Texas Transplant
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Well, here is one of the stories, that was with us for the week.
While waiting for the tubro-prop flight to International Falls, they announced that the flight was 'weight restricted'. Did anyone want to wait till the 5:00PM flight (arriving around 6:20PM), and get a voucher? No bites. Most on the flight (about 75% were fishermen heading to Canada).
We get to International falls, and three bags didn't come. One of Gene's bag along with his rod case (attached to the bag). My small suitcase (extra stuff including all the smallmouth gear - Lake of the Woods) and my stuff for the final 2 days. Also, the Bazooka rod case with both mine and Trep's rods in it. They expected all to be on the flight later, and would be brought up by the cab company. We had to stop in Customs (Canadian) to fill out paperwork that would allow them to come up.
Got up there and did all the usual stuff. Got licenses, bought some snacks/food for the overnight cabin, and then met up with the others in our party driving in.
On Sunday morning, we get to the base camp and Gene's bag has come in, but not the other two. We got no RODS to fish with, and the outfitters only have 1 spinning rod to loan. We head to the bait/tackle shop and buy 2 baitcasting rods and 1 spinning rod. We finally get up there. The outfitters said that they were not expecting to be 'up to our cabin/lake' during the week, so even if they came in, we probably wouldn't see it.
On Tuesday (maybe Monday for all I remember), planes started arriving at the other cabin on the lake. We were hoping for the other bag and rods, but wasn't sure. Michael and I were out fishing for Northern's and another boat shows up from the other cabin with two people in it. All types of equipment in the boat (cameras, computers, underwater cameras, etc. It's the 'In-Fisherman' production crew (or part of it), up there filming a promotional video for Nestor Falls.
Turns out that the person in the boat we had met at the airport on Saturday, and he asked if we were missing a bag. He then lifts up my missing suitcase, and delivers it to us 'boat to boat' in the middle of the lake. Unfortunately, no rod case.
More on the promotional video later.
Upon our return to the base camp on Saturday, there was our rod case and missing rods. Turns out it came in the next day, but they put it in Tom's car so it wouldn't get loaded to some other plane/group. They forgot about it, and never sent it up (unfortunate).
By the way Tox, the rod's we bought were all Spro rods.
Tex
While waiting for the tubro-prop flight to International Falls, they announced that the flight was 'weight restricted'. Did anyone want to wait till the 5:00PM flight (arriving around 6:20PM), and get a voucher? No bites. Most on the flight (about 75% were fishermen heading to Canada).
We get to International falls, and three bags didn't come. One of Gene's bag along with his rod case (attached to the bag). My small suitcase (extra stuff including all the smallmouth gear - Lake of the Woods) and my stuff for the final 2 days. Also, the Bazooka rod case with both mine and Trep's rods in it. They expected all to be on the flight later, and would be brought up by the cab company. We had to stop in Customs (Canadian) to fill out paperwork that would allow them to come up.
Got up there and did all the usual stuff. Got licenses, bought some snacks/food for the overnight cabin, and then met up with the others in our party driving in.
On Sunday morning, we get to the base camp and Gene's bag has come in, but not the other two. We got no RODS to fish with, and the outfitters only have 1 spinning rod to loan. We head to the bait/tackle shop and buy 2 baitcasting rods and 1 spinning rod. We finally get up there. The outfitters said that they were not expecting to be 'up to our cabin/lake' during the week, so even if they came in, we probably wouldn't see it.
On Tuesday (maybe Monday for all I remember), planes started arriving at the other cabin on the lake. We were hoping for the other bag and rods, but wasn't sure. Michael and I were out fishing for Northern's and another boat shows up from the other cabin with two people in it. All types of equipment in the boat (cameras, computers, underwater cameras, etc. It's the 'In-Fisherman' production crew (or part of it), up there filming a promotional video for Nestor Falls.
Turns out that the person in the boat we had met at the airport on Saturday, and he asked if we were missing a bag. He then lifts up my missing suitcase, and delivers it to us 'boat to boat' in the middle of the lake. Unfortunately, no rod case.
More on the promotional video later.
Upon our return to the base camp on Saturday, there was our rod case and missing rods. Turns out it came in the next day, but they put it in Tom's car so it wouldn't get loaded to some other plane/group. They forgot about it, and never sent it up (unfortunate).
By the way Tox, the rod's we bought were all Spro rods.
Tex
. My Senko's were meltin on the hook!! But come winter time it'll be juuuuuuust right!!
