Last Cast

With the evening sky turning pink and three fun and productive fishing days notched, Jon Thelen announced "last cast." About that time I felt yank on the other end of my line and smiled at the idea that I would finish on a good note.

"That looks like a walleye," Jason Feldner said as I began to battle the fish. We'd caught a load of fish, as we had the two afternoons prior, but most had been white bass or northern pike. Walleyes stay down and fight with more of a steady pull. Feldner, a full time guide on North Dakota's Devils Lake, has watched anglers catch countless walleyes, white bass and pike, and of course his read was accurate. It wasn't a giant fish, but it was a pretty good one and a nice cap for a great trip.