Boundary Waters, Trip Reports, BWCA, Stories

Stuart River Up to Canadian Border
by GopherAdventure

Trip Type: Paddling Canoe
Entry Date: 06/09/2018
Entry Point: Stuart River (EP 19)
Exit Point: Moose/Portage River (north) (EP 16)  
Number of Days: 8
Group Size: 5
Day 3 of 8
Monday, June 11, 2018 After the relief of finding a site and settling in, it was time to do some serious fishing. I have been to Iron on numerous occasions and it is one of my favorite locations, so we started to hit up some of our favorite hot spots on the lake. Fishing was pretty slow to start, but we were able to pull in enough Walleyes and Smallies to make a dinner out of it. Douglas wanted to do some exploring, so we hiked around our site and up the shoreline of Iron lake and were surprised to find several old lures, and some trash along the way. Dougie really likes exploring the trails and even bushwacking off trail a little to find cool stuff. it makes me a little nervous at times, but he never seems to stray to far... I think I need to lighten up and let the kid be a kid. After a glorious sunset, we headed to the tents for a relaxing night of sound sleep.