Hi Judy,

This is just a note from our group to thank you and Bertha, Brenda, Jeff and Larry for another great year of fishing and eating. Your staff was ever gracious and extremely helpful throughout our June, 2008 week and the fishing continued to be wonderful. Although we were down to only four guys this year, we still caught 100’s of walleyes with 43 of them over 20 inches and at least a 100 northerns with 28 of them over 26 inches in length, including two 38” and our biggest fish, a 42 inch northern caught by Don Eisen, which weighed more than 22 pounds. The real topper for the week though was what happened on what turned out to be our very last cast of the trip. Three of us had already pulled in our lines and were ready to head back to pack up, but Don Eisen, the elder statesman of our group, still had his line in the water and hooked a shore lunch sized walleye. After setting the hook and getting the fish to the surface, Don turned to me and said, “ I can’t believe this. The only way I’ll ever catch a big one today is if something big hits this little one.” No sooner had he said this than a 38 inch northern came up and clobbered his walleye and wouldn’t let go!!! Don inched both fish closer and closer to the boat and I managed to net both of them at the same time. What a fitting end to a terrific week. Thanks again for your hospitality and we’ll see you next year.

The Shad Rap Group