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What's New For 2005 Look for our New "Happenings" page detailing things to do when you stay with us throughout the year! Chicago reporter stays at Lake Wisconsin Resort, read his review.. The Theory of Drifting “When the wind is from the South, it blows bait into a fish’s mouth.” - Isaak Walton, The Compleat Angler On the annual weekend fishing trip at Lake Wisconsin Resort with the gang over the weekend, I improved upon my theory of drifting. Drifting involves not fighting against the current or trying too hard to stay where you are or struggling to get somewhere else. If you battle the natural drift in a boat, you’ll end up tangling your line in the propellers of the outboard motor. Better to let the wind take your line out there and if a fish drifting along likes the looks of your bait, it may decide to make it a meal. You pull the fish into the boat for a quick look and maybe a picture (provided it’s not a sheepshead), and throw it back. The simplicity of the theory would satisfy Chance Gardener himself. Drifting is about enjoying what’s out there to enjoy, getting away from the stranglehold of bills and chores and bosses, and taking a weekend to eat junk and drink whiskey and bounce good-natured insults off of old friends. And after years of coming up here to this resort hard by the shores of Lake Wisconsin with lavender cottages to rent and all the comforts of home, including pots, pans, appliances, coffeemakers, and cable t.v., you realize that your friends have sharpened their ribbing tools to an edge finer than their scaling knives. Bozo’s there, slicing cheese for burger patties that are roughly the size of sofa cushions, and the first insult out of his mouth when I walk in turns the room blue. Hillbilly Hank just nods and grins – he’s been at the receiving end of Bozo’s pointed barbs for years. Skinny will come in and blast Bozo with a withering remark of his own, and Itchy will be over there fiddling with some lures. John will get into a discussion about transducers for fish-finders and his own theories about live bait over lures, then Rich will pour Seagram’s V.O. into a Styrofoam coffee cup to about the halfway mark, and we start drifting. We drift toward the spots out there on LakeWisconsin in our conversation, about bringing in a twenty-four pound drowsy carp last year near the trestle, about finding a honey hole boiling with slab crappies after putting in at a favored place called “the fingers,” and about a good sauger caught earlier that afternoon near Whalen Grade. Dave Lowery, the owner of Lake Wisconsin Resort (formerly Lowery‘s Family Time Resort), will join in as one of the gang, and makes sure that everyone has what they need for a nice weekend (or week, if you’re retired like Rich) of nothing but drifting. The resort is a laid-back gem, with a full bait-and-tackle shop, a private boat launch, skiff and pontoon rentals, a fish house for cleaning the catch of the day, and a nearby bar and grill that serves great steaks and seafood and big, meaty ribs – perfect fare for these guys. Dave’s wife Christine is a charming lady who feeds squirrels that sit comfortably on her shoulder. She makes sure the cottages are kept in ship-shape, and will fill up your minnow bucket and get down a couple dozen nightcrawlers for you. You come here, you don’t have to do much. But drift. You should do plenty of that. (For more information, you can visit the LakeWisconsin Resort web site at www.lakewisconsinresort.com or call 608-635-7291 for reservations.) Read more of Mark Andels stories at ... http://www.easyastoast.com/volume_19.html#drifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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