Just wondering how many fisherman have gone out on the Flowage and have fished Donut Lake? It's been years - actually more than a decade - since I've wandered into this secretive little spot in an effort to entice a bite. Has anybody been there lately? Was it worth the effort? You know, back in the "old days" - I'm speaking of 50 years ago now - the prominent fishing boat on the Flowage was a 14-foot Alumicraft(sp?)with no more than a 9.5 hanging on the transom. You didn't lock it into the down position (all the better to bump up and ride over the stumps and leaners) and you carried a good quantity of shear pins. (Modern boaters might not be familiar with that term: "shear pin.") It did take a little longer to run from the dam all the way down to Beaver Creek, but it was easier to sneak into tangled waters and spots like Donut Lake. I'm not sure that the power boats that are popular today would be able to negotiate into such waters with any amount of ease. I'd appreciate knowing if Donut Lake would be worth a current visit.
Incidentally, I'm still trying to find that elusive and sensuous "Mattress Island" that Earl Tomek so often hinted at. I'm beginning to think that he was pulling my leg. Would one fisherman do such a thing to another?
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