Mille Lacs is the second largest lake in MN, home of the jumbo perch, the Minnesota walleye fishing factory, hard striking bass and giant muskie. About 1.5 hours north of the T/C most people travel to the area for fishing, their cabins or the casino. But for people in the know the area is a true up north experience that is almost in the backyard for T/C residents.
A short, but somewhat windy day landed us enough "jumbo perch" for a fish-hoe-down. We were using our remaining 2 person kayak from On Belay trips for our "launch" for lunch. Fellow angler's mentioned "we don't see many kayaks out on this lake."
"We've heard that before, on Lake Superior."
Looks amazing doesn't it? It is real, really. Most people consider this the finest catch in Minnesota, so did I.........oh, yes the fish is fake.......but no catch and release for lucky me.
How was the weather? Well when we got back to the cities there was a plus 50 degree temperature difference for the next day. I would say that about 10 bundles of wood were burned over the 3 nights, plus anything we could scrounge in the area.
We did throw a few back. This one was tossed from downtown Isle on the less touristy south shore.
