[KBoater]

Chapter 3

As Winnie, Peasaukee, WD and Grant were playing in the Great Spirits Smile; several other adventurers were finding their way to the lake. These include the great fishermen Upthesaukee. He settled at the beginning of the McDude River. From his new home he could watch all the new entries into the lake. He counted the salmon in the spring and watched for Grant the Dolphin. His home was on the side of a hill that formed his own fishing bay and from there he could watch the sunset over Peasaukee Mountain.

Upthesaukee wanted to follow Grant and Winnie around the big lake. He found a large log and chopped out the inside. He would troll the lake on his new floating log from dawn to dusk looking for the mighty “Green and Black Horn Pout”. He raised his crayfish in his back bay and used them while trolling up the lake. His floating log was not large enough or fast enough so after a great micro-burst that fell many trees he increased the size of his log by creating down-riggers from the fallen branches. He wove together the bark from the fallen trees and created a large matted area. This he stretched between two smaller trees createing a wind catch. The wind catch was attached to a medium log that he stood up in a large floating log.
The wind created by Peasaukee on his mountain helped Upthesaukee to move his log out into the great Boards. Here he put down his outriggers with the attached crayfish. He caught many fish this way but no Hornpout.
One day he happened upon WD while out in the Boards. WD showed Upthesaukee where there were many rocky ledges in the lake. Upthesaukee created a new smaller log that could go close to the shore and ledges. One day his fishing branch pole bent and a large Green Hornpout appeared at the end of his bark line. He pulled the Green Hornpout into the log and carefully took him off his branch pole. He found a special cove with rocks and built a rock gate (Weir) to hold the Great Green Hornpout. The Great Green was not happy because he missed his relative the Great Black Hornpout. Upthesaukee could not catch a Great Black although he did catch many smaller Hornpout and smallies. Because Great Green was so lonely he began to not move around and became sick. Upthesaukee realized this and removed the Weir so that Great Green could find Great Black. He succeeded and they both went back to their favorite rocky shore.