Tetu Island Blog

Fall greetings from Tetu!

Even though the calendar SAYS it is fall, you would never know it up here! In fact yesterday I think we might have hit 80 degrees again. Strange weather here at Tetu this season-

I was in the states a little longer than planned, as we found out our oldest son, J.B. from FL was coming to town so I stayed and spent some quality time with the three kids. It was awesome and I am sorry Ed had to miss it, we had many laughs and fun! The wedding I attended last weekend was memorable, and we wish our good friends Matt and Kristine the very best. What a beautiful day it was for the two of them and their families. Matt and his family have been Tetu friends and visitors for over ten years and I was so pleased to be included on their special day. I went with daughter Kate and her boyfriend Thad and we really enjoyed this blessed event! The best man's speech was the BEST, as he talked about their time here at Tetu together!

It's been a good couple of weeks here for fishing! The Broek party had another fun visit to Tetu and Chuck Wheeler had a nice 38 in pike. Mike McDonnell also had a nice 17, and 17 1/2 inch smallie. Joshua Smith had a good time, with a 35 1/2 and 36 in. pike. He ended his trip with a nice 36! John Kelly had a 39 inch as well. Jack Swanson also had a 39.

The young bear hunters fared well on the fishing, too! John had 2-35 inch and 35 1/2 in pike, then a 38 inch. Tony had a 16 1/2 inch smallmouth as well.

The Peterson party had a great visit-Harold ended up with with a 16, 17 1/2 -, 2-18 and a 19 1/2 inch smallmouth! He also had a 35 1/2 inch pike! Tom Davis had a 36, 36 1/2 pike and Andy Ericson had a nice 41 inch pike.Guy also had a nice 38 inch pike.

The Schmidt family ALWAYS causes excitement at Tetu-John had a 37 and Mike a 39 inch.
Thanks, Karl Osberg for his second trip of the season, Karl had a 17 inch bass and Tim K a 37 inch pike. Mike Olsen a 37. John Strum a beauty, a 42 inch!

The Alliance Laundry System trip went wonderful, I will attempt to list everyone who made the Master Angler Board: Jay Constable-26 inch walleye. Tim Anderson-35 inch pike. Kermit-16 inc h smallmouth. Scott-35 1/2 inch pike. John-36 inc. northern. Jamie-26 inch walleye.
Pete Rossi-26 inch walleye. Tom McWilliams-27 and a 29 inch walleye! Freddy Perez-26 inch walleye. Vincent P-26 inc walleye. Diane Kavali had a GREAT first trip-She ended up with a 16 inch smallie and 36 1/2 AND 40 inch northern pike-Way to go, girl!
Nathan Day-16 inch bass. Mark Rossi-16 1/2 inch smallmouth. Alan Godsey-37 and 37 1/2 inc pike. Tom McWilliam-35 inch. Raymond D. Hall-17 inch bass. Rick Welsh- FORTY FOUR INCH PIKE. Wayne Kuhn-35 inch pike. Peter Rossi-36 1/2 inc pike. Ken Kilmer-36 inc pike. Taylor Smith-37 inch pike. Michael Davis-17 inch smallmouth.
Mike Toonen-26 inc walleye. John Smagala-16 inc bass and 35 inch pike. Kirk Coburn-16 inc smallie. Christopher Meints-26 inc walleye. Trebor Brown-38 and FORTY SIX INCH PIKE! Brian Stark-38 and FORTY THREE INCH PIKE. Mark Rossi-2-38 inc pike. Trebor Brown also had a 17 inch smallmouth. Tim Houtz-28 inc walleye.
Matt Thompson-PIKE-37, 2-38, 2-39, FORTY ONE INCH PIKE, and 27 inch walleye. Nate Day-FORTY TWO inch pike. Nate Bernseth-26 inch walleye. Stacy Dey-Pike-2-35 inch, 36 and 39 inch. Michael Davis-PIKE-38 and 39 inch pike. Taylor Smith-38 and FORTY INCH pike, then ANOTHER FORTY inch! Mike Toonen-FORTY TWO INCH pike. Tom MsWilliams-18 inch bass and Ray Mueske, also a 16 inch smallie. Jeff Flinn-26 inch walleye. Fredrico Perez had a nice 35 inch pike.
Here are MORE nice fish this past week!:
Michael Lee-35 1/2 inch pike. Matt Gordon-FORTY FIVE INCH PIKE, Steve Moran-FORTY TWO AND ONE HALF INCH PIKE and a 36 inch. Philip M-37 inch pike. Steve Boyon-38 inch. Darvan Kaelberer-26 inch walleye. Rob Hunt-36 inch pike. Philip M-38 inch pike. Vincent-35 1/2 inc pike. Joe-16 inch smallie.
Todd Vollhaber's crew had a great time, Todd-FORTY THREE INCH MUSKIE, Daniel Malecha-35 inch pike. James Pexa-37 inch pike and 17 1/2 inch smallie.

We have had some incredible fall fishing these past two weeks and I apologize if I missed anyone or had you in the wrong group! That's what happens when I am not here! I'm sorry I missed the Alliance Laundry group and the Electrolux group!

We have the Vaccaro Group here, as well as the Risenhoover and Whitney groups. We will have one more group to welcome for this season, Mike Hamel, who comes in next week.

Ed and I want to thank you all so much for this season. During this difficult economic time we have been so fortunate to host so many of you and it means so much to both of us that you continue to choose Tetu Island Lodge for your fishing adventures! You have all been so generous with our staff and they thank you so very much. We're down to just Sak, Amanda, Mitch, Todd and Jason so we're also busy closing up cabins, pulling boats and getting Tetu Island ready for the winter. We had such an easy, calm and trouble-free year with this year's staff and we will welcome them all back for next season.

All said, I feel this past season at Tetu was a very positive thing-even though Mother Nature was a little confused this summer, the fishing stayed VERY consistent and we had some incredible fish caught and released! Thank you to ALL of you who visited us, who continue to release these fish BACK into the system for the future!

I'll blog again before we finish up here at Tetu. We still have many things to do before we leave and we'll be here another couple of weeks. Talk to you all soon!!!
Kathi