On Oct 20, 11:38 am, salmobytes wrote:
REpics of the trip:

****e. I bought a 15 dollar waterproof bag for the camera.
Planned to take photos (and konk lake trout) on the way out.
But the morning we left, as we got up, the wind was gusting
horizontal snow so hard it stung.

We waded down through the channel to the lake. Tried to
paddle. Almost flipped several times and got blown backwards.
So we roped the canoe off fore and aft and waded half the perimeter
of the lake. Made a mad dash across the narrowest part of the lake
when a lull in the wind came up, and almost became fish bait.
A big gust came at us from the south, making a black stripe
across the lake, like a typhoon coming in. We had enough
sense to turn head first into hte wind and paddle like madmen
until that gust was over. Turned 90 degrees and paddled toward
teh ramp. Repeated that exercise for a half a dozen gusts going
across. Cheated death one more time.

Two guys drowned (in a canoe) up there this summer, and that was
in August. They probably stayed sideways to the wind, and got
flipped.
Even when its 90 degrees air temperature, that water is still 45
degrees. Gives you about a half an hour, and then you're fish bait.

Crazy story! Too bad on the pics, would love to see some.

I dunno about the half hour...you might survive that long but you're
in trouble after about a minute!

Bone