasing
of all our food and extras. Mark starts his planning and purchases months
before our trip. Also to Dave for being our Team Walleye spokesman and commentator for our trip, and for being our bait guy, acquiring the much needed shiner minnows essensial to our success over the last few openers.

This Blog will go into hibernation for the summer, but come December when
I get our letter from Brindley's we will start getting ready for the 2011 Opener.

Feel free to contact me, I can e-mail you any of our charts, photos, or worksheets from the trip.

Thanks again to all.

Ready to Go!

2009 group photo.

I'm done blogging for now, because I'm starting to pack for the Opener.

See all you guy's on Friday!

Lodging Over the Years

Just thought I'd give you guy's an overview of where we have stayed over the years and why we have made a home for our opener where we are now.

The first seven years really didn't qualify as lodging because we camped those years. whether it be pop-up campers, camper trailers, truck campers, or sleeping

in the back of a pickup under a topper.

We started out in '74 at Hiawatha Beach Resort in Steamboat Bay, but the lure of the big part of Leech Lake had us make a move to Pine Point for the next Opener.Still camping we chose a resort with a campground, Acorn Hill Resort. We had six good years at Acorn Hill. At the end of that stint we rented our first

cabin there being tired of the whole camping deal. It was a lot more comfortable

and if bad weather came by it was even better shelter.

The only problem at Acorn Hill was that they only had docks for our boats. Being exposed to the elements caused problems when the wind was coming in to the

Resort. In 1982 it was so bad that we needed to load up our boat at a neighboring resort with a sheltered harbor.

That resort was Brindley's Harbor. We immediately asked if they had any openings.

That next year was our first at Brindley's, 27 years ago.

Staying in many different cabins at Brindley's, we always had our eye on #14. Cabin #14 was big, with room for a dozen guys or more. Finally in 1986 we acquired cabin 14 and Team Walleye exploded. We got

bigger and developed our current organization that has continued till the present.

Even when Leech Lake fishing took a drastic downturn a few years ago, the

quality of our accommodations, and service of our hosts didn't make any of us

to even think of making a change.

Having a sheltered harbor for our boats is one

of the greatest pluses for our group.

And the unsurpassed dock service, fish cleaning and

packaging of all fish.

In past years we crammed ourselves in, sleeping in

a full size bed with another guy (not good). Over the

last few years we have matured and realized the importance of personal comfort.

Each member deserves his own bed and space.

This year we have five cabins in close proximity to each other, this ensures a

comfortable experience for all. Yet we still have our cabin 14 as a gathering point

and base of operations.