To close things out from my end this trip was a total bust! I can deal with 3 days of 30 MPH gusts and 2-1/2 days of non-stop rain. What I can’t control is water level that is 2 or 3 feet low. The last thing I do before stetting out for the Chippewa Flowage is to call Jenk’s bait shop and get a water level report.

High water means I can fish lost lakes, bust behind bogs and many other places that don’t exist when the level is low. I was limited to the North end of Lake Bastine because I only had a 6 horse motor and I had my Scaredy Cat dog with me. The lake bottom was all sand in my area and lush cabbage weed beds don’t get much of a foothold in sand. I would have had to pole the boat to get into Trude and portage to get into lake just South of that (the name escapes me now).

I was also surprised at how flat the terrain was, there were few hills that dropped off at the shoreline. Though I spend much less time on the water when my dog is with me. I caught ONE 24” pike in total and that was within the last hour of fishing.

The lake and area are beautiful, King’s resort was a serviceable place to stay but my days of fishing flowages who’s levels are artificially controlled are over!