~Lake Ottawa~

David and I, when we lived in UP, we fished a lot. We

decided to go fishing out at Lake Ottawa. One of the

best walleye lakes in Iron County.. If you knew the

hidey holes where they were, you got your limit every

time, usually we did. We had the black Mister Twisters

and those fish couldn't resist them.. We got in the boat

and went to one spot after the other and steady caught

fish.. The lake is popular to locals that know how good

the fishing is there... We all knew to keep over the limit..

the smaller ones we made sure we put them safely back

into the water with a promise to not catch them till they

were big enough... As we sat out on that lake we noticed

other boats by us.. a couple went by us VERY slow..looking

at us.. We were confused for a while.. what were they

looking at? Were we sitting in the boat wrong or something?
Well we started watching THEM!, and the others were NOT

catching anything~! David and I knew then why- they were

watching us CATCH FISH!.. :-) We steady hauled the fish

in and every spot we went to we caught them.. it was because

of the Mister Twister.. One of the boats slowly came up to

ours, a guy sitting in it said, "Ive been watching you two and

you are STEADY catching fish.. Ive tried every lure, night

crawlers and cannot even get a BITE!.. what ARE you using?"

David smiled, reached into his tackle box and handed one

of the twisters to the guy, he looked at it and was surprised

that was what we were using.. He didn't even have one.. We

wished him luck as he putted off... We sat there for a while

watching this guy as he found the spot David told him to

try. He cast out and on that first cast we saw his rod tip

go down and we knew he got a bite.. We both smiled and

waited to see what he had caught as he reached down into

his net and pulled out the biggest walleye we had seen that

day, bigger than any WE caught!.. We heard the guy give a

"YIPPEEE!!!" yell and a "THANKS GUYS!!!" We waved and

couldn't help notice some of the others were still watching.

I bet there were at least 5 or 6 boats out that morning..

We sat there for a while fishing ourselves again.. and heard

another boat kind of close, I turned and saw another one

slowly pulling up along side.. The man in that boat said "I

saw that other guy come over here and talk to you two and

leave and I just saw that huge walleye he just landed.. You

two told him a secret or something and Id sure like to go

home with at least ONE fish today.". David and I laughed

and David said.. "well we gave him the lure like what we

are using to catch these fish, do you have a black Mister

Twister?" The man looking totally sad, said he didn't but

asked if we might have another spare one.. This man

didn't know my husband.. and David NEVER had ONE

lure of any kind.. He made sure he had a few just in case

one got snagged and as much as we used these he had

a good supply of them.. plus they were cheap anyway..

David got one out of his tackle box and handed it to the

man and he went putting off to go and try that lure..
Again, we watched as he cast out, waited a few, then

started to reel it back in.. about the third time he

went round that reel his rod tip went down and this

man SCREAMED now, let me tell you! He lifted up

a HUGE Wally and almost jumped out of his boat..
He left shortly after that but not before stopping

by us to thank us for the lure and his fish.. :-)

We had a good time that day and I know those 2 guys

did, there were others out that day but only us with the

twisters were catching anything.. too bad the others didn't

come over and ask what lure, they would have caught fish

too ! :-)

I made my cabbage, brats and potatoes and it was good.

I only use a tad of virgin Olive oil when I fry, my pan is a

nice Teflon coated electric one and doesn't stick anyway..

When I fry I brown fast, then I turn my heat down and

put a few drops of water and let it steam.. to me it puts

the flavor through everything...plus it cuts down cooking

time specially when your hungry.. I made enough last nite

so I would have some left over today and I KNOW it will

be even better! .. I made extra and put some in a dish for

Donnie, as he is due to come by Monday. I froze it for

him to take for his lunch.. I know a secret about his job,

but I cant tell.. its not been publicly announced so no one

is allowed to know..so lets just say we are all breathing

easier.. :-)...

I'm ready for MY left overs and I got up early again

this morning.. 4:30 every day I get up.. I just hate to

miss any part of a day.. they are important and I'm

grateful I have every one, even though some days are

very stressful...I'm glad I have them no matter what

kind. The bad ones just keep me on my invisible

GORGEOUS WEEBLE toes.."Nitey nite" :-)

Y'all have a good one now, Y'hear? love ya and Thanks!
Always, Lois ****

God Bless You, is my prayer today,

I'm so honored to call you "friend"

I pray the Lord will keep you safe,

until I write again .....