Tetu Island Blog

September 19, 2010

ALMOST THE END!

Yes, this is the time of year where the guests get fewer, staff are heading home, the weather is being naughty and time to button things up! We have a few coming next weekend and a couple of Extreme Fishing packages at the end of the month. Hunters arrive the 8th of October and they will stay about 6 days. Three bear hunters were successful in getting their bears this past week.
Fishing has slowed down some, due to the cold weather that decided to come a little earlier than normal. Still seeing a few nice big pike and decent smallmouth. Walleyes are ALWAYS good here at Tetu!

We have about 8 staff members left for the season. It was sad to see some of them leave already. Stephen and Joy and Marsha and Pierre were the first to leave, of course they have children left at home, so we try to accommodate them and get them finished first. More leave tomorrow and it will leave Darryl, Dylan, Lindsay, Amanda, Mitch, Todd and Matt left. Sak leaves during the weekdays to go home, but is kind enough to come back for the weekend guests and he will be finished after this coming weekend.

We're excited to see our new web site soon, look for an email from us to announce the date! This one should be easier to find what you need the most-prices, photos, directions etc. Please let us know what you think after you see it and if you think we need any more information on it, don't hesitate to give your opinion!

September brought us some nice corporate groups, which we always enjoy seeing here at Tetu. We really appreciate these fine companies and all who work so hard organizing all these people, their travel arrangements and work schedules. This is a very tough job, trust me! Fishing was awesome for the big groups and we had so many master anglers recognized! I believe the largest pike was a 41 and walleye a 29 inch. We sure saw an improvement with the size and amount of smallmouth on the system this year! It's obvious that we are going to have some very fine smallmouth fishing for the next couple of years and that's exciting news!

Ed's lower level new deck ended up finished and looking very sturdy and hope it will suffice for many years to come. Thanks to all the guides who helped with this huge undertaking. It was hard to get it done while we had guests, but everyone weathered the work and mess well-THANKS, ALL!

Some great personal news for Ed and I-our son J.B. from Naples, FL has proposed to Jill, his girlfriend of the last 4 years and they hope to get married in Naples this coming spring if everything works out! We're excited for both of them and are happy to welcome her and her family into ours! Scott and his gal Lani, are also quite serious. Lani is living in Kansas City,and working as a social worker and looking for work in MN, so she can be closer to Scott. We hope they have news for us soon, too! FINALLY, is what I say!! Better late than NEVER! :) Both these girls are wonderful young ladies and the boys are lucky to have them in their lives! Daughter Kate is dating a young man that she works with at Thorne, and he also is a great guy. She is living with a good friend, Melissa, who she went to the U of M with.

We need to thank Amanda Wellman, who has worked at Tetu three years--Amanda and Mitch, her husband have really made our lives easier here at Tetu. Amanda took over the office for the summer and has done a wonderful job for Tetu! She has learned every day more about the office at Tetu and gives 100% every single day to this very hard position! GOOD JOB, GIRL! Don't know what we would have done without her this year!

We're working on the new 2011 Brochure right now and hope to have it in your mail around Thanksgiving-

We thank all of you who have followed Tetu on our FACEBOOK pages, our e mails, our mailings and of course, most important, all of you who continue to visit Tetu Island Lodge. Many of you are kind enough to come a couple of times per year and we appreciate each and every one of you-It's been a tough couple of years in the resort business, just as it has in everyone's lives and jobs and we know what it takes to be able to still take your fishing vacation every year and that you have chosen us means so much to us, thank you-thank you-!!

I'll be headed home to Minneapolis the first week of October, a little earlier than normal. I have a week planned with some very special girlfriends from all over the U.S.-We try and get together once per year and it so happens that this year it is early fall for us. Ed hopes to be done around the 20th of October, after the hunters are done. He is super tired this year and I know he will be happy to get home and relax for a bit.

I'll be keeping everyone updated on our plans for the sportshows on the blog this fall and winter, so please come and see Ed if he is in or near your city!

Hope all are enjoying some nice fall weather and enjoying your family and friends when you can. The older I get, the more I realize just how important these people are in our daily lives!

Thanks again for following us at Tetu and we hope to talk with you all this winter and set up some dates for your 2011 reservations! We're hopeful this will continue, as quite a few people have already booked their 2011 dates and the schedule is looking better than normal for this time of year! Let's keep it up!

Have a great fall!! It's been a fun year and we look forward to next season, too!

Kathi