Fishing in Sask - Sept 2022

Hanging out with the Swifty Perraults at the Beav for Labour Day.

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After a LONG drive to Beaver Flat (longer than going to the Shuswaps), we made it to the
river and my brother's cabin. The purpose of the trip (other than visiting) was to spend
time with Luc and his family, along with have the boys catch a fish. So, since the weather
was basically Phoenix-level hot, we went out every morning before it got stupid hot to fish.
Here is Walter in the boat.

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Seeing pelicans on the shore is a good sign that fish are close.

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This is a really cool rock island in the middle of the Swift Current mouth that had birds
living in it.

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Henry, Walter, and Luc hanging out in the boat.

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One of the attractions at the Beav is Grumpy Bob's, a small concession that sells candy and ice
cream, along with things you may have forgotten like hot dogs. These candy bags were $1 each.

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Denis has been living life large with his new Blackstone grill and here he is rocking out
steaks and garlic bread, mushrooms, and onions. It must have been 50 deg C over top the grill.

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This was Henry's first time driving a quad and he was pretty excited.

Henry driving a quad at the Beav

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The next day, since we got skunked the day before, we went back for another try. This time, we went across
to the Hermanson's side and found some lunkers. This was the first fish I had caught this year
and it was something.

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10 lbs 1 oz says Denis' scale, which we don't trust.

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Henry, Walter, and I got our photos with the slimy bastard.

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This one was Denis' fish and it showed about 36 inches I think.

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We basically couldn't go home until Denis also caught a fish, and bigger than mine of course too.

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A breakfast of champions.

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All of us having breakfast.

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Hunting for snakes at the beach.

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Burying kids in the sand with Charlotte and Serena

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More burying kids in the sand.

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This floating pad was a total win.

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They caught a garter snake!

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Proud snake catchers!

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And here it is getting away.

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This came in at 14 lbs 3 oz.

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The boys thought these big jacks were cool. They got to touch the slimy fish and then we put
them back to breed more.

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Hanging out and playing nerf guns with cousin Luc was fun for the boys (after I fixed them and then
had to keep fixing them).

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Twisters and candy at Grumpy Bob's.

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That evening we had the pleasure of fishing without children. While I didn't catch anything,
it didn't matter at all.

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Nice evening with Fraser on the boat.

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Denis and Fraser each caught one of these boys.

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Denis' fish that night with a nice Saskatchewan living sky.

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Decent fish.

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Reflection of the boys fishing and the sun setting, from the boat motor.

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The wildfire smoke was finally starting to get to Saskatchewan so we had a red sunset.

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Our last morning there, Denis wanted to get the boys to catch something, so we trolled for
walleye. Here's Walter sitting on Uncle Denis' knee.