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Walleye really! like Leeches
After a rainy start to the day we finally took the opportunity to get on the relatively rain free lake mid afternoon. The 3rd spot Lynn dropped anchor was THE spot. To digress slightly, we have been having trouble getting minnows to walleye fish due to some warm weather here a couple of weeks ago. After consideration I bought leeches in lieu of minnows. I was assured the walleye like them just the same and these are not the blood sucking kind of leeches. I had never used them before but the fun started when we found the right spot. In a matter of just over an hour I landed 4 restricted size fish. In Ontario there is a one fish limit on Walleye over 18 inches. I started with a 19 inch and moved larger as the hour progressed. The largest and last of the day was 23 inches and went over 3 lbs., a new personal best. 
All the rest are back in the lake to grow even larger. Maybe next time Lynn will try a creepy leech for bait. It was indeed my day!
In hindsight I have been having a pretty good year in landing personal best fish.
5# Largemouth Bass in Florida
3# Smallmouth Bass in RockLakeOntario
3# Walleye today in Wakami Lake Ontario
Wild blueberry pancakes, awesome.
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Picture taken by Mike, Thanks
Osprey and others
We finally saw an Osprey today out toward the dam end of the lake. There were more little loons, sort of juveniles I guess. They actually looked like loons not brown fuzz balls. An eagle took off from just above us when we crowded in too close to his roosting spot. The birds all made a showing while we were trying to catch fish, not very successfully. I did catch one small northern, the size Kent always calls hammer handles; too small to get enough of a fillet to bother keeping. We released it.
The coolest catch? 
A baby northern pike about 2 1/2” long. It looks just like the big, ugly, (not quite as slimy), big toothed ones but miniature. No fish for supper tonight.
Day two, Tracy bested us all this day.
We were up early with minnows in hand to get our share of the delicious walleye in McCloud’s Bay. She walked her minnow like the best of them and came home with a 2 lb walleye. There were filleting lessons and later, another fine shore dinner.
Other Chicago
The gigantic gargoyles on State Street. Huge “head shaped” flower pots all along Congress Plaza. 
Segway tours and rent-a-bikes on crowded pathways…great for them I guess a bit of a hazard for the rest of us. Smells, good and not so good but an integral part of the city experience.
Then there was sunrise!
Happy Birthday America
We opened the windows a bit and settled in to watch the city change as the sun slowly set. The sound of a fantastic swing band 
playing in the band shell just below us floated up. Colored lights began to show as they danced on the water of the fountain as did the bright white patterns of the Ferris wheel lights on Navy Pier.
Red, white, and blue began to glow on the Aquarium, Solider Field,
Anthem’s high rise, along the Pier and other office buildings. Very cool.
Promptly at 9:30 the sky was lit up by fireworks. I’d say it was a pretty good birthday party.
Buckingham Fountain
Here we come Chicago
Brian is visiting with us for a few days. We were a tad bit late into Midway to pick him up thanks to a number of idle but still disruptive construction zones.
Gino’s Deep dish Chicago pizza. Yummy but not quite as good as I remember Edwardo’s from years ago.
The Congress Plaza Hotel
Twelve floors up facing Michigan Avenue with a bay window that displays a panoramic view of Grant Park and Lake Michigan from Adler Planetarium to Navy Pier. Sweet. The windows even open a bit to let in the sounds of the city…mostly great, occasionally shrill and disruptive….city none the less.
Streams of water in 
Buckingham Fountain shot as high as 140 feet and danced from the mouths of seahorses and fish.
Navy pier – Yikes there are lots of people and its only 6PM. We decided that the view from the hotel window was the best to be had so we didn’t hang on the pier too long. We did get to check out the tall ship Windy and lots of other boats and yachts. I couldn’t pass up dough ala mode! It is like an elephant ear but fried in more bite sized pieces, smothered in cinnamon apple topping and gelato topped with whipped cream and nuts. How could that not be good?
Good thing there were three of us but we didn’t waste a bite.
Ok, back to the hotel for the fireworks. 
It’s a mile plus stroll but the evening is beautiful. We checked out some new age sort of music at the Pritzkar Pavilion in MillenniumPark. It wasn’t really to my liking but hey, it was a new experience and it was free. A quick stop at the polished kidney bean/butt crack sculpture and a cup of Caribou coffee and on home to the Congress.