First Private Houseboat of Season Arrive!

Denny and Sandy Johnson were the first to arrive for the 2012 season. They arrived on Tuesday May 8th. 

Denny and Sandy bought a SkipperLiner Houseboat from my mom and dad in 1983. The houseboat was #10 in Rainy Lake Houseboats fleet. They gave it the nickname "Perfect 10".  

Denny's first visit to Rainy Lake in 1964. He and fellow business associates stayed at Rainy Lake Lodge. There group went out with log time fishing guides Butch Lessard, Nick Franko,  Elmer Chovan, Joh Gusulak and Abbie Renollett. This was Abbie's first guide trip on Rainy Lake. Abbie passed away two years ago, he is fondly remembered by both clients and fellow guides.

Denny continued to fish Rainy Lake every year with friends Ray Henningson and Rod White. Soon after Paul Flyschacker joined the threesome. In 1983 they started a tradition with the "Rainy Lake 8". Denny, Ray, Paul, Bruce Palmer, Loren Heckman, Doug Heibisan, Frank Kuhn and Gene Schneider has fished continuously for 30 years, this will be there 31st. There are not many groups I know of that have fished for 30 consecutive years with out a change in the group, remarkable.

Denny and Sandy have moored there houseboat every summer since 1983 at Rainy Lake Houseboats private boat marina. Yesterday we had more arrivals, Carl and Jeanette Linquist, Tom and Toni Ebeling, Scott and Cheryl Weappa all arrived.  I think more may have been down on the dock, but I did not get all the way down.

 Tom Ebeling and Scott Weappa

 Cheryl Weappa

Carl Linquist

Denny, Sandy, and their son Brad are on there way up Rainy Lake for a week on the Perfect Ten as we speak. Good luck to all this weekend, enjoy your time and be safe!