Camping on Fish Lake

On Tuesday of last week I took Will and Ilee on an overnight to Fish Lake. Fish Lake is about 25 minutes from our house. This is the main lake we fish on usually. Will and I camped on an island last year on Fish Lake. This was Ilee's first time camping out. The tent in the pictue is one we bought two years ago for "family" camping. Will and I tried to set up the tent on Saturday in our living room. We realized quickly that it was not going to fit. The tent was 13 x 13. On Sunday we set it outside. On Tuesday the whole family headed out to find a good island to camp on. Kim came with us to help set up the tent, because it is too big for one person to set up. Unfortunately Kim wasn't going to stay because someone needed to stay home with the dogs. She gladly volunteered. We found campsite number 8. It was a great site for camping. See pic.



After getting the tent set up we took Kim back to shore and headed back to the island to make dinner. We had hot dogs and mac and cheese. We then went out to fish from around 7:00 until about 9:00. Will caught a nice crappie. We headed into shore before it got dark. We started a fire and had smores. It was a cold evening and fairly buggy. We hit the tent around ten and quickly went to bed. Ilee woke up a few times but Will slept through the night. We got up and had breakfast cereal and scrambled eggs. We then started fishing around 9 until 11:00. Each kid caught 4 fish each. I caught none. I was acting as a responsible guide and let my client castch the fish. We had a great time and hopefully will get out one or more times.