Gone Fishin'

This week, on Wednesday, we had the opportunity to go with a local teacher and her husband to check their fishing nets. After school we went with Vicky to her house. Her husband met us and off we went. They were surprised that I didn't have a sweater or coat, but I reassured them that I was wearing a long sleeve shirt and pants (I hadn't changed into shorts yet since we went immediately after school).

The boat ride was approx. 20 minutes to their nets. Deer Lake is not one large round body of water. Instead, it has countless islets, bays, rivers and streams that make it one of the large lakes in Northern Ontario. When we finally reach the nets, the waves had become quite large, creating whitecaps and rocking the boat. Since we were already there, they decided to check the nets anyways. They told us that normally with waves that high and rough they wouldn't have gone out.

They have two nets, both 50 feet in length. The nets begin from shore and are tied down 100 feet of shore by a pile of rocks. All in all there were 4 types of fish caught in the nets: walleye, suckerfish, tulapi (or something like that) and jackfish. At one point Claire asked what type of bait they put in their nets. They both looked at her like she had two faces. Vicky informed her that they don't use baits, instead the fish get caught in the nets and cannot get out.
This is a picture of the Nursing Station from the boat, the blue buidling weight a red top and roof.

Claire sitting in the boat.

Of the four species of fish, they only the walleye. They try to give their dog the other 3 types, but even he won't eat it sometimes.