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Updated June 30, 2008

  • Summer has arrived.  Our spring was cool but summer is finally here.  We've launched the swim raft and guests have been enjoying some good fishing.
  • Martin Vota caught and released a beautiful 33-inch musky from our lake June 26, while Deanna also caught and released a nice northern the same day.  The musky looks like it may be a tiger musky, which is a hybrid between a musky and northern pike.  Good job Votas!
        Deanna and Martin V with a beautiful musky that Martin caught and released on Benoit Lake. Deanna was the net person this time!                  Deanna has a knack for catching pike. She caught this pike the same day Martin caught the musky.
  • I caught and released a 45-inch musky from our lake on June 16.  My brother-in-law, Don, was the net man, and my cousin, George, was captain.  The DNR has stocked fingerling muskies in our lake 3 times since we've been here: the autumns of 2001, 2005, and 2007.  Each stocking consisted of between 100 and 150 fish (see news item below).  I suspect that this fish was from the 2001 stocking.  It establishes a new record for Rainbow Bay Resort.
                    That's me, Dave, with a 45-inch musky that I caught and released on Benoit Lake. Don M. was net man and George N. was captain. June 2008, Rainbow Bay Resort. Photo by Karen M.
  • Bass fishing has been steady and good recently.  I had my family reunion during the middle of June, and we caught lots of bass on Benoit Lake, including several between 18 and 19 inches long.
                     
  • Guest, Robbie B. (age 11) caught his first northern pike of his life.  Congratulations Robbie!
                                                  Robbie B. with the first northern pike he ever caught.                                         

  • Bernie Z. caught and released this beautiful 16.25 inch, 2 pound black crappie on a nearby lake on June 2.
                                    

  • Crappie fishing was also good on Benoit Lake in late-May and early-June.  Fish were in weeds, anywhere from 2 to 10 feet deep. Carolyn B. had a basket-full one day, and Josh enjoyed catching this fish with his father, Dave.
                

  • Martin and Deanna caught and released these beautiful 19 and 16 inch bass on Benoit Lake in mid-May.  They know how to catch fish!
                                     

  • The DNR stocked 149 fingerling muskies into our lake on October 11.
                                    The DNR stocked 149 fingerling muskies into our lake in October, 2007. The lake was also stocked with muskies twice before since 2001.