Black's Cliff Birch Bark Blog

Excerpt: I was cleaning cabins and came down to the lake to find the guys had been busy taking apart the beach Always sad to see the inner tubes out and headed up for storage, although they look like they could use a little air before next summer White dock already out of the water and set for winter Beautiful... Read more

Excerpt: What is the secret to Muskie Fishing? Bring along a cute bit sized dog like Bella to lure the big ones in Mike Rose will tell you this technique worked as he reeled in this nice 34 incher while Bella looked on and barked at the muskie like she caught it her self. This muskie was released back into... Read more

Excerpt: The Heiniken guys were here this weekend led by Phil Z, they headed out fishing with Barry Klatt from BK Guide Service who lives on Lower Kaubashine and has fished it his entire life. They boated 3 really nice muskies this week with the above one being the biggest at 48 inches. I believe I have seen this monster... Read more

Excerpt: What are they up to? Rumor was out that Steve had been spending some time on youtube looking up among other things how to split wood quickly. We heard it was a blogable moment and everyone gathered at the wood pile to see the demonstration. Craig was doubtful that after all these years they could really come up with... Read more

Excerpt: We heard a roar out on the lake that was clearly not a motor boat at 9am. Came down to the lake to find it quiet and nobody around but the colors Then we looked down in the bay and you could see what was roaring What a pretty run way to taxi across To spend a beautiful afternoon... Read more

Excerpt: The hill is becoming a bit bare of leaves. The view is improving with the absence of the maple leaves. The brilliant reds and yellows have come down and the oaks are giving the remaining trees a more russet look. Seeing fisherman that would have been blocked by leaves a week ago The brownish yellow of the oaks has... Read more

Excerpt: I came down to the lake to find 5 Mergansers on the raft. Watching them for a little while body language told you everything. Notice the bird on the top of the raft a little off by itself and notice the tighter group of 4. This blog entry is dedicated to the wisdom of Doctor Seuss Meet the cool... Read more

Excerpt: I had to share this picture. A friend of my brother inlaw Byon took this picture of a bull moose between Hwy 70 and Lac Du Flambeau on a trail. Wow!! I have heard of moose in the area but never seen one... Read more

Excerpt: The guy sitting on the couch in the exact spot I use, was brought to you by Troy's sense of humor... He seemed to think it was funny.... so I thought I would share but I do not see what is so funny about this... Today's leaf pictures are all about looking up. Hope you enjoy Besides leaves turning... Read more

Excerpt: It was a beautiful quiet sunset once again on the lake and I grabbed the kayak again to head out for the peak of color. Enjoy The shoreline on fire across the lake Looking back at the sunset I took this picture for Kim and Will Flower The loon was out as well. You can see the winter plumage... Read more

Excerpt: the sun finally came out and peak color hit. The hillside was alive with color ... Read more

Excerpt: Instead of watching the depressing news at 5:30 last night I decided to take the kayak out on the on the lake and catch a few pictures of the color since the sun was making its first appearance in a few days. Kayaks and cameras are always an interesting combination. I got in fine with the Cannon and was... Read more

Excerpt: There has been a lot of busy activity going in the direction of the sauna. Steve asked for the vacuum cleaner at lunch to clean out the sauna. What did he find in the sauna.. lots of pine needles left over from New Years with the Russians. Russians ring in the New Year with hitting each other with pine... Read more

Excerpt: It was a cool but ok weekend to get out and do a few events. The trusty Iphone camera came along instead of my main camera as it fits in a pocket so bare with the graininess. The above picture was taken heading down the trail across from the resort for a bike ride into Minocqua for Beef A... Read more

Excerpt: With rain in the forecast the next couple of days, the guys thought it was time to take out a few extra boats and save on bailing. Steve was corralling a flotilla to head down to Hilltop to be taken out Heading out How do you pull into Hilltop's docks with this many boats in tow... Steve's secret With... Read more

Excerpt: It continues to be overcast and rainy, but the colors still show through the rain. The trail to Eagles Nest Playground with colors appearing Treehouse surrounded by color Our apple trees with a 2nd row of 7 foot fence around them. Deer STAY OUT! patrolled with an armed blonde and a golden retriever Lets hope the sun decides to... Read more

Excerpt: Peaks of color can be seen through the woods. I almost enjoy this more than full color. Seeing brilliant color stand out amongst the green. Full color is not far away, I am guessing with in the week things are going to dramatically change. Til then I am enjoying peaks of color Looking up the hill at Kaubashine and... Read more

Excerpt: Biker Weekend. It was the Tomahawk Rally in Tomahawks this weekend for MDA. Thousands and Thousands of bikes take over the roads and side roads for the weekend as the Northwoods rumbled. We had about 30 bikes in the resort mixed in with everyone else. 9 of those bikes were at Muskie Inn. Lots of good times were had... Read more

Excerpt: Couple of weeks ago Troy and I got the itch to plant some apple trees. This was brought on by a sale at Stoney Creek for 40 percent off trees. We spent an afternoon planting and protecting them with fence.. It worked for a week.. and then... The tree mangler arrived. One of my trees was decimated limbs ripped... Read more

Excerpt: The Cikowski family shared a few of their photos with me this week. They never fail to catch a few muskies. Al landed this 34 incher and had the scares on his hands to prove it. Jimmy caught a 24 incher but I could not get that picture to upload. There best pictures are not of fish this time... Read more