Bry and Matt spent the morning of the last day on Pike Pond. Matt successfully extracted a swallowed spoon from a northern only to have the hook pierce his glove and embed securely in his thumb. 

Unable to remove the hook from Matt's thumb, he and Bry headed back to the boat launch so Matt could get some assistance from the camp personnel. While trolling back to the launch, Matt hooks another pike, much bigger than the last. But, like the last, this one swallowed the lure as well. With one hand out of commission, Matt is unable to extract the lure from his latest catch. They finish the trip to the launch with the new northern in tow, extract the lure from the lunker, and then get the camp handy man to extract the hook from Matt's thumb.

All's well that ends well, except for Dan. The pike Matt towed to shore stole points away from Dan and handed the fishing contest championship to Bry.

Oh so close!

First trip with Matt's new bass boat. Too bad it's not big enough to handle all three of us.

Matt and Bry head out on the first day in the new boat while Dan opts to be the sole occupant of one of the camp's two person boats.

When using one of the camp's two person boats, make

sure you have two persons in the boat. One person, one motor, one gas tank, one cooler, and fishing gear all loaded in the stern makes the bow point skyward like a rocket and almost impossible to pilot.

Thankfully the weather was calm enough during the week that Matt's boat was never swamped.

Matt boats the largest pike of the week, but after official review the pike is disqualified. Turns out you have to catch a pike using a rod and reel. You can't just scoop up a northern with a landing net as it's eyeing the walleye on your stringer. Who knew?

Taking a break on the other side of the rock wall to play "Spot Baldy"