Black's Cliff Blog

Excerpt: Beautiful fall Sunday afternoon and a Packer's Bi week. Time to head out of the house to the road less traveled. This road is Camp 9 at the end of Lower Kaubashine. It leds out to our destination Squirrel Hill (aka Winter Park x-country ski area) The road goes from paved to gravel to dirt. No houses just lots... Read more

Excerpt: This blog entry will have everything, fall color, pontoon humor, power tools, Craig stealing things, 3 guys laying on the ground together.... and did I mention fall color... Ya know there is a reason this boat is named Titanic.. It has been running lower in the water all summer. The boat has been in dock all summer, ya think... Read more

Excerpt: NEWS FROM MINOCQUA WINTER PARK & Nordic Center _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ BIG NEWS: cAPITAL cAMPAIGN aNNOUNCEMENT: $200,000 Goal/ $43,385 Pledged & Received to Date! Dear Friend of Minocqua Winter Park, To many of us, Minocqua Winter Park is much more than a great place to ski. It is home to our Nordic community, a place where friends from near and far come... Read more

Excerpt: We had 2 days of much needed rain. I caught these pics just as the clouds were breaking. The lighting was great with the dark clouds, sparkling lake and the colors. Enjoy A few days ago the water did not come up to the first step. With the rain the lake level came up a bit. I hear the... Read more

Excerpt: Time for the big pontoon to take its final ride out of the lake loaded up with beach chairs Enjoying the sun and the final ride on the pontoon Loon bidding us a goodbye, dressed in its gray winter colors. I am sure it will be heading south in the next couple of weeks Craig backing up down the... Read more

Excerpt: The sun was peaking through the clouds and sparkling off the water. The colors have still not reached peak. It is much later than before. I still have 2 cabins left for this up coming Columbus Day Weekend and one that opens on Saturday. As you can see we still have a lot of green trees, about 1/3 to... Read more

Excerpt: All the pictures today came compliments of Al, Roberta, Jimmy Cikowski and of course Fritz. The best pics of their week Muskie Fishing on Lower Kaubashine in Kaubashine They caught the loon in mid fall plumage loosing its bright colors and heading to the boring gray they were on the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico Usually these guys... Read more

Excerpt: How cold is it? According to Craig, cold enough to pull out his McDonald's hat from the 80's. We had our first killing frost last night and the woodstove got lit. No furnace yet at the office, Troy's goal is to avoid that until November 1st. Thank god for woodstoves or we would be huddled under blankets The cold... Read more

Excerpt: Grab your cup of coffee and enjoy a few moments on Lower Kaubashine ... Read more

Excerpt: Frankie the rolling dog showed up at the resort rolling around the driveway. Thanks to a pinched nerve, Frankie is the rolling dog and it does not slow her down at all... Read more

Excerpt: Minocqua was a rocking and a beeping on Saturday. It is always a unique experience to walk the streets of downtown Minocqua on Beef A Rama, you never know the sites you will see This guy was one of the more interesting sites to see. Funny thing, is he fit right in There was a definite party going on... Read more

Excerpt: Mists on the lake this morning spider web in the morning mist' Water level in the swimming area down quite a bit. Craig claims that he has only seen it this low once before Sand showing at the edges by the pontoon boat... Read more

Excerpt: Fall color report. The color is just starting and you can catch trees here and there with nice reds and yellows. This one is down between Restaswhile and Wildflower Other areas of the hill are still green With 3 weeks of dry weather and a dry summer, the colors i think will be a little duller. This maple sums... Read more

Excerpt: Sunrise and I headed to the lake to find these interlopers loitering on the raft. Looked like a late night drinking party that lasted a little too long Hey nothing happened last night... we are innocent really... hiccup hiccup Hey guys lets get our stories straight... we took a boat out to the raft and Ed stole it and... Read more

Excerpt: Back in August during the infamous Black's Cliff vs. Hilltop tournament, I ran into Vince Ophus from Hilltop who told me he had caught our gang of loons on the lake in some pics. Vince promised to send them to me by email to share and he just got them into my inbox this week. So enjoy these pics... Read more

Excerpt: Fall means one thing, the Northwoods rumbles for 3 days for a good cause. Thousands and Thousands of Harleys gather from Tomahawk, north to raise money for MDA Even Jacobi's got in on the celebration The Police were not to be left out and were cruising on Harley's as well. Hwy 51 had more cops patroling than I see... Read more

Excerpt: The ice has finally left the lake. It was absolutely still this morning and the lake reflections are back. Beautiful morning! I believe that is one last chunk of ice floating across the lake. Lake Minocqua was still half covered with ice this morning but not for long. Temps are hitting 70 today... Read more

Excerpt: Barb Ellis made a comment that she enjoyed the misty lake morning pics so these are for her from her buddy Poe. I uploaded this one big for all you screen saver folks out there ... Read more

Excerpt: Anyone recognize this critter? Some sort of catterpillar... very big, we thought it might be a Luna Moth I am guessing Rick from Oklahoma may have an answer as to the type of catterpillar. Rick you out there....k... Read more

Excerpt: I heard a rumor about a lite bobber for night time fishing was being experimented with by the Adamtietz crew. Here are the results of the experiment. The bottom crappie is quite a fish. I forgot to ask how big it was... Read more