Black’s Cliff Resort’s Birch Bark Blog

I am loving this new camera.  It is catching the colors and clarity much better.  I have to pick up the Telophoto lens yet and those pics will be good as well next week.

The contrast in colors at the lake at sunset was a sight to see

Some days it is hard to not take a good picture.  This was a perfect afternoon.  Mike Rose had the entire lake to himself and rolled one of our row boats in for a final trip out on Lower Kaubashine to find the fish of 10,000 casts.  With the new snow, calm lake and a boat, it was perfect.  Peace and Quiet.  I told Mike he was going to make everyone sitting at their desks jealous of the time and scenery he got to enjoy on Lower Kaubashine, even though he did not get a Muskie.

Priceless

So happy I ran home to get the camera I had forgotten to bring along.  This is one of my favorite November Pics

Sunrise this morning.  The sun was spotted for just a couple of brilliant minutes.  The coloring of it was amazing

Heading down to the lake the sun was still caught behind the trees

The last that was seen of the sun

Coming tomorrow, Troy’s battle with the squirrels

It was a duck gathering on Lower Kaubashine this morning.  I spotted these and about 30 others gathering a still Lower Kaubashine this morning.  I know there is a duck guru out there that knows what kind they are.  Without looking them up I believe they are Merganzers?

They were all camera shy and took off to the other side of the lake.  You can see in this pic how still the lake was

Everything out and lake shore ready for winter

My favorite shot of the snag showing bare trees and quiet late fall on Lower Kaubashine

I am starting to put together the 2010 calendar they are going to be 20 a piece.  If you are interested send me an email at info@blackscliff.com with how many you would like so I get an idea of how many I am ordering.  I hope to put them in the mail after Thanksgiving or the 1st week in December so they will be in plenty of time for being under the tree

Grab your cup of coffee and enjoy Lower Kaubashine in the fog this morning.  The lighting was amazing as the sun was peaking through.  I was racing home from the grocery store looking at Lake Minocqua in the fog to get to my camera and Lower Kaubashine.  I took some with the raft in the pic and some with it out.  Enjoy

Grab your cup of coffee and enjoy a few moments on Lower Kaubashine

All the pictures today came compliments of Al, Roberta, Jimmy Cikowski and of course Fritz.  The best pics of their week Muskie Fishing on Lower Kaubashine in Kaubashine

They caught the loon in mid fall plumage loosing its bright colors and heading to the boring gray they were on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico

Usually these guys have no problem boarding a few muskies during their week, but this year was slow.  The lake temps were 70 during the day and 63 at night.  They had a few roll next to the boat but were only able to board this 32 inch Muskie.  It got Jimmy on Hilltop’s Muskie board, so he was happy.  The warm weather this week definitly had the muskies lounging and not biting.  Cold temps this week should get them biting again

Hmm… any guesses as to their favorite fishing spot….  See you for Thankgiving and Ice Fishing this winter

Back in August during the infamous Black’s Cliff vs. Hilltop tournament, I ran into Vince Ophus from Hilltop who told me he had caught our gang of loons on the lake in some pics.  Vince promised to send them to me by email to share and he just got them into my inbox this week.  So enjoy these pics from Vince for a month ago of the juvenille deliquent loons in their rebel posse invading the lake

Vince also included the great pic of the eagle he got and the sunset on Lower Kaubashine

Thanks Vince see you next August, bring your best game and whatever outfits you guys come up with in 2010

I heard a rumor about a lite bobber for night time fishing was being experimented with by the Adamtietz crew.  Here are the results of the experiment.  The bottom crappie is quite a fish.  I forgot to ask how big it was

I hope I am not boring everyone with misty lake pics but tis the season and can’t pass up heading to the lake each morning

These were all taken from Kaubashine’s dock.  Only thing that would have made it prettier is if there was color in the trees, which is right around the corner