Tetu Island Blog

June 16, 2010

Hey, friends!

It's hard to believe but we're working on the 3rd day in a row here with sun! Lovin it-

Fishing has been great! Had a big group here last week that nailed some nice walleyes, largest was a 28 inch! The day before yesterday, Alex Shura, an 11 year old on his first trip to Tetu with his dad and grandpa caught a released a 30 inch walleye! Beautiful and healthy fish, and she is back into the system to be caught again-

Karl and Dee Osberg of Huron, S.D. had an incredible first day fishing-Karl caught and released a 41 and 44 inch pike trolling with Mitch! Karl and Dee have been customers for many years and always do well with the big ones!

We're really missing our very good friend, Don Nikunen on this trip! Don usually makes it up with the Boynton/Sheehan crew twice a year and he couldn't make it this week, but we are looking forward to seeing him in September for the second trip! It's just not the same without you, DON! Dan is holding your trophy as of last night with a 18 1/2 inch smallmouth he is bragging about! That should change today, HA! (so far, Jerry's largest walleye is 26 1/4, Don)

The new deck is gorgeous! The railing system still needs to be completed yet, and hope to have it finished soon! (chop! chop, Ed!)

Our newest addition, Ashley is fitting in great with the Tetu Staff and is doing a wonderful job in the dining room. The guests love her and it's always fun to have a new face in there. Pierre and Marsha's son, John is also another new face around here. The young man is only 12 years old and loves it here and we love having him!

Smallmouth have been hitting well this week-Quite a few 16 inches plus and a nice 18 1/2 inch caught and released yesterday.

Tommy Morken caught and released a 40 inch pike yesterday. They still have 3 more days, so we expect BIG things from these two young men.

We have a new large group arriving this weekend, the YPO-Father's Day group-We're excited to show them Tetu's way of life and hope the weather will behave while they are here until the 23rd! We KNOW the fish will!

I'll be leaving the 23rd to run down to pick up my Mom and bring her back to Tetu for a few weeks. Mom is turning 80 this fall and we're so excited and happy she is coming up for a visit! She loves how the staff spoils her while she is here and Matt has promised to take the two of us fishing for an afternoon and cook a great shorelunch.

We are so pleased to have the Sheehan, Osberg, Shura, Schmidt, Jung and Harris parties here this week! Welcome back to most of you and we hope to see the Shura and Schmidt parties become "regulars" at Tetu Island Lodge!

These ROAD CLOSURES at the WHITEDOG DAM have proven to be a big pain in the "you know what"-the dam is closed Mon thru Thursday from 8:30 am to 12:30 pm and again from 1 to 5 pm. It's open on Friday, Sat and Sunday at all times. As you can see, it is changing some of the arrival and departure times for our guests, but everyone is working around it and we're managing. The person it seems to be the hardest on is ED! He is the "town runner" so far this season and that means he has to be gone the entire day! It's driving him crazy!

It's been a great start for our Tetu season and we're looking forward to seeing all of you soon! We have some open dates yet for -July 2-5 July 8-11 July 11-14 July 17-21 July 25-28! Give us a call and let's WHEEL AND DEAL! All of these openings are for at least a 2 bedroom and 2 bath cabin and a couple of them are open for a 3 bedroom/3 bath!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY, GUYS!

Be safe and GOD BLESS!

Kathi